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Requests for reproduction or use of images

Procedure

Any request for reproduction or use of reproductions (commercial or non-commercial), whether private or professional, must be made using a specific form (252.72 KB), which should be returned to ReproArchi@brucity.be. 

The request will be processed by the Reproduction team of the Archives of the City of Brussels:

  1. Upon receipt of the request, the Repro team will send the requester a contract, including a quote and general terms and conditions (210.36 KB).

  2. After returning the signed contract, indicating acceptance of the quote and terms, the Repro team will forward the billing information to the billing department.

  3. The billing department will then send the invoice to the requester.

  4. The reproductions will only be sent after payment of the invoice.

Please note that a 2-week processing time is required between receipt of the duly completed form and the handling of the request. For requests requiring faster processing, the invoice amount will be doubled.

Fees

The applied fees are divided into three categories:

  • Usage rights: depend on how the reproductions will be used;
  • Scanning fees : depend on
    • partly on the technical scanning and/or image processing work performed by the Archives Reproduction team;
    • partly on the type of document requested.
  • Other fees : related to the administrative handling of the request.

Below is a table summarizing the fees applied by the Archives of the City of Brussels :

  • Rights of use
Types
Prices

Private use

0 €

Student work

0 €

Scientific work

0 €

Educational or teaching use

0 €

Cultural project

0 €

Paper publication

50 €

Exhibition

50 €

Use in public spaces

50 €

Online publication in low definition

50 €

High-definition online publication

100 €

Commercial use

100 €

Multiple use

75 €

  • Scanning costs
Loose documents
Prices per scan

Already scanned, in low resolution (72 dpi)

1-10 scans = 0 €

Already scanned, in low resolution (72 dpi)

Starting from the 11th scan = 1 €

Already scanned, in high resolution (300 dpi)

5 €

Unscanned, standard format or painless

10 €

Not scanned, non-standard format or difficult

15 €

Registers, large files, bound documents
Prices per 200 scans

Already scanned, in low resolution (72 dpi)

10 €

Already scanned, in high resolution (300 dpi)

20 €

Not scanned

On the basis of an estimate

Civil status documents/extracts from population registers
Prices per scan

Already scanned

5 €

Not scanned

15 €

  • Other charges

Application fee

15 €

Research

30 € / 30min

Reminder

10 €

Urgent request (-15 working days)

Total x2

Do you have any further questions about reproduction requests or requests to use images? Please contact us by email at ReproArchi@brucity.be.