Belgium becomes the fifth EU country to approve FSD (Supervised)

Belgium has officially approved FSD (Supervised) for use on public roads, becoming the fifth EU country where the system is permitted. The approval was signed by Flemish Mobility Minister Annick De Ridder. After the signature, the paperwork moves to the regional homologation department for final ratification, and only then can Tesla distribute the software via an update.

Belgium joined the list almost immediately after Denmark, which became the fourth EU country to green-light FSD just a day earlier. Less than two weeks before that, Estonia issued its approval. Earlier still, roughly two months before the Belgian decision, the landmark initial type approval was issued by the Dutch authority RDW; it was this Dutch model that formed the basis for the subsequent clearances. Before Belgium, the system had been approved by the Netherlands, Denmark, Lithuania and Estonia.

At launch, the feature is limited to vehicles on the Hardware 4 (HW4/AI4) platform and uses a European variant of FSD version 14, adapted to local roads and regulations. As of the approval, FSD was already cleared in 13 countries and territories worldwide, covering about 6% of the global vehicle market and nearly a quarter of the world's population.

The Belgian decision illustrates how the cascade of FSD (Supervised) approvals is accelerating in the EU: the underlying Dutch approval, through the mutual-recognition mechanism, opens the feature to new countries one after another. Even so, FSD (Supervised) remains a driver-assistance system — responsibility for control stays with the human, who must supervise the drive at all times.