Belgium has authorised Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) software, Flemish Mobility Minister Annick De Ridder announced on X, Reuters reports. Automotive World reports the clearance, signed on 11 June, makes Belgium the fifth EU member state to approve FSD after the Netherlands, Lithuania, Estonia and Denmark. Automotive World reports the rollout in Belgium is limited to Hardware 4 vehicles sold from 2023 and uses a European variant of the FSD v14 software branch. Automotive World reports the European Commission Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles requires a vote clearing 55% of member states and 65% of the EU population, thresholds that effectively give Germany, France or Italy a collective veto, and the committee is not expected to vote before October at the earliest. Industry context: Country-by-country approvals provide incremental market access but leave deployment fragmented until major EU markets act.
