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Sales

If you sell products or provide services, you must comply with a number of laws. The Competition Act (Mededingingswet), for example, includes rules governing the formation of cartels and positions of economic power, the Dutch Civil Code (Burgerlijk Wetboek) includes rules on guarantees, and the Commodities Act (Warenwet) stipulates the requirements that must be met by food and other consumer products. Tendering rules apply if the government wants to buy your products.

Below is an overview of the rules and regulations, subsidies and taxes in relation to the topic “Sales”.

  1. Arbitration, binding advice and mediation

    Arbitration, binding advice and mediation are forms of dispute resolution outside the ordinary courts. By including ...

  2. Ban on cartels

    Cartels are banned under the Competition Act (Mededingingswet). A cartel agreement takes the form of an agreement ...

  3. Commodities Act

    If you produce, prepare or trade in food or other consumer products in the Netherlands, you must comply with the ...

  4. Domain name, registering

    If you want to start a website, you must first choose a domain name (Internet address). You cannot choose a domain ...

  5. General terms and conditions, drawing up

    In the general terms and conditions, you state the rules that you want to apply in the contract with the buyer ...

  6. Guarantee

    If you sell a product, the consumer is legally entitled to a good product, according to Book 7 of the Dutch Civil ...

  7. Position of economic strength, ban on abuse

    The Competition Act (Mededingingswet) bans companies from abusing a position of economic strength. A company is ...

  8. Producing advertising

    If you advertise, you must observe the rules on misleading and comparative advertising in Book 6 of the Dutch Civil ...

  9. Selling and purchasing products or providing and purchasing services

    Businesses selling products or providing services enter into an agreement/purchase agreement with the purchaser ...

  10. Tendering

    If the Dutch government purchases goods or services from a company, the government has to observe tendering procedures ...

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  1. Unfair trading practices

    If you sell goods or provide services to consumers in the Netherlands, you must not use unfair trading practices, ...

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