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Procedures subject to the Services Act

The Dutch ministerial regulation on the scope of the Services Act (Regeling indicatieve vaststelling reikwijdte Dienstenwet) states which procedures are subject to the Services Act (Dienstenwet). In the overview below you find these procedures. There are general procedures concerning all companies and there are procedures for specific sectors. The overview  is not yet complete and will be expanded.

Answers for Business presents general information about these procedures. For detailed information and forms, consult the website of the competent authority. All these procedures can be handled online via Message Box.

General procedures

  • All-in-one Permit for Physical Aspects
  • Certificate of good conduct (VOG) (individuals)
  • Certificate of good conduct for legal persons (VOGrp)
  • Dispensation for parking on a provincial road
  • Dispensation from living and working environment bye-laws
  • Dispensation to carry out activities in a quiet area
  • Dispensation to carry out activities in a water extraction area or a groundwater protection area
  • Entry in the Trade Register
  • Notification of occupancy
  • Permission to erect signs at the side of public roads
  • Public Administration (Probity Screening) Act (BIBOB)

Business services and personal services

  • Animal testing licence
  • Appointment as a transport escort or traffic controller
  • Approval for employees of private security firms and investigation agencies
  • Approval to perform work in the municipal personal records database
  • Cleaning licence for a cleaning ship
  • Excavation permit
  • Inclusion in accountants’ registers
  • Inclusion in the National Register of Lawyers
  • Inclusion in the Register of Patent Attorneys
  • Licence for hygienic tattooing and piercing
  • Licence for private security firm or detective agency
  • Licence for space travel activities
  • Listing in register and taking the oath for sworn interpreters and translators
  • Permission for security firms and detective agencies to carry handcuffs
  • Permit to change self-contained into non-self-contained accommodation
  • Property division permit
  • Recognition veterinary laboratory
  • Registration as a keeper or breeder of dogs and cats
  • Statement of professional competence for foreign accountants
  • WTA licence for audit firms
  • WTA licence for foreign audit firms

Care

  • Inclusion in the Register of Veterinary Medical Practitioners

Childcare

  • Registration of childcare

Construction industry

  • Dispensation for excavation work on a provincial road
  • Dispensation for filling in a roadside ditch
  • Gas and electricity metering company authorisation
  • Notification of your intention to perform excavation work (KLIC notification)
  • Notification of your intention to use soil, dredge spoil or building materials
  • Permit and dispensation for provincial waterway structures
  • Permit to lay cables and pipelines in a provincial road or waterway
  • Permit under the Canal Regulations
  • Registration with the National Board for the Finishing sector
  • Water permit

Culture, sports and entertainment

  • Amusement arcade permit
  • Dispensation for street performers
  • Event licence
  • Licence to keep wild animals in a zoo
  • Sex business permit

Hospitality, recreation and catering

  • Licence under the Licensing and Catering Act
  • Maintain a visitor register
  • Operating permit for a catering establishment
  • Permit for operating gaming machines
  • Registration with the Hotel and Catering Industry Board
  • Terrace permit

Livestock farming

  • Recognition pedigree book
  • Recognition sperm collection centre

Mining

  • Mineral and geothermal heat exploration licence
  • Mineral and geothermal heat extraction licence
  • Mineral storage licence
  • Mining environmental permit
  • Transferring, splitting and merging licences issued based on the Mining Act

Retail trade, wholesale trade and craft industry

  • Flea market permit
  • Permits for weapons and ammunition
  • Street trader’s licence

Transport

  • Inclusion in the national list of transporters, collectors, dealers and brokers (VIHB list)

Waste

  • Permit to collect used oil, hazardous small household waste and ship’s waste
  • Waste processor ID code application and waste materials reports

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