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On this page you find rules and regulations in relation to selling products or providing services. The Dutch Civil Code (Burgerlijk Wetboek), for example, 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. You can use the Step-by-step guide for submitting tenders to quickly determine which obligations you must fulfil.
- Abuse of a position of economic strength
The Dutch Competition Act (Mededingingswet) bans companies from abusing a position of economic strength. A company ...
- Advertising
If you advertise in the Netherlands, you must observe the rules on misleading and comparative advertising in Book 6 ...
- Arbitration, binding advice and mediation
Arbitration, binding advice and mediation are forms of dispute resolution outside the ordinary courts. By ...
- Ban on cartels
In the Netherlands, cartels are banned under the Competition Act (Mededingingswet). A cartel agreement takes the ...
- Commodities Act
If you produce, prepare or trade in food or other consumer products in the Netherlands, you must comply with the ...
- Corporate social responsibility (CSR)
Corporate social responsibility or CSR (Maatschappelijk verantwoord ondernemen, MVO) means that you take into ...
- Ecodesign
If you produce energy-using or energy-related products or bring them on the European market, you must comply with ...
- General terms and conditions
In the general terms and conditions, you state the rules that you want to apply in the contract with the buyer of ...
- Guarantee
If you sell a product in the Netherlands, the consumer is legally entitled to a good product, according to Book 7 of ...
- Payment term and statutory interest
When you enter into an agreement with a company, the government or a consumer, a term of payment often applies. The ...
- Purchase agreement
If you conclude a purchase agreement as a businessperson in the Netherlands, you must abide by the rules for ...
- Spam ban
All EU-based companies must comply with the ban on spam. Pursuant to this ban, you are not permitted to send any ...
- Tendering rules
If the Dutch government purchases goods or services from a company, the government has to observe tendering ...
- Unfair trading practices
If you sell goods or provide services to consumers in the Netherlands, you must not use unfair trading practices, ...
- VAT rates and exemptions
The Dutch turnover tax regime (i.e. VAT, known in Dutch as omzetbelasting or BTW) includes three rates: 0%, 6% and ...
