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General Terms and Conditions: Why Copying Them Will Cost You Dearly
Copying another company’s general terms and conditions (algemene voorwaarden) is risky on three separate legal grounds, and those risks are cumulative rather than alternatives. First, terms drafted with an original structure and wording enjoy copyright protection under the Dutch Copyright
If you married in the Netherlands on or after 1 January 2018 without signing a
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For a foreign national in the Netherlands, a criminal case has two outcomes, not one:
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Almost every question we get from internationals about divorce in the Netherlands starts with the
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In a Dutch financial or fraud investigation, the sentence is often not the heaviest part.
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Almost every commercial lease in the Netherlands is signed on a ROZ model: a short
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Violence cases are among the most common criminal matters private individuals face in the Netherlands.
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The 30% ruling (30%-regeling, officially the expatregeling since 2024) lets a Dutch employer pay part
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Almost every commercial software product contains open source components, usually hundreds, chosen by developers rather
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If a Dutch public authority has refused your permit, withdrawn your subsidy or imposed an
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Dutch leave law is generous but fragmented. Holiday sits in one statute and the care-related
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If your building in the Netherlands is connected to a district heating network — a
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Almost every dealing your company has with a Dutch public authority — a permit, a
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