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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
The Energy Act (Energiewet) entered into force on 1 January 2026 and replaced the Electricity
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Corporate compliance in the Netherlands is not a single regime but a set of obligations
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A declaration of undesirability (ongewenstverklaring) and an entry ban (inreisverbod) are two separate Dutch measures
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Dismissal in the probationary period means that either party can end the employment contract with
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The difference between murder and manslaughter in Dutch law is premeditation, and nothing else. Manslaughter,
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Reorganisation and redundancy in the Netherlands: the procedure A dismissal in a reorganisation in the
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Dutch criminal law distinguishes between offences in which a computer is the target and offences
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In short: the legal alcohol limit for driving in the Netherlands is 0.5 promille of
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Where a neighbour builds without the required permit, the effective remedy in the Netherlands is
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The Dutch implementation of the NIS2 Directive, the Cybersecurity Act (Cyberbeveiligingswet), has been in force
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An employee who cannot work through illness in the Netherlands has two rights from the
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Being falsely accused engages two separate bodies of law, and the response differs depending on
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