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2025年7月15日

ACCESS OF UBO REGISTER FOR THE NOTARIAL PROFESSION IS AROUND THE CORNER

Last June, an agreement was reached and signed between the Dutch Chamber of Commerce (“CoC”) and the Dutch Royal Notarial Professional Organization (“RNPO”), to again allow civil law notaries in the Netherlands direct access to the UBO register.

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2025年6月13日

General terms and conditions: no absolute shield against liability

General terms and conditions are a key instrument for many entrepreneurs aiming to minimize legal risks. These documents typically contain clauses on liability, complaint periods, payment terms and governing law.

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2025年5月27日

The moratorium under the WHOA

The Act on the court approval of private restructuring plans (Wet Homologatie Onderhands Akkoord, abbreviated as WHOA) makes it easier for a company in financial distress to sit down with its creditors and shareholders and make arrangements to restructure its debts. The annual report over 2023 of the group of specialised judges and staff tasked with implementing the WHOA (the WHOA Pool) shows, among other things, that in 2023, the moratorium (afkoelingsperiode) was the most frequently requested measure of all the restructuring tools offered by the WHOA.

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2025年5月22日

Legislative proposal ACM Call-In Power Act: possible expansion of the scope of merger control supervision by the Dutch Competition Authority

On 18 March 2025, Members of the Dutch Parliament Julian Boshoff (GroenLinks-PvdA) and Daniëlle Jansen (Nieuw Sociaal Contract) introduced a legislative proposal seeking to expand the enforcement powers of the Dutch Competition Authority (known as the Autoriteit Consument & Markt or ACM). Specifically, the proposal aims to empower the ACM to call in concentrations that fall below the applicable turnover thresholds, where such concentrations could nonetheless significantly impede effective competition in the Dutch market or a part thereof.

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2025年5月13日

Dutch Supreme Court: Helpling Cleaners were Temporary Agency Workers

On 11 April 2025 the Dutch Supreme Court ruled that cleaners who worked through the online platform Helpling had a temporary agency contract (a specific type of employment contract) with Helpling. This confirms the earlier ruling by the Amsterdam Court of Appeal.

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2025年3月28日

Preparation, adoption and publication of financial statements: what are the rules again?

Pursuant to Section 2:210 of the Civil Code, the management board of a private limited liability company (BV) or public limited company (NV) must prepare annual accounts and make them available for inspection at the company's offices within five months of the end of the financial year, subject to a maximum five-month extension on account of special circumstances.