Key Regulatory Developments In The Netherlands

In connection with investigations into possible rate fixing by banks, the European Commission has amended its proposals for regulation on insider trading and market manipulation.

Enforcement actions by criminal and supervisory authorities are settled regularly.

The act to implement the revised Consumer Credit Directive (the Implementation Act) was published on 12 November 2025 and is currently before the Council of State for advice.

The revised European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR 3), which came into effect on 24 December 2024, aims to enhance the transparency, stability, and safety of the financial markets within the EU.

The Court of Justice of the European Union has delivered a landmark judgment clarifying whether businesses that receive, hold and transfer client funds are providing regulated payment services under PSD2.

The Dutch Central Bank (DNB) has introduced a revised enforcement policy that imposes administrative fines and penalty payment orders on designated reporting entities that repeatedly fail to submit statistical reports on time. Captive financial institutions, fund managers, securitisation vehicles, and certain holding and royalty companies must now ensure their governance frameworks support timely compliance...

De Wet op het financieel toezicht (Wft) verbiedt het aanbieden van krediet aan consumenten zonder vergunning van de AFM. Dit artikel biedt een praktisch overzicht van de belangrijkste aandachtspunten bij kredietverstrekking, inclusief recente jurisprudentie en concrete handvatten om te bepalen wanneer de vergunningplicht wel of niet van toepassing is.

Syndicated financing allows borrowers to access capital beyond what a single lender can provide by distributing risk across multiple parties. In the Netherlands, a parallel debt mechanism addresses legal uncertainties around security interests, enabling a security agent to hold collateral on behalf of all lenders while maintaining clear enforcement rights.

On July 7th, 2020, the New York State Department of Financial Services fined Deutsche Bank USD 150 million for its "significant compliance failures" in its relationship with Jeffrey Epstein...

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In a recent judgment concerning the validity of disciplinary proceedings when it is based on the same evidence, witnesses, and circumstances as in a criminal case...

The Consumer Protection Act, 2019 defines misleading advertisements as advertisements which "falsely describe the product or service; give a false guarantee or is likely to mislead the consumers as to the nature, substance, quality ...

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Commencing from March 1, 2015 citizens of the Russian Federation will be able to enter, exit, transit, stay and travel on the territory of Ukraine only on the basis of foreign passports.

The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Act, 2026 has introduced a significant change to the liquidation framework under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (“IBC”). Section 33(1A), creating an opportunity to restore the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (“CIRP”).

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In a recent seminal judgment titled Stone Hill Education Foundation and Ors. vs. Union of India and Ors., the Hon'ble Karnataka High Court has struck down the controversial para 83 ...

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