On 1 January 2016, the Rotterdam District Court started a pilot project allowing cases involving maritime and transport law and international sale of goods to be conducted in English.

Loyens & Loeff assisted Blue Ocean Terminals Limited as legal counsel on the acquisition of 100% of Steinweg Ports International B.V.'s interest in Rotterdam Short Sea Terminals B.V.

The General Court agreed with the air carriers on there being a contradiction between the grounds and the operative part of the contested decision.

European road transport rates for parcels & pallets continue to increase with 5 to 10+%. Ocean rates are still going south, while Airfreight rates remain extremely volatile.

The Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management has published the Heavy vehicle tax Decree. In this Decree, the Minister provides some further rules regarding the upcoming Heavy vehicle tax (HVT).

Niels Muller, advocaat en belastingadviseur bij Loyens & Loeff, schreef mee aan een notitie vanuit de partijen die in Nederland proberen de elektrische auto tot een succes te maken.

January kick-started the year for Capital Markets with one of the largest conferences in Aviation in Dublin, the Airline Economics Growth and Frontiers conference.

Dispute Resolution analysis: in July 2015 the Amsterdam District Court concluded that there had been no abuse of procedural law by KLM in a case related to alleged freight cargo price fixing.

The Commission recently re-adopted its air cargo cartel decision after the General Court annulled its original decision for inconsistencies on procedural grounds.

The Government re-opened the temporary accelerated depreciation tax facility to stimulate investment in the Netherlands.

Below are some key takeaways we hear on the ground.

Further to our earlier posts from 8 October and 7 October relating to the conviction of a company and individual for exporting aircraft parts to Russia in breach of EU sanctions...

The Netherlands is considered a creditor-friendly jurisdiction. However, there are some aspects of Dutch law that US financial institutions considering ship finance in the Netherlands should be aware of.

Increasingly, news media reports are covering 'massive' data breaches. In the Netherlands, we have examples such as the data breach at the market researcher Blauw (March 2023, affecting 2 million people)...

On Budget Day, the Dutch government unveiled the Tax Plan 2025, which includes several legislative proposals and amendments related to automotive and energy taxes.

The Green Claims Directive ("GCD") proposal was adopted by the European Commission in March 2023 and is expected to commence in the latter part of 2024. A more detailed note on the GCD can be found here.

On 18 August 2025, the Dutch Committee for Human Rights (CRvdM) issued a ruling on equal pay for seafarers on ships registered under the Dutch flag.

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On Budget Day, the Dutch government published the Tax Plan 2024 providing several legislative proposals and amendments to automotive taxes and energy taxes.