Ivo Opstelten (Minister of Security and Justice) intends to withdraw the Partnerships Bill (setting out what was to become Title 7.13 of the Dutch Civil Code). He made this known yesterday in a letter to the upper chamber of the Dutch Parliament.

The Dutch central bank has imposed a significant financial penalty on ABN Amro for failures in its customer due diligence processes, particularly concerning high-risk clients. The investigation revealed critical gaps in the bank's ability to identify and address potential sanctions evasion involving dual-use goods and intermediaries in high-risk jurisdictions.

In an investigation led by the Public Prosecutor's Office, the Dutch FIOD last week conducted raids on two homes and arrested one individual suspected of transferring bitcoins...

On 19 April 2012 a bill amending the Acts to prevent money laundering and financing of terrorism was submitted to the Second Chamber of parliament.

ING Bank has reached a USD 619 million settlement with the US Treasury Department to avoid potential prosecution for allegedly facilitating billions of dollars' worth of payments to Cuban and Iranian customers.

The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets ("ACM") published a decision permitting brick manufacturers to establish a collective return and deposit system for the reuse of pallets.

Over time, however, the Court of Justice of the EU has formulated specific exceptions to this negative answer.

For example, institutions will now be explicitly required to provide as many different training courses as is required for each specific function in an organization.

The Dutch Central Bank recently published its updated guidance on money laundering, terrorism financing and sanctions.

Simplification of tax free brackets for sole proprietorship.

Chinese anti-bribery efforts previously focused primarily on the bribe-taker.

The government recently announced that, before the middle of 2011, it will be publishing a draft bill containing new personal data protection rules for consultation purposes.

On 15 May 2012, the Minister of Security and Justice has published a draft bill for advice that would extend existing measures to combat financial and economic crime.

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 Netherlands is poised to dramatically expand its foreign direct investment screening regime by adding six highly sensitive technology categories—including biotechnology, artificial intelligence, and nanotechnology...

The government is investing a total of 160.5 million euros in seven major research projects at Dutch universities.

The event featured the World Bank's Joanna Nasr as keynote speaker and focused on her organisation's annual ‘Doing Business'

In this recent study, research groups Rhodium Group and MERICS confirm earlier reports that Chinese investments in Europe have been declining in 2017 and 2018.

La Cour Constitutionnelle allemande vient de décider de l'inadmissibilité d'un ensemble de recours relatifs des décisions des Chambres de Recours et de la Grande Chambre de...

On May 25, 2026, the Dutch government blocked the proposed acquisition of Dutch cloud services provider Solvinity by U.S.-based Kyndryl, citing alleged public interest concerns under the Netherlands...