English translations of Dutch laws and legislation
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Many Dutch laws have been translated into English. This list sets out the title of the law in the first column, the English translation with hyperlink in the second column and the date and source of the translation (if available) in the third column. Translations have no legal force; reference should always be made to the Dutch original.
Aanpassingsdecree vierde tranche Awb | Decree amending the General Administrative Law Act (Fourth Tranche) | No translation available |
Aanpassingswet vierde tranche Awb | Act implementing the General Administrative Law Act (Fourth Tranche) | No translation available |
Activiteitenbesluit | Environmental Activities Decree | No translation available |
Advocatenwet | As of 13 July 2002 Netherlands Bar Association | |
Afvalstoffenwet | Waste Products Act | No translation available |
Algemene Douanewet (Adw) | General Customs Act | No translation available |
Algemene termijnenwet (Atw) | General Extension of Time-Limits Act | No translation available |
Algemene wet bestuursrecht (AwB) | 28 July 2012; Ministry of Justice | |
Algemene Wet Bijzondere Ziektekosten (AWBZ) | Exceptional Medical Expenses Act
| No translation available |
Algemene wet gelijke behandeling (Awgb) | As of 2 March 1994; Equal Treatment Commission | |
Algemene wet inzake rijksbelastingen (Awr) | State Taxes Act (STA) | No translation available |
Ambtenarenwet (Aw) | Central and Local Government Personnel Act | As of 1 March 2006 Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations |
Arbeidsomstandighedenwet (ARBO-wet) | As of 19 March 2008 Netherlands Focal Point for Safety and Health at Work | |
Arbeidsomstandighedenbesluit | As of 19 March 2008 Netherlands Focal Point for Safety and Health at Work | |
Arboregeling | As of 19 March 2008 Netherlands Focal Point for Safety and Health at Work | |
Auteurswet | Unofficial translation by the Ministry of Justice | |
Bankwet | DNB | |
Bekendmakingswet | Publication Act | No translation available |
Beleidsregel reikwijdte geconsolideerd en solotoezicht op beleggingsondernemingen en kredietinstellingen Wft | 23 July 2008, DNB | |
Beroepswet | Appeals Act | No translation available |
Besluit aangewezen staten Wft | Order on Designated States under the FSA | No translation available |
Besluit Actuele Waarde | Actual Value Decree | Companies and Business Legislation of the Netherlands Companies and Business Legislation of the Netherlands, Warendorf (1 January 2005) |
Besluit bekostiging financieel toezicht | Decree on Funding of Financial Supervision (AmvB 1) | No translation available |
Besluit bestuurlijke boetes financiële sector | Decree on administrative penalties under financial legislation | No translation available |
Besluit boetes Wft | Decree on fines pursuant to the Financial Supervision Act (AMvB 3) | [Repealed as of 1 August 2009]
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Besluit bijzondere prudentiële maatregelen, beleggerscompensatie en depositogarantie Wft | Decree on Special Prudential Measures, Investor Compensation and Deposit Guarantees FSA (AmvB 6) | As of 12 October 2006 Ministry of Finance |
Besluit definitiebepalingen Wft | As of 12 October 2006, Ministry of Finance In-house translation: Definition of Professional Market Parties | |
Besluit externe veiligheid inrichtingen (Bevi) | External safety (establishments) decree | No translation available |
Besluit financieel toetsingskader pensioenfondsen | Pension Fund (Financial Assessment Framework) Decree | No translation available |
Besluit financiële dienstverlening | 2006, AFM | |
Besluit financiële zekerheid milieubeheer | 2003, VROM | |
Besluit fiscale waarderingsgrondslagen | Uniform Fiscal Valuation Principles Decree | Companies and Business Legislation of the Netherlands
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Besluit Gedragstoezicht financiële ondernemingen Wft (Bgfo) | Decree on Conduct of Business Supervision of Financial Undertakings FSA (AmvB 8) | 12 October 2006 Ministry of Finance
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Besluit gereglementeerde markten Wft | Decree on Regulated Markets | As of 1 November 2007 No translation available |
Besluit inzake gedekte obligaties | Decree of 3 June 2008, amending the Decree on Prudential Rules FSA (Besluit prudentiële regels Wft) and the Decree on the Supervision of Market Firms FSA (Besluit gedragstoezicht financiële ondernemingen Wft) regarding covered bonds. DNB | |
Besluit luchtkwaliteit | Air Quality Decree | No translation available |
Besluit marktmisbruik Wft | 12 October 2006 Ministry of Finance | |
Besluit markttoegang financiële ondernemingen Wft (Bmfo) | 12 October 2006 Ministry of Finance | |
Besluit melding zeggenschap en kapitaalbelang in uitgevende instellingen | Decree on the Disclosure of Holdings and Capital Interest in Issuing Institutions (AmvB 9) | 12 October 2006 Ministry of Finance |
Besluit openbare biedingen Wft | 2 September 2007 Ministry of Finance | |
Besluit prudentiële regels Wft | 12 October 2006 Ministry of Finance | |
Besluit prudentieel toezicht financiële groepen Wft | Decree on the Prudential Supervision Financial Groups FSA (AmvB 7) | 12 October 2006 Ministry of Finance |
Besluit reikwijdtebepalingen Wft | 12 October 2006 Ministry of Finance | |
Besluit Risico’s Zware Ongevallen 1999 | As of 19 March 2008 Netherlands Focal Point for Safety and Health at Work | |
Besluit toezicht accountantsorganisaties (Bta) | 23 March 2007 Ministry of Finance | |
Besluit uitvoering Pensioenwet en Wet verplichte beroepspensioenregeling | Decree on the Implementation of the Pension Act and the Obligatory Occupational Pension Schemes Act | No translation available |
Besluit Werkwijze Commissie Gelijke Behandeling
| Decree determining procedures of the Equal Treatment Commission of 29 July 1994 | 29 July 1994 Equal Treatment Commission |
Besluit tot wijziging van de bijlage, bedoeld in artikel 9c van de Wet financiële betrekkingen buitenland 1994 | DNB | |
Bouwbesluit | Building Decree | 2003, VROM The full text of the Dutch Building Decree can be found under the following: |
Burgerlijk Wetboek, Boek 1 (NBW) | Dutch Civil Code, Book 1 | Family law legislation of the Netherlands, includes translation of procedural and transitional provisions and private international law legislation, Sumner (2003) B.1.0.4 |
Burgerlijk Wetboek, Boek 2 (NBW) | Dutch Civil Code, Book 2 | Companies and Business Legislation of the Netherlands
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Burgerlijk Wetboek, Boek 3 (NBW) | Dutch Civil Code, Book 3 | Companies and Business Legislation of the Netherlands
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Burgerlijk Wetboek, Boek 4 (NBW) | Dutch Civil Code, Book 4 | Inheritance law legislation of the Netherlands: a translation of Book 4 of the Dutch Civil Code, procedural provisions and private international law legislation, Sumner (2005). |
Burgerlijk Wetboek, Boek 5 (NBW) | Dutch Civil Code, Book 5 | Companies and Business Legislation of the Netherlands
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Burgerlijk Wetboek, Boek 6 (NBW) | Dutch Civil Code, Book 6 | Companies and Business Legislation of the Netherlands
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Burgerlijk Wetboek, Boek 7 (NBW) | Dutch Civil Code, Book 7 | Companies and Business Legislation of the Netherlands
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Burgerlijk Wetboek, Boek 8 (NBW) | Dutch Civil Code, Book 8 | New Netherlands Civil Code, Means of Traffic and Transport, Haanappel & MacKaay (1990) B.0.11 |
Code Banken | Nederlandse Vereniging van Banken 8 September 2009 | |
Comptabiliteitswet 2001 | Official translation | |
Databankenwet | Act of 8 July 1999 relating to the adaptation of Dutch legislation to Directive 96/9/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 11 March 1996 on the legal protection of databases. Unofficial translation by the Ministry of Justice | |
Elektriciteitswet | 1998 – this document has not been updated to include recent changes in legislation. 2008, Amendment of the Electricity Act 1998 and the Gas Act for the purpose of improving the operation of the electricity and gas market, Ministry of Economic Affairs | |
Flora- en Faunawet | Flora and Fauna Act | No translation available |
Faillissementswet | As of 1 January 2003 International Insolvency Institute – www.iiiglobal.org | |
Garantieregeling | Rules of the 2008 Credit Guarantee Scheme of the State of the Netherlands | As of 18 February 2009 |
Gaswet | As of 2000 2008, Amendment of the Electricity Act 1998 and the Gas Act for the purpose of improving the operation of the electricity and gas market, Ministry of Economic Affairs | |
Gerechtsdeurwaarderswet | 2001, Ministry of Justice | |
Gemeentewet | Municipalities Acts | Translations of articles 108, 121-124, 147, 149, 154, 156, 160, 165-169, 268, 279 in Constitutional Law of the Netherlands, Besselink, ed. |
Grondexploitatiewet | Land Development Act | No translation |
Grondwet (Gw) | Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations | |
Hinderwet | Nuisance Act | No translation available |
Invoerings- en aanpassingswet Wft | FSA Implementation and Amendment Act | No translation available |
Kadasterwet | Land Registry Act | No translation available |
Kernenergiewet (Kew) | Nuclear Energy Act | No translation available |
Machtigingswet Koninklijke PTT Nederland | PTT Nederland NV Enabling Act | No translation available |
Mededingingswet | Companies and Business Legislation of the Netherlands | |
Mediabesluit | No recent translation: this translation reflects changes in the Act to December 2000 | |
Mediawet | No recent translation available; this translation reflects changes until the Decree of 21 May 2001 | |
Mijnbouwwet | NL Olie- en Gasportaal. Same site has translations of the Mining Decree (Mijnbouwbesluit) and the Mining Regulation (Mijnbouwregeling) | |
Monumentenwet | Monuments & Historic Buildings Act | No translation available |
Nadere Regeling financiële dienstverlening (NRfd) | As of 7 April 2006; replaced by (inter alia) Wft/Nrgfo/Bgfo AFM | |
Nadere Regeling gedragstoezicht financiële ondernemingen Wft (Nrgfo) | Further Regulation on Supervision of Market Conduct Financial Firms FSA | AFM (does not include amendments of 27 January 2009) |
Nadere voorschriften omtrent de inhoud van het jaarverslag | Further Requirements in Respect of the Contents of Annual Reports | Companies and Business Legislation of the Netherlands
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Natuurbeschermingswet 1998 | Nature Conservation Act 1998 | No translation available |
Nederlandse corporate governance code | As of 10 December 2008 Commission Corporate Governance | |
Ontgrondingswet | Soil Removal Act | No translation available |
Organisatiewet Kadaster | Land Registry Organisation Act | No translation available |
Pensioenwet (Pw) | As of 1 January 2007: replaces the Pensions and Savings Funds Act (Pensioen- en spaarfondsenwet, PSW) DNB | |
Provinciewet | Provinces Act | No translation available |
Regeling aanvullend prudentieel toezicht kredietinstellingen, beleggingsondernemingen, levensverzekeraars en schedeverzekeraars in een groep en in een financieel conglomeraat | DNB | |
Regeling afgeschermde rekeningen Wft | DNB | |
Regeling liquiditeit Wft | DNB | |
Regeling prudentieel toezicht financiële groepen Wft | Supervisory Regulation on Prudential Supervision of Financial Groups FSA | As of 1 January 2007 DNB |
Regeling Risico’s Zware Ongevallen 1999 | As of 19 March 2008 Netherlands Focal Point for Safety and Health at Work | |
Regeling solvabiliteitseisen voor het kredietrisico Wft | DNB | |
Regeling solvabiliteitseisen voor het marktrisico Wft | DNB | |
Regeling solvabiliteitseisen voor het operationeel risico Wft | Regulation on Solvency Requirements for Operational Risk FSA | DNB |
Regeling solvabiliteitsmarge en technische voorzieningen verzekeraars | Regulation on Solvency Margins and Technical Provisions Insurers | No translation available |
Regeling staten financiële ondernemingen | DNB | |
Reparatiebesluit Wft | Financial Supervision Act Repairs Decree | No translation available |
Reparatiewet Wft | Financial Supervision Act Repairs Bill | No translation available |
Rijksoctrooiwet | 1995 | |
Rijkswet goedkeuring en bekendmaking verdragen | Approval and Publication of Treaties Act | Constitutional Law of the Netherlands, Besselink, ed |
Rijkswet vrijwillige zetelverplaatsing van rechtspersonen | Act of the Kingdom on the Voluntary Transfer of the Seat of Legal Persons | Companies and Business Legislation of the Netherlands
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Rijkswet zetelverplaatsing door de Overheid van rechtspersonen en instellingen | Act of the Kingdom on the Transfer of the Seat of Legal Persons and Institutions by the Government | Companies and Business Legislation of the Netherlands
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Sanctiewet 1977 | Council of Europe | |
Telecommunicatiewet (Tw) | Telecommunications Act (2004) | No recent English translation Dutch Telecommunications Law, Eijsvoogel |
Tijdelijke regeling MiFID | [Temporary rules MiFID] | Repealed as of 12 February 2009 |
Tijdelijke regeling invoering MiFID | [Temporary rules implementing MiFID] | Repealed as of 12 February 2009 |
Tracéwet | Transport Infrastructure Planning Act | No translation available. Also called: Route Act |
Uitvoeringsregeling Wft | As of 8 November 2007 Ministry of Finance | |
Uitvoeringswet verordening Europese vennootschap | Companies and Business Legislation of the Netherlands | |
Uitvoeringswet verordening Europese coöperatieve vennootschap | Companies and Business Legislation of the Netherlands | |
Uitvoeringswet verordening tot instelling Europese economische samenwerkingsverbanden | Companies and Business Legislation of the Netherlands | |
Vrijstellingsbesluit Wbp | Dutch Data Protection (Exemptions) Decree | No translation available |
Vrijstellingsbesluit overnamebiedingen Wft | Exemption Decree Takeover Bids FSA | No translation available In-house translation of Section 2 (control) |
Vrijstellingsregeling Wft | Exemption Regulations pursuant to the Financial Supervision Act | As of 8 November 2007 Ministry of Finance |
Vrijstellingsregeling (Wfd) | Exemption Regulations pursuant to the Financial Services Act | As of 8 June 2006 AFM |
Vrijstellingsregeling Wet toezicht trustkantoren | Exemption Regulations on the Act on the Supervision of Trust Offices | No translation available |
Waterwet | The Water Act | [end 2009] |
Wegenverkeerswet (WVW) | Road Traffic Act | No translation available |
Wet algemene bepalingen van omgevingsrecht | Environmental Licensing Act | No translation available |
Wet op de bedrijfsorganisatie (WBO) | SER | |
Wet beheer rijkswaterstaatswerken (Wbr) | Public Works and Water Management Act | No translation available |
Wet Algemene Bepalingen Milieuhygiëne (WABM) | Environmental Protection Act | No translation available |
Wet behoud van cultuurbezit | Ministry of Justice | |
Wet bescherming persoonsgegevens (Wbp) | Also: Dutch Act on the Protection of Personal Data (DAPPD) Unofficial translation | |
Wet bodembescherming (Wbb) | Soil Protection Act | No translation available |
Wet collectieve afwikkeling massaschade (Wcam) | Also: Act on Collective Settlement of Mass Damages (CSMDA) | |
Wet conflictenrecht corporaties | Companies and Business Legislation of the Netherlands Companies and Other Legal Persons, Warendorf (1997) B.2.0.2 | |
Wet conflictenrecht goederenrecht | Companies and Business Legislation of the Netherlands | |
Wet conflictenrecht onrechtmatige daad (WCOD) | Companies and Business Legislation of the Netherlands | |
Wet op de Dividendbelasting 1965 | Dividend Tax Act | No translation available |
Wet op de economische delicten (Wed) | Economic Offences Act | No translation available |
Wet op de Europese Ondernemingsraden (WEOR) | 23 January 1997 | |
Wet financiële betrekkingen buitenland 1994 | DNB | |
Wet financiële dienstverlening (Wfd) | As of 12 May 2005 (no longer in force); merged into FSA Provided by the AFM | |
Wet op het financieel toezicht (Wft) | As of 1 April 2009; Ministry of Finance
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Wet op de formeel buitenlandse vennootschappen | Pro Forma Foreign Companies Act | Companies and Business Legislation of the Netherlands |
Wet inzake de geldtransactiekantoren (Wgt) | Ministry of Finance | |
Wet gelijke behandeling op grond van handicap of chronische ziekte (WGBH/CZ) | Dutch Equal Treatment Commission | |
Wet gelijke behandeling op grond van leeftijd bij de arbeid (WGBL) | Dutch Equal Treatment Commission | |
Wet gelijke behandeling mannen en vrouwen (WGB) | 1980, Ministry of Justice | |
Wet geluidshinder | Noise Abatement Act | No translation available |
Wet Giraal Effectenverkeer (WGE) | Securities Giro Transfer Act | No translation available |
Wet grenzen Nederlandse territoriale zee | As of 9 January 1985 | |
Wet Haags bewijsverdrag | Hague Civil Evidence Convention Act | Netherlands Civil Evidence Act, Hebly (1998) |
Wet handhaving consumentenbescherming | Consumer Protection Enforcement Act | No translation available |
Wet identificatie bij dienstverlening (WID) | Lapsed 31 July 2008 Ministry of Finance | |
Wet Implementatie kapitaal akkord Bazel 2 (kamerstukken II 30672) | Act Implementing Basel II Capital Accord |
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Wet Inkomstenbelasting | Personal Income Tax Act | No translation available |
Wet Introductie Premiepensioeninstellingen (concept) |
Ministry of Finance | |
Wet op de kansspelen (WKS) | Betting and Gaming Act | No translation available |
Wet luchtverontreiniging | Air Pollution Act | No translation available |
Wet melding collectief ontslag (WMCO) | Collective Dismissal Act | No translation available |
Wet melding ongebruikelijke transacties (Wet MOT) | Repealed as of 31 July 2008. Both WID and Wet MOT have been replaced by Wet ter voorkoming van witwassen en financieren van terrorisme (Wwft) | |
Wet melding zeggenschap en kapitaalbelang in effectenuitgevende instellingen (Wmz 2006) | Act on the Disclosure of Major Holdings and Capital Interests in Securities-Issuing Institutions | AFM |
Wet milieubeheer (Wm) | As of May 2004 www.eel.nl for recent chapter (7) as of August 2006 | |
Wet milieugevaarlijke stoffen | Act on Environmentally Hazardous Substances | No translation available |
Wet op de naburige rechten | Unofficial translation by the Ministry of Justice | |
Wet onafhankelijke post en telecommunicatie autoriteit (OPTA wet) | Independent Post and Telecommunications Authority Act (OPTA law) | Dutch Telecommunications Law, Ejsvoogel (2000) |
Wet op de ondernemingsraden (WOR) | As of mid-2003. Also Model Rules of Procedure for Works Councils (Voorbeeldreglement ondernemingsraden) | |
Wet onderscheid arbeidsovereenkomst voor bepaalde en onbepaalde tijd |
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Wet oneerlijke handelspraktijken (Wet OHP) | Unfair Commercial Practices Act | No translation available |
Wet Openbaarheid van Bestuur (WOB) | 20 May 2008 Minbuza | |
Wet Overdrachtsbelasting | Legal Transactions Act | No translation available |
Wet publiek gezondheid (wpg) | ||
Wet op de Raad van Staat (Wet RvS) | Council of State Act | No translation available |
Wet Ruimtelijke Ordening (WRO) | VROM Amendment of the Spatial Planning Act in Respect of Land Development | |
Wet op de reïntegratie arbeidsgehandicapten (Wet REA) | Disabled Workers (Reintegration) Act | No translation available |
Wet tarieven burgerlijke zaken | Act on tariffs in civil cases | No translation available |
Wet op de telecommunicatievovoorzieningen (Wtv) | Telecommunications Facilities Act | Dutch Telecommunications Law, Ejsvoogel, De Ru (2002) |
Wet op de Rechterlijke Organisatie (WRO) | Law on the organisation of the courts | No translation available |
Wet toezicht accountantsorganisaties (Wta) | As of 1 October 2006 AFM | |
Wet toezicht beleggingsinstellingen (Wtb) | 2006, AFM | |
Wet toezicht collectieve beheersorganisaties auteurs- en naburige rechten | Unofficial translation by the Ministry of Justice | |
Wet toezicht financiële verslaggeving (Wtfv) | Act on the Supervision of Financial Reporting | No translation available |
Wet toezicht trustkantoren (Wtt) | Includes Explanatory Memorandum Unofficial translation by the Ministry of Justice | |
Wet verbod op onderscheid naar arbeidsduur | 1996, Ministry of Justice | |
Wet verontreiniging oppervlaktewateren | Act on Pollution of Surface Water | No translation available |
Wet verplichte deelneeming in een bedrijfstakpensioenfonds (Wet Bpf) | The Compulsory Participation in a Company Pension Fund Act 2000 | No translation available |
Wet verplichte beroepspensioenregeling (Wvp) | Compulsory Professional Pension Scheme Act | No translation available |
Wet voorkeursrecht Gemeenten (WvG) | Municipalities Preferential Rights Act | No translation available |
Wet ter voorkoming van witwassen en financiering van terrorisme (Wwft) | 1 August 2008, Ministry of Finance | |
Wet vrijwillige zetelverplaatsing derde landen | Companies and Business Legislation of the Netherlands
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Wet op de waterhuishouding | Water Management Act | No translation available |
Wet wijziging boetestelsel financiële sector (Boetewet) | Act amending the penalty system under financial legislation | As of 1 August 2009 No translation available |
Wet tot wijziging van de Wet op het financieel toezicht en de Faillissementswet | Act amending the Financial Supervision Act and the Bankruptcy Act |
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Wetboek van Burgerlijke Rechtsvordering (Rv) | Code of Civil Procedure |
Book 3 – Procedures of a Diverse Nature Companies and Business Legislation: |
Wetboek van Koophandel (K) | Commercial Code (DCC) | Articles 6-11, Netherlands Civil Evidence Act, Hebly D.3.0.2 |
Wetboek van Strafrecht | Criminal Code | In-house translations of: Articles 43, 435c, 76, 42, 70: International Committee of the Red Cross |
Wijzigingswet Wft 1 | First Act amending the FSA | No translation available |
Wijzigingswet Wft 2 | Second Act amending the FSA | No translation available |
Wijzigingsregeling financiële markten 2010 |
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Wijzigingswet financiële markten 2010 | Amendment of the Financial Supervision Act 2010 |
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Wetboek van Strafvordering | Code of Criminal Procedure |
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Woningwet (Ww) | Housing Act | No translation available |
Zorgverzekeringswet (Zvw) | Health Care Insurance Act | No translation available |