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The Dutch Child Labour Due Diligence Act (Wet zorgplicht kinderarbeid) imposes a duty of care on companies to prevent child labour within the production chain. Earlier this year I wrote a blog about the potential impact of the Act. Among other things, it imposes an obligation on every company that supplies goods or services to end users in the Netherlands to exercise 'due diligence' (gepaste zorgvuldigheid) so as to ensure that the goods or services concerned have not been produced using child labour.

Compliance & Business Integrity

Evaluation of Dutch RBC Agreements in the light of the Child Labour Due Diligence Act

The Dutch Child Labour Due Diligence Act (Wet zorgplicht kinderarbeid) imposes a duty of care on companies to prevent child labour within the production chain. Earlier this year I wrote a ...

31-07-2020
Eveline (E.R.) van Rhijn

Financiële bijdragen voor gebiedsontwikkeling publiekrechtelijk afdwingbaar onder de Omgevingswet

Public law

Financial contributions enforceable under public law for area development under the Environment and Planning Act (Omgevingswet)

On 9 June 2020, the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (BZK) opened an internet consultation on the Decree de...

Public law

Champagne at the hairdresser’s, a beer at the chemist’s? The Dutch Council of State is critical.

The Advisory Division of the Netherlands Council of State (“the Council of State”) has published its advice on the parlia...

Public law

CRvB adopts new approach as regards timely filing of objections and appeals

17-06-2020
Mirjam (M.C.C.) von Meijenfeldt

In previous blogs (see here and here) we wrote (a.o.) about the Dutch UBO register that would be introduced as of 10 January 2020 and the implementing Act amendment to the fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (the “4AMLD Implementing Amendment Act”) that would take effect from 10 January 2020. However, neither of these deadlines has been met. The relevant bills were adopted by the House of Representatives on 10 December 2019 and were then submitted to the Senate. A final important amendment (only availabl

Compliance & Business Integrity

Preparatory investigation by Dutch Senate’s Finance Committee of UBO register legislative bill and implementing Act amendment 4AMLD

In previous blogs (see here and ...

Private Equity and Venture Capital

Piercing the corporate veil – parental liability of private equity sponsors for cartel infringements

Businesses today are facing new challenges. The COVID-19 pandemic is obviously having a major impact on the global economy, which means that many businesses, including portfolio companies held by p...

On 25 May 2020, a cooperation agreement was concluded between the Financial Supervision Office (BFT) and the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) on the exchange of supervisory-confidential data or information within the framework of the Dutch Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Prevention) Act (Wwft) and the Dutch Audit Firms (Supervision) Act (Wta).

Compliance & Business Integrity

Cooperation agreement between the Financial Supervision Office (BFT) and the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM)

On 25 May 2020, a cooperation agreement was concluded between the Financial Supervision Office (BFT) and the Netherlands ...

Public law

Alcohol Decree and Alcohol Regulations: which three aspects may require you to submit a Statement of Views?

The Alcohol Decree [Alcoholbesluit] and the Alcohol Regulations [Alcoholregeling], both of them now open for public consultation, contain rules for further detailing of the Alcohol Act [Alcoholwet]...

Compliance & Business Integrity

Annual report of the Financial Supervision Office 2019

The Financial Supervision Office [Bureau Financieel Toezicht, “BFT”] published its Annual Report on 13 Ma...

The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) is having a significant impact on transactions around the globe, including those supported by private equity and venture capital. This blog post addresses why due diligence will be different in these uncertain times, contains practical advice on how to deal with these differences, describes key buy-side considerations when conducting due diligence, and concludes that both buy and sell-side can benefit from enhanced cooperation.

Private Equity and Venture Capital

Private Equity and VC Transactions: Key buy-side due diligence considerations and the mutual benefits of enhanced cooperation in uncertain times

The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) is having a significant impact on transactions around the globe, including those supported by private equity and venture capital. This blog post addresses why du...

Private Equity and Venture Capital

COVID-19 and data protection due diligence

Like many other national data protection authorities, the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DDPA) has posted ...

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