Water recreation

Activities in quiet areas

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Activities in water extraction and groundwater protection areas

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Applying for an event licence

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Hygiene and safety at swimming locations

Rules for health and safety of visitors To ensure the safety of visitors, you must follow the rules on, for example: first aid equipment signs showing the depth of the water materials used supervision...

Legionella risk analysis for swimming pools

You are required to prevent the formation of Legionella if you operate a publicly accessible pool such as: swimming pool swimming pool in, for example, hotels, saunas, and camping sites medical...

Mooring permit

Do you want to moor your vessel at a fixed location in the Netherlands? You need a mooring permit (ligplaatsvergunning). You can obtain a mooring permit from the municipal authorities or the regional...

Notify opening and remodelling of swimming pool

Do you want to open a public swimming pool? Or do you intend to remodel, renovate, or expand an existing public swimming pool? Then you must notify and apply for an environment and planning permit in...

Permit and authorisation for provincial waterway structures

You need a permit for canals (vergunning Kanalenreglement) from the provincal authorities if you want to: dig, build, reroute or re-lay, rebuild, modify, prevent the use of/decommission, or dismantle...

Permit for activities in recreational areas

Do you want to carry out commercial activities or organise an event in a recreational area? Then you may need to apply for a permit or an exemption. Permits from recreation board In the Netherlands...

Preventing Legionnaires' disease

What is Legionella? Legionella is a bacterium that can cause an infection of the airways called legionellosis, or Legionnaires’ disease. Legionella bacteria may grow in water with a temperature...

Regional water authority by-law

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Rules for Dutch inland navigation

Do you sail the Dutch inland waterways commercially as a skipper of a pleasure boat, passenger ship, or cargo ship? Then you and your crew must comply with the Dutch Inland Shipping Act. The Inland...

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Safety requirements for pleasure craft

Do you build or import pleasure craft? In the Netherlands pleasure craft must meet safety and environmental requirements. There requirements apply to: pleasure boats between 2.5 metres and 24 metres...

Tourist tax

Do you operate a tourist accommodation such as a hotel, bed and breakfast, holiday park, camp site, or marina in the Netherlands? You have to pay the municipal tourist tax for providing accommodation...

Use of a marine radio telephone

Do you want to use a marine radio telephone or other maritime transmission devices in the Netherlands? Then you must first register its use and in some cases you may need a licence. A stationary...

Visitor register

Do you provide overnight accommodation in the Netherlands? For instance in a hotel, bed & breakfast, or marina? You must maintain an ongoing visitor register. In this visitor register you record who...