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Accreditation of inspection bodies and laboratories

Do you operate a certifying organisation, inspection body, or laboratory that offers product testing services? You need accreditation before you can test, inspect, or give out certificates....

Animal breeding techniques

Do you use breeding techniques on your farm to inseminate animals or assess fertility? This means, you apply breeding techniques to animals. You usually have to apply for recognition or registration...

Applying for a GMO permit

Do you work with genetically modified organisms (GMO) in the Netherlands, or do you want to market a GMO? You need to apply for a GMO permit ( GGO-vergunning ). For experiments with GMOs you need a...

Applying for dispensation from the Opium Act

You are not allowed to have drugs which are banned under the Dutch Opium Act (Opiumwet) on your business premises. Furthermore, you are not allowed to prepare, treat, process, sell, supply, provide,...

Attention: amendment

Certificates and quality marks

With a certificate or quality mark, you can demonstrate that something meets certain requirements. For some products, services, or employees, a certificate is mandatory. There are separate conditions...

Attention: amendment

Commodities Act

Do you produce, prepare or trade in food or other consumer products in the Netherlands? Then you must comply with the Commodities Act (Warenwet). The Commodities Act (in Dutch) applies to all products...

Attention: amendment

Gas and electricity metering company

Do you own a metering company for electricity and gas? You must be certified and authorised. Therefore you must meet several requirements. A metering company supplies, installs, and maintains the...

Kwalibo recognition and quality requirements soil broker

Do you want to set up a soil management business in the Netherlands? For instance a laboratory, consultancy, contractor, or soil treatment plant? Then you will need a certificate and official...

Liquid-proof and liquid-resistant floors

The information in this article may change after 1 January 2024 Some of the information on this page may change after the Environment and Planning Act comes into effect on 1 January 2024. It will be...

Obligation to report infectious diseases

The Public Health Act determines how certain professional groups must act after discovering or suspecting certain infectious diseases. Doctors, laboratories, or institutions in the Netherlands must...

Products containing mercury

It is prohibited to manufacture, import or trade products containing mercury. Such as: measuring instruments such as thermometers and manometers light sources electronic products (e.g. switches)...

Public-private partnership (PPP)

In a public-private partnership (PPP or Publiek-Private Samenwerking, PPS, in Dutch), companies and government bodies or civil society organisations work together. In the area of housing, for example,...

Registration and accreditation with the NVWA

Do you make, process, or transport food or feed? Or do you store foodstuffs? You must register all of your branches in the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority’s (NVWA) register....

Rules on animal testing and research

Are you a scientist, doctor, or veterinarian? And do you want to carry out tests on animals, for instance for vaccine testing? You must comply with requirements regarding expertise, animal welfare,...

Working in enclosed spaces

Working in an enclosed space means that the workplace is difficult to access and has little natural ventilation. It is often cramped, poorly lit, and there are few ways to escape. Hazardous substances...

Working with radiation

Do you work with ionising radiation? You must be aware of the strict rules on working with radiation. This radiation may be harmful to humans, animals, plants and goods. Ionising radiation is used in...

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