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• New Dutch benchmark tests legal AI on usability, not just accuracy

  A new benchmark for Dutch legal AI, DELTA, is expanding how legal AI is evaluated by measuring not only whether an answer is correct, but whether it is usable as written. Led by independent research organisation Legal Benchmarks with Zeno as Founding Research Partner, DELTA scores outputs across three dimensions: substance, citation, and form, with...

• The Platform Work Act: Implementing the EU Platform Work Directive in the Netherlands

  On 29 June 2026, the Dutch government published a draft bill implementing the EU Platform Work Directive (Directive (EU) 2024/2831). The internet consultation ran until 24 August 2026. Member States must transpose the Directive by 2 December 2026. Scope of the Directive The Directive applies to individuals whose platform-working relationship qualifies as employment under the...

• Greater Security for Flexible Workers Act

  On 7 July 2026, the Dutch Senate adopted the Greater Security for Flexible Workers Act (Wet meer zekerheid flexwerkers), one of the key legislative reforms stemming from the Dutch labour market reform agenda. The legislation aims to reduce job insecurity for workers on flexible contracts and encourage more stable employment relationships. Key reforms The most...

• Provision of Personnel (Accreditation) Act: Mandatory Accreditation for Staffing Agencies

  The Provision of Personnel (Accreditation) Act (Wet toelating terbeschikkingstelling van arbeidskrachten) was published in the Official Gazette (Staatsblad) in 2024 and introduces a mandatory accreditation system for all businesses that supply workers to third parties in the Netherlands. The mandatory accreditation requirement is currently expected to apply from 1 January 2027. Scope of the accreditation...

• The Leave Act: Simplifying Dutch Leave Legislation

  On 29 June 2026, the Dutch government launched an internet consultation on the Leave Act, a proposal intended to modernise and simplify the Dutch leave framework. The internet consultation ran until 10 August 2026. The government aims for the Leave Act to enter into force in 2028. The proposed three-pillar model The Leave Act restructures...

• Systeemcapaciteit als ruimtelijke randvoorwaarde: van ontwikkelruimte naar draagkracht

  Op Duurzame Dinsdag gaat het ieder jaar over nieuwe ideeën en initiatieven die bijdragen aan een duurzamere samenleving. Bij duurzaamheid in de gebouwde omgeving denken we al snel aan minder energieverbruik, minder uitstoot en minder verspilling. Die benadering blijft relevant, maar verklaart steeds minder wat er vandaag in de praktijk gebeurt. Steeds vaker gaat duurzaamheid...

• Initial source unknown in Dutch hepatitis A outbreak

  Scientists have been unable to pinpoint the route of contamination in a hepatitis A outbreak traced to blueberries. Twenty-four patients in the Netherlands became ill from November 2024 to February 2025 as part of the hepatitis A outbreak. 

• AFM update on DORA

  On 6 August 2026, the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (Autoriteit Financiële Markten, AFM) published an update on the Digital Operational Resilience Act (Regulation (EU) 2022/2554, DORA). This update focuses on the progress of the financial sector since the introduction of DORA. The AFM has noticed strong improvement in the number of information registers...

• Anti-Money Laundering Compliance for Dealers in Precious Metals and Stones amid Escalating Administrative and Criminal Enforcement Worldwide

  Authored by: Wu Wei Zhang Shuang In February 2026, the Dutch subsidiary of a leading French luxury brand was fined €500,000 by Dutch prosecutors for weak transaction monitoring, failure to detect structured transactions, inadequate customer due diligence (CDD), and non-reporting of suspicious activity. The case, involving “daigou” by a Chinese, sent a clear compliance warning...

• Dutch Implementation Act on the MiFID II review

  On 20 July 2026, the Dutch Minister of Finance published the Implementation Act on the review of MiFID II 2026 (Implementatiewet herziening MiFID II 2026, the Implementation Act) in the Dutch Government Gazette. Please refer to our earlier blog about the delayed implementation of the MiFID II review. The Implementation Act amends the Dutch Act...

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• Dutch Authorities Consider Plans Of Proposed “Big Brother” Spinoffs

  John de Mol’s new television station Talpa is pushing the envelope in the Netherlands, and the government is pushing back. Some government officials are horrified that de Mol’s proposed “Big Brother” spinoffs include pilots for shows in which a woman would give birth, and another couple would...

• Women in Europe for a Common Future Issues Position Paper: Nano the Great Unknown

  Women in Europe for a Common Future, (WECF) founded in the Netherlands in 1994, ” is a network of 100 member organizations and individual members who share a common concern to promote a healthy environment for all, strengthen the role of women and promote a gender and rights based approach in...

• Akkermans on The Comparative Method in Property Law

  Bram Akkermans (Maastricht) has posted The Comparative Method in Property Law on SSRN.  Here’s the abstract: Property law systems diverge and there are many reasons for this. This does not only apply to common law and civil law systems (or Nordic or mixed legal systems), but basically for all...

• Report Dutch regulators on transparency on asset management costs by Dutch pension funds

  The Dutch Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank, DNB) and the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (Autoriteit Financiële Markten, the AFM) have analysed the reported asset management costs of Dutch pension funds. Pension funds have reported that for 2013 their asset management costs (exclu...

• Akkermans on The Numerus Clausus of Property Rights

  Bram Akkermans (Maastricht) has posted The Numerus Clausus of Property Rights (Book Chapter) on SSRN.  Here’s the abstract: The numerus clausus of property rights is one of the fundamental principles of property law (Van Erp 2006a; Akkermans 2008). It refers to the idea that both the number and...

• COREPER invited to agree Council’s negotiation mandate on legislative package to delay application of MiFID II

  The Council of the EU has published an “I” item note from its General Secretariat to its Permanent Representatives Committee (COREPER) relating to the legislative proposals to amend certain application dates for MiFID II and MiFIR. The proposals have been examined by the Working Party on Financial...

• Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference, The Hague: Property Rights In Intangible Assets

  Here are the remarks we were to have presented today, the second day of the 2016 Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference, being held in The Hague, Netherlands at the International Court of Justice. The panel subject was “Property Rights in Intangible Assets.” We were unable to deliver them due to ...

• Closing down a business in the Netherlands – dealing with sick employees

  Many international companies may have a branch or legal entity in the Netherlands. If such a company decides to close down its Dutch business, it needs to take actions regarding its assets, its (contractual) obligations , and its employees. If there is no possibility of finding suitable alternative ...

• AFM sees room for improvement by AIFMs

  On 23 January 2018, the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (Autoriteit Financiële Markten, the AFM) issued a press release on its website stating that it has concluded an investigation into compliance with statutory requirements regarding sound business conduct, governance and...

• PepsiCo recalls peanuts because of aflatoxin levels

  PepsiCo has recalled a brand of peanuts from multiple countries due to higher than permitted levels of aflatoxin. Duyvis Peanuts zout-Sel 200-gram with dates July 13 and 20, 2019, and lot numbers 0001005431 and 0000998957 are affected. Product has been sent to and sold in Netherlands, Belgium,...