Retail and wholesale
Amendments for your sector
Yet to come into effect (8)
Security of smart devices must be improved
Effective date: 1 August 2025Do you manufacture or sell smart devices? There will be minimum requirements to ensure the digital security of devices connected to the internet – Internet of Things (IoT) devices. These new rules...
No more surcharge for disposable plastic cups and containers to go
Effective date: 1 January 2026Do you work in the catering and hospitality industry? The law on single-use plastic for food and drinks to go will change. You will no longer have to charge extra for disposable containers and cups to...
Ban on cash payments over €3,000
Effective date: 1 January 2026Do you often pay large amounts in banknotes? The government intends to ban cash payments for amounts of over €3,000. This ban applies to traders (professional or commercial buyers and vendors of...
Right to repair makes product repair more appealing to consumers
Effective date: 31 July 2026Do you manufacture or sell electronic products such as washing machines, laptops, refrigerators or other goods that can break down? There will be new rules from Directive (EU) 2024/1799 promoting the...
Registration duty for tobacco outlets
Effective date: not yet knownDo you sell tobacco and related products, such as e-cigarettes? If so, you will soon have to register your sales outlet. From 2024, a registration duty applies to outlets selling tobacco and smoking...
Preventing child labour
Effective date: not yet knownDo you sell products or services? You have to make sure that these do not involve child labour at any stage. You have to be able to show that you are doing what is needed to prevent child labour. If...
Digital register for second-hand traders
Effective date: not yet knownDo you buy or trade second-hand goods? You will have to register both the goods and the people offering the goods in a digital traders register (Digitaal Opkopersregister, DOR). In some...
Plain packaging for vapes and cigars
Effective date: not yet knownDo you sell cigars and e-cigarettes (vapes)? Soon these products will have to be sold in neutral packaging. This plain packaging requirement already applies to cigarettes and rolling tobacco since...
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