The coronavirus and your company: Dutch government measures to help businesses

End of lockdown per 26 January 2022

On 25 January 2022, the government announced the relaxation of most lockdown measures. Conditions, such as 3G checks and distancing, apply. The rules as per 26 January 2022:

• Restaurants, cafes, cultural institutions, cinemas and theatres can remain open until 22:00. Visitors of 13 years and older will need to show their corona entry pass. When moving around, visitors will need to wear a mask and keep 1.5 m distance. Allocated seating is mandatory.
• Zoos, amusement parks, museums and other locations that have a flow of moving visitors can reopen under the following conditions: visitors will need to wear a mask and keep 1.5 metres distance. The number of visitors allowed is 1 per 5m2, with a maximum of 1250 inside. Outside, one-third of the maximum capacity is allowed.
• All shops can remain open from 05:00 until 22:00 hours. Facce masks are mandatory, a distance of 1.5 metres must be kept and there is a maximum of 1 person per 5 m2.
• Takeaway and delivery of food and drink remains possible.
• Indoor sports venues can open again for all ages. Visitors from 18 years and older will need to show their corona entry pass. When moving around, visitors will need to wear a mask and keep 1.5 m distance. The maximum number of visitors is 1 person per 5 m2. Allocated seating is mandatory for the audience.
  
• Outdoor sports can resume for all ages, with an audience.Visitors from 18 years and older will need to show their corona entry pass. When moving around, visitors will need to wear a mask and keep 1.5 m distance. The maximum number of visitors is 1250. Allocated seating is mandatory for the audience.
• Sports canteens and saunas can stay open until 22:00. Face masks are mandatory, a distance of 1.5 metres must be kept and there is a maximum of 1 person per 5 m2.
• Practicing arts and cultural activities, such as piano lessons, theatre rehearsals, or band practice, remain possible. Face masks are mandatory and for people aged 18 or over the corona entry pass must be checked.
• Contact professionals can resume their work between 05:00 and 22:00 hours. Face masks are mandatoryfor clients and workers at all times and, if possible, 1.5 metres distance must be observed.
• Essential service providers, including medical contact professionals, notaries, lawyers, and mortgage brokers, can continue to keep their regular opening hours.
• For all public indoor spaces, a maximum of 1 person per 5 m2 will be allowed. Visitors must wear a face mask while moving through the space. This applies with and without a mandatory corona entry pass.
• The government advises against the use fabric face masks, and recommends the use of single-use face masks.
• Wherever it is not possible to keep a distance of 1.5 metres, it is advised to wear a mask, also outside. For example in busy shopping streets.
  
• All education can take place on location again. Face masks are mandatory at all times, 1.5 metres distance should be observed, and a maximum of 75 people per classroom are permitted.
  

• Nightclubs and discos remain closed.
• Festivals and other events and locations where visitors do not have allocated seating are not yet allowed.

These rules apply for the next six weeks from 26 January until 8 March, with an evaluation after three weeks. Also see the 25 January press release on government.nl.

Repaying corona support

Did you receive financial corona support? For some measures, such as the NOW, you have to file a final turnover statement for every 3-month period over which you received support. You may have to repay part of the support money received. Are you not sure if you need to repay? Or do you want to find out about the repayment schemes? Read the article Repaying corona support: what you need to know and do.