Rules and regulations for all entrepreneurs
Do you want to fertilise large areas of land with manure? There are rules for when you are and are not allowed to do so. If you want to use manure, sewage sludge or fertiliser on agricultural land,...
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...
Do you work with F-gases (synthetic refrigerants) the Netherlands? You must have the right certificates. You deal with F-gases if you work on for instance: cooling, air-conditioning, and heat-pump...
With an environmental zone (low emission zone), Dutch municipalities can exclude particular types of cars, vans, and trucks from specific areas. The goal is to improve local air quality. All...
Are you the holder of an installation (structure or facility) for groundwater extraction (grondwateronttrekking)? For instance to use the water for agricultural crops or to work dry when you carry out...
You must apply for a groundwater extraction permit (grondwateronttrekkingsvergunning) to the provincial authority: if you extract groundwater for industrial processes measuring more than 150,000 m3...
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...
With the water authority taxes (waterschapsbelasting, in Dutch) the regional water authority (waterschap, in Dutch) pays for the construction and maintenance of for example dikes, embankments, ditches...
Soil remediation Are you going to remediate the soil? For example, because you want to build on contaminated land and you are therefore obliged to remediate the soil. Or you want to voluntarily...
Do you own or use a business property in the Netherlands that is connected to the municipal sewerage system? Depending on the municipality where your business property is located, you may have to pay...
In the Netherlands, you pay tap water tax (belasting op leidingwater, BoL). This tax is an environmental tax. The authorities set the tax rate per cubic meter tap water annually (in Dutch). Do you use...