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Buying and trading fish

Do you want to buy and trade fish? You must comply with the rules for trading fish. These include rules on labelling and transporting fish. Buying from a fishing vessel Do you buy landed fish directly...

Cadastral registration of property

When buying or selling registered property (real estate, utility grids, ships, and aircraft) in the Netherlands, you have to register the related notarial deeds in the cadastral public register...

Permit for Antarctica

Do you want to organise activities in Antarctica from within the Netherlands? For example, scientific research, tourism, or fishery activities? Then you need a permit. Applying for a licence You apply...

Professional qualifications and diplomas

You do not need a separate diploma or a permit to work in the Netherlands or to establish a business in the Netherlands. However, for certain professions you need to meet specific professional...

Attention: amendment

Registering fishing vessels

Are you a professional fisherman based in the Netherlands? And do you use a fishing vessel for commercial fishing. Then you must register your fishing vessel with the Netherlands Enterprise Agency...

Registration and notification of (hazardous) industrial waste

In the Netherlands, you must keep a waste record (afvalstoffenregistratie) if you remove, transport, treat, or process industrial waste. Or if you act as a dealer or broker of waste. In some cases,...

Rules for catching fish in marine and coastal waters

Do you own a fishing company and do you fish in marine and coastal waters? In the Netherlands you must comply with a number of rules. There are rules on for example: fishing vessels what species of...

Rules for Dutch inland navigation

The Inland Shipping Act (in Dutch) contains requirements for, among others: the reliability, interior, and equipment of a vessel the (crew's) working conditions the skipper's professional competence...

Attention: amendment

Seafarer certificates and seaman's book

Are you a seafarer on a Dutch ship? You must have a valid certificate of competency (vaarbevoegdheidsbewijs) and a seaman’s book (monsterboekje). in some cases you need a certificate of proficiency...

Ship safety at sea (Ships Act)

Are you the captain, master, or owner of a ship? You are responsible for your ship’s safety. The Dutch Ships Act (Schepenwet) aims at preventing shipping disasters at sea and addresses such issues as...

Surrendering industrial waste

In the Netherlands, you must surrender industrial waste to authorised collectors or authorised waste processors. Authorised collectors transport the waste to authorised processors. You can find the...

Union certificate of qualification as a boatmaster (large licence)

Do you work in commercial shipping on Dutch inland waterways? With a Union certificate of qualification as a boatmaster, you are authorised to operate all types of vessels for commercial purposes. Do...

Attention: amendment

Use of a marine radio telephone

Do you want to use a marine radio telephone or other maritime transmission devices in the Netherlands? Then you must first register its use and in some cases you may need a licence. When is a marine...

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