Retail and wholesale

Rules and regulations for your sector

Retail and wholesale general (28 regulations)Selling animals and animal feed (12 regulations)Selling flowers and plants (7 regulations)Selling food and beverages (13 regulations)Selling medicines (7 regulations)Selling non-food products (27 regulations)Selling outside a store (10 regulations)Vehicle sales and maintenance (16 regulations)

Advertising medicines

If you want to advertise medicines, you must keep to the rules specified in the Medicines Act (Geneesmiddelenwet). It distinguishes between advertising for prescription medicines and advertising for...

Applying for an exemption from the Opium Act

The Dutch Opium Act (Opiumwet) regulates which opioids and other narcotics are banned in the Netherlands. You are not allowed to have these banned substances on your business premises. Furthermore,...

Permits for working with medicinal products and body material

Do you work with medicinal products, active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), blood products, intermediates, body material or tissue? For example, your company is involved in the (whole)sale or...

Putting new medicines on the market

Do you run a pharmaceutical business in the Netherlands and do you want to put a new or modified medicine on the market? You need a marketing authorisation from the Medicines Evaluation Board, MEB...

Reporting side effects of medicines

Do you work with medicines in the Netherlands? You must report serious side effects of registered medicines. The Medicines Evaluation Board (College ter Beoordeling van Geneesmiddelen, CBG) checks the...

Rules for veterinary drugs and animal feed additives

Do you produce, supply, keep in stock, or administer veterinary drugs in the Netherlands? You must have a marketing authorisation from the Medicines Evaluation Board (College ter Beoordeling van...

Selling over-the-counter medicines

Do you sell or do you want to sell over-the-counter (OTC) medicines in the Netherlands? You must keep to the provisions of the Medicines Act and the Medicines Act Regulations. What are...

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