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If the tenant of your business premises dies, the lease agreement does not terminate automatically: in principle, the rights and obligations pass to the heirs who accept the estate. What happens after that...

Although the law stipulates that animals are not things (Article 3:2a of the Dutch Civil Code), the same consumer purchase rights apply in principle to the sale of an animal to a consumer as to ordinary things...

In the case of a distance purchase, you are obliged to send the consumer a confirmation of the agreement on a durable data carrier — usually by email — containing all legally...

A purchase option and a right of first refusal are not synonyms. With a purchase option, you as a tenant can decide for yourself to buy the leased business premises: if you exercise the option, then...

A lease agreement for commercial premises must contain at least these agreements: a clear description of the leased property and its intended use, the rent including VAT status, payment term, service charges and indexation, the...

A probationary period clause is not valid in every employment contract: a probationary period is prohibited for a contract of six months or less, and if the probationary period is too long or not in writing...

Rate agreements between self-employed professionals fall under the cartel prohibition and are in principle prohibited, but the Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) describes four situations in its Guidelines on Rate Agreements for Self-Employed Professionals in which self-employed professionals nevertheless...

Yes, a group structure can limit the scope of a collective labour agreement. This is because whether a collective labour agreement applies is assessed per company, and not for the group as a whole. The Supreme...

A traffic fine incurred during work first lands in the mailbox of the registered owner – in the case of a company or lease car, that is the employer or leasing company – but who the fine...

Yes, as an employer, you may agree on your own, deviating arrangement for extra-statutory vacation days. Extra-statutory vacation days — everything above the statutory minimum of four times the agreed working hours per week —...