Links: Government and public/private partners

'Antwoord voor Bedrijven'
'Antwoord voor bedrijven' makes information from the government more accessible to entrepreneurs. You will see at a glance what the requirements are, what is permitted and what the possibilities are, such as permits and rules, laws and regulations, and taxes and subsidies.

Dutch Customs
Dutch Customs deals with political, policy and legal rules, both at European and at national level. By performing its monitoring duty as effectively and efficiently as possible, Customs ensures that obstacles to trade are restricted to a minimum.

EVD international business and cooperation
The agency for international business and cooperation (EVD) stimulates and supports private and public-sector organizations.

Four centuries of Japanese-Dutch trade relations: 1609-2009
In 2009, the Netherlands and Japan will celebrate 400 years of bilateral trade relations which began when the Japanese Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu granted the Dutch East India Company a permit to establish a permanent trading post. This trade permit signalled the first official agreement between our two countries (see also 'History' on the right).

Government.nl
News from Dutch government departments in English.

Holland Gateway
Holland Gateway is a business center at Schiphol Airport designed to enable international enterprises, investors and their highly skilled migrants to orientate, settle and expand their business in the Netherlands. NFIA is one of the founding partners of Holland Gateway.

Ministry of Economic Affairs
Official website of the Ministry of Economic Affairs in the Netherlands that defines, implements, and regulates the enforcement of economic policy in The Netherlands.

Ministry of Finance
Official website of the Ministry of Finance in the Netherlands including pages on the international aspects of taxation in the Netherlands.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Official website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Netherlands that coordinates and carries out Dutch foreign policy at its headquarters in The Hague and through its missions abroad. It is likewise the channel through which the Dutch Government communicates with foreign governments and international organisations.

Netherlands Chamber of Commerce
The Netherlands Chamber of Commerce manages the trade register. The Chamber's other tasks are to provide Dutch entrepreneurs with information, stimulate regional trade & industry and advise local and regional government.

SenterNovem
SenterNovem is an agency of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs. It promotes sustainable development and innovation, both within the Netherlands and abroad. It aims to achieve tangible results that have a positive effect on the economy and on society as a whole.