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Development Cooperation Matchmaking Facility
Companies in developing countries are often looking for reliable business partners abroad. The Development Cooperation Matchmaking Facility puts those companies in touch with Dutch businesses. The goal is to stimulate joint investment.
One Point of Single Contact for service providers
The EU Services Directive makes it easier for service providers to operate in other EU countries. They can organise everything via one Point of Single Contact.
Services Directive incorporated into Services Act
The EU Services Directive makes it easier for businesses to offer their services in other EU countries. The Netherlands has incorporated the Directive into the Services Act.
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2 questions and answers on EU Services Directive
Control policy for strategic goods and services
‘Strategic goods’ refers to both military goods (e.g. firearms) and dual-use goods. As the name suggests, dual-use goods not only have a civilian use; they can also be used to produce weapons of mass destruction, ballistic missiles or conventional military goods.
Reporting practices with regard to military and dual-use goods
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs practices transparency with regard to national export control policy on dual-use goods and military goods and, in that spirit, issues various reports on this subject.
Production and export controls on chemical substances
Customs supervises the production and export of dual-use substances, i.e. chemical substances that have a civil application but can also be used in weapons of mass destruction. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) can also carry out inspections in the Netherlands.
Legislation, treaties and international agreements on the export of strategic goods
The Dutch government bases national legislation and national policy for export controls on agreements that are made in the context of the various international partnerships in this area.
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12 questions and answers on Export controls on strategic goods and services
Taxes on imported goods
When importing goods into the Netherlands from outside the European Union (EU), you will usually have to pay import duties. You will also have to pay VAT and in some cases excise duty, consumption tax or other levies.
Customs: Import controls
Companies and consumers must satisfy a number of regulations before they may import goods. Import taxes may have to be paid, for example, and goods that are not safe may be banned. Customs checks goods that are brought into the Netherlands by companies and private individuals.
Export credit guarantee scheme
The export credit guarantee is for investors who wish to invest in export credit. This scheme was introduced in 2009, during the economic crisis, to rekindle the financing of export credits.
