Wetsvoorstel tot wijziging van de bevoegdheden van de ondernemingsraad inzake de beloningen van bestuurders

Short Reads - Read the article in Dutch. On 7 February 2017, the Dutch Parliament adopted a bill introducing a duty of care to prevent child labour (Wet zorgplicht kinderarbeid – the "Bill"). The Bill requires companies selling goods and services to Dutch end-users to determine whether child labour occurs in their supply chains. If so, companies must set out a plan of action on how to combat it and issue a due diligence statement (verklaring gepaste zorgvuldigheid) on their investigation and plan of action.

Inside Stibbe - Stibbe advises Air Liquide on the acquisition of the Dutch company Cryotainer active in industrial nitrogen services.

Short Reads - Op dit moment behandelt de Eerste Kamer het initiatiefwetsvoorstel Wet zorgplicht kinderarbeid (het wetsvoorstel). Het wetsvoorstel verplicht bedrijven om een verklaring bij de toezichthouder in te dienen waarin zij mededelen dat zij 'gepaste zorgvuldigheid' betrachten om te voorkomen dat de goederen en diensten die zij leveren of verkopen aan Nederlandse consumenten en bedrijven met behulp van kinderarbeid tot stand zijn gekomen. 

Short Reads - In civil law many rules rely for their legal effect on the presence of certain knowledge or a certain intention with one of the parties. If the party at hand is a legal entity, like a limited company (besloten vennootschap), it can be difficult to determine what the entity knew. Fragments of information can be present in different parts of the organisation; an officer of the company may have gained his knowledge trough his private life; he may also have a duty of confidentiality.