6 results Are you ready for the new Dutch and EU transactional hurdles? Companies beware: new Dutch and EU transactional hurdles are coming closer. In the Netherlands, new national security investment screening rules are imminent. Consumer law and online ‘order buttons’: Supreme Court takes strict approach with far-reaching consequences The Supreme Court ruled in two cases on the (in)clarity of the text on an order button for online purchases: several buttons did not make it sufficiently clear to consumers that they were entering into a payment obligation. Usufruct on rent payments: Dutch Supreme Court limits freedom of contract within property law A right of usufruct on a claim cannot be used to appropriate what is received through collection of that claim, as the Dutch Supreme Court ruled in its decision of 30 September 2022 (ECLI:NL:HR:2022:1331). The EU Green Claims Directive The EU's proposed Green Claims Directive has emerged as a potential new framework aiming to tackle greenwashing and help consumers make greener choices when purchasing a product or using a service. Cross-border representative actions: publication of requirements for Dutch organisations seeking designation as ‘qualified entities’ By 26 December 2023 at the latest, EU Member States must publish a list of organisations that they have designated as ‘qualified entities’ (bevoegde instanties) for bringing cross-border representative actions within the EU on behalf of consumers. Asset intensive reinsurance agreements – new requirement to obtain DNB’s prior consent As of 1 January 2025, Dutch insurers must obtain the Dutch Central Bank’s prior consent before making any amendments to, or entering into an asset-intensive reinsurance agreement that allows the reinsurer to hold assets in a third country.
Are you ready for the new Dutch and EU transactional hurdles? Companies beware: new Dutch and EU transactional hurdles are coming closer. In the Netherlands, new national security investment screening rules are imminent.
Consumer law and online ‘order buttons’: Supreme Court takes strict approach with far-reaching consequences The Supreme Court ruled in two cases on the (in)clarity of the text on an order button for online purchases: several buttons did not make it sufficiently clear to consumers that they were entering into a payment obligation.
Usufruct on rent payments: Dutch Supreme Court limits freedom of contract within property law A right of usufruct on a claim cannot be used to appropriate what is received through collection of that claim, as the Dutch Supreme Court ruled in its decision of 30 September 2022 (ECLI:NL:HR:2022:1331).
The EU Green Claims Directive The EU's proposed Green Claims Directive has emerged as a potential new framework aiming to tackle greenwashing and help consumers make greener choices when purchasing a product or using a service.
Cross-border representative actions: publication of requirements for Dutch organisations seeking designation as ‘qualified entities’ By 26 December 2023 at the latest, EU Member States must publish a list of organisations that they have designated as ‘qualified entities’ (bevoegde instanties) for bringing cross-border representative actions within the EU on behalf of consumers.
Asset intensive reinsurance agreements – new requirement to obtain DNB’s prior consent As of 1 January 2025, Dutch insurers must obtain the Dutch Central Bank’s prior consent before making any amendments to, or entering into an asset-intensive reinsurance agreement that allows the reinsurer to hold assets in a third country.