Legal form

A legal unit recognised in Dutch law.
The following legal forms can be distinguished:
- Dutch legal forms with no legal personality: sole proprietorship,
general partnership, commandite partnership, limited liability partnership;
- Dutch legal forms with legal personality: private company, public company, association, foundation, cooperative, mutual insurance company;
- European legal forms: European economic interest grouping,
European public limited liability company, European cooperative society;
- Foreign legal persons.