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Special primary education
The continuation of the previous school types for children with learning and behavioural difficulties (LOM) and children with learning difficulties (MLK), and for toddlers whose development requires...
Sickness Benefits Act (ZW)
The law insures employees against the expense from sickness and labour disability. The law applies when there is no legal obligation to continue paying wages.
Occupational Disability Insurance Act (WAO)
The law entitles employees who become disabled to a benefit replacing their wages when they become long-term disabled, e.g. for more than one year.
Accounting rules
Rules for the decentralised government in the area of financial accounting, on the basis of which interested parties can form an informed opinion about the financial situation of the decentralised...
Financial leasing
All purchases of new or second hand material fixed assets that became available for production during the reporting year and will be used for more than one year, that were obtained through financial...
Capital account
The capital account records acquisitions less disposals of non-financial assets by resident units and measures the change in net worth due to saving (final balancing item in the current accounts) and...
National Energy Outlook 2016
The National Energy Outlook 2016 outlines the state of the Dutch energy system in an international context.
Nursery school and primary education
Education for children aged 4 to 12 after which they start secondary education. Until 1985 this was called pre-school and elementary school. It includes special needs education.
Social security benefits in kind
Goods and services provided to households, based on social security legislation. These are mainly financed by premiums, and seen as government consumption rather than income transfers.
General Old Age Pension Act (AOW)
A general compulsory insurance for the entire population that provides people with an income from the AOW entitlement age. In the Dutch social security system this is a social insurance.
Social assistance benefits in kind
Goods and services provided to households, based on social security legislation. These are financed by general taxes, and seen as government consumption rather than income transfers (e.g. individual...
Social Insurances Bank (SVB)
Government body responsible for carrying out social security provisions such as the General Old Age Pension Act (AOW), the General Survivors Pension Act (ANW) and the General Child Benefits Act (AKW).
Tjark Tjin-A-Tsoi transitions from CBS to Sanquin
The Director General of Statistics Netherlands (CBS), Mr Tjark Tjin-A-Tsoi, will be appointed Chairman of the Executive Board of Sanquin as of 1 April 2020.
Collective provision
Service provided to the population, laid down by the government. It is provided for free or for a fee below cost price and is characterised by the fact that it is financed mainly from the public...
Collective labour agreement sector government
The collective labour agreement (CAO in Dutch) sector government includes all public enterprises such as general government, municipalities, water boards and public education. Also included are the...
Sector central government
Sub sector of the institutional sector government. This section of the government consists of the state's governing bodies and other central institutions whose competence covers the entire economic...
Taxes
Compulsory payments, without direct quid pro quo, imposed by the national government or institutions of the European Union or by foreign governments (1) because of the production of goods and...
Act on Income Provisions for Older and Partially Disabled Unemployed Persons (IOAW)
The law provides older and partially disabled persons, whose claim to benefits under the Unemployment Benefits Act (WW) has ended, with a minimum guaranteed income. The law came into force on 1...
Artists Income Scheme Act (WIK)
The aim of the law is to provide financial support for a maximum of four years to beginning artists and/or artists with temporary reductions in income. Eligible for WIK benefits are all qualified...
Compulsory health insurance act (ZFW)
Law that was in force until 1 January 2006. The aim of the law was to ensure people whose income is below the threshold of proper health care under the compulsory health insurance act . The law does...
Quasi-corporations
Units with a complete administration but without legal status that behave like corporations. They supposedly have independent power of decision. These are mainly fairly large enterprises without...
Producer confidence marginally down
The mood among Dutch manufacturers deteriorated marginally in September. Statistics Netherlands announced today that the producer confidence indicator fell from 0.0 in August to - 0.2 in September.
Tertiary education
Sector including the following institutions (as of 1997): mental health hospitals and institutions for child, youth, forensic, clinical care for addictions and part-time psychiatric treatment;...