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The developments of the purchasing power of an individual calculated as the change in standardised household income corrected for price changes.

Classification of municipalities or groups of municipalities where the construction of housing is encouraged within the framework of the VINEX regulation for spatial planning.

A position which a company or institution is looking to fill with personnel that can be appointed right away or as soon as possible.

Every navigable waterway for inland shipping in the Netherlands. These are inland waterways including the Oosterschelde and Westerschelde, and excluding the North Sea and the Wadden Sea.

Index showing the development of the gross wages unconditionally due to employees when they work fulltime.

Education for children aged 4 to 12 after which they start secondary education. Until 1985 this was called pre-school and elementary school.

Employees working for employers who come under the law on labour conditions for the subsidised sector (Wet Arbeidsvoorwaardenontwikkeling Gepremieerde en Gesubsidieerde Sector).

Social benefits that are not insurance based as there are no premiums to be paid. The provision is financed directly from public funds.

Inland water in use for recreational purposes, such as water on golf links and parks, stretches for rowing and lakes for recreation.

Private household consisting of a couple without children living at home (and possibly with other members).

Death of a person caused by murder, manslaughter, violence, traffic accident, accident in or around the home or in and around the work place, or suicide.

Until 1998 primary education for children requiring a special approach due to behavioural problems, learning disabilities or physical problems (from the age of four).

The Dutch Caribbean consists of the islands Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba.

Motor boat with a capacity of at least 37 kW, designed or refitted to push barges or tug boats, but not to transport freight.

Shipping with tankers or combi ships that carry mostly or only liquid bulk freight; and empty tankers and empty combi ships used in tanker trade.

The composition of the European Union from 1 January 1981: Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany (Federal Republic), Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the UK.

The composition of the European Union from 1 January 1973: Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany (Federal Republic), Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the UK.

Provision for child care intended for children between 18 months and 4 years old, open on work days for a maximum of four consecutive hours.

All payments made in cash or in kind to employees, except wages during illness, redundancy payments and compensation for health insurance premiums.

Contract starting on a given date where the accumulated savings are divided among the participants who are still alive at the end of the contact.

Motor vehicle on two or three wheels, with or without sidecar, fitted with a combustion engine with a cylinder capacity of 50 cubic centimetres or more.

All cargo shipped in containers or otherwise rolled onto and off seagoing vessels through the roll-on roll-off method (including the rolling transport units themselves).

An income converted to a single person’s income, that represents a purchasing power of less than 9 250 euro in prices of the year 2000

Card permitting travel on public transport valid for one year. Introduced in 1991 as part of a student financing scheme (WSF).

The communal arrangements based on the Wet Gemeenschappelijke Regelingen.