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Energy source extracted from nature, such as oil, natural gas, coal and forms of renewable energy such as wind and water power.

Paid days leave agreed on a yearly basis, including extra days paid leave granted on the basis of age, position, seniority etc.

Museums are classified by the kind of collection they exhibit: art, history, natural history, business & technology, ethnography and mixed.

Court of law that hears all cases in first instance for which no other judge is designated. There are nineteen district courts.

Until 1998 secondary education for children who require a special approach due to behavioural or learning difficulties or a physical disability.

The metres of shelves available in units fir for shelving archives in use for an archives own items.

A building intended for habitation situated on an officially allocated recreation area and/or designated for habitation during holidays.

Two people belonging together on the basis of a marriage, a registered partnership or a relationship while living together .

Subsidies on production that are not directly related to the volume or value of the products sold. These are mainly wage subsidies.

Country from which goods imported into the Netherlands were transported, or country which provides services in the Netherlands.

Person or body against whom a punishable act is directed, or who has directly been affected by the consequences of a criminal offence.

A commercial vehicle equipped for freight transport of which the empty weight plus the loading capacity do not exceed 3500 kilograms.

Every dwelling that forms the entire property. This includes detached houses, semi-detached houses, farms with dwellings and all terraced houses.

Person born in the Netherlands who has at least one parent who was born abroad.

Pension where the pension benefits paid are based on the last salary earned before retirement.

The sector of the economy whose principle activity is the production of market goods and services. The sector consists of financial and non-financial corporations.

An employee's job when he or she has a contract and tasks for a full working day and full working week.

The use of goods and services for the direct satisfaction of individual or collective needs of members of society.

Area with some degree of paving not in use as an area for traffic and not a built-up area.

The difference between disposable national income and consumer spending and correction for pension provisions. The saving can be gross (including depreciation) and net (excluding depreciation).

An employer who bears the risk of sickness benefits insurance, with approval of the industrial insurance board.

The average number of daughters a group of women would give birth to, if certain age-specific fertility and mortality figures were to apply.

A classification by the United Nations to classify economic activities.

Everyone who does not posses the Dutch nationality and is not to be treated as a Dutch citizen on the basis of a legal clause.