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Misdemeanour
Punishable offence of a less serious nature, mentioned as such in the Penal Code. The classification of punishable offences is important in procedural law (absolute competence and legal remedies) and...
Adult and Vocational Education Act (WEB)
Dutch act that came into force on 1 January 1996, aiming to co-ordinate the various types of secondary vocational education, apprenticeship system, adult general secondary education, adult basic...
National Assistance Act (ABW)
Law rescinded on 1 January 2004 and replaced by the Work and Social Assistance Act (WWB) . It was a social provision for financial support to people who did not have the means to support themselves....
Consumer confidence
The indicator providing information on the confidence and expectations consumers have about developments in the Dutch economy. Together with the indicators on economic climate and willingness to...
Taxes on production and imports
Compulsory payments, in money or kind, imposed by the national government or institutions of the European Union or by foreign governments because of the production of goods and services, employing...
Ownership criterion
Ownership refers to 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...
Non-commercial services
Services that are not primarily engaged in profit making. SIC sections O-U. These include: public administration and defence; compulsory social security; education; health and social work; other...
Unemployed young people in times of economic crisis (National Youth Monitor, Quarterly report 2009-3)
This Quarterly Report of the National Youth Monitor for the third quarter of 2009 describes unemployed young people in times of economic crisis.
Terms of employment
All conditions agreed upon by employer and employee which are observed when they enter into a labour agreement, either on an individual or on a collective basis. These terms are regulated by law in a...
Unemployment benefits
Benefits based on one of the following regulations : - the Unemployment insurance act (WW) - the Unemployment Provisions Act (WWV) - the State Group Regulation for unemployed Persons (RWW) - the Act...
What changes to the field ‘Transaction’?
frequently asked questions about Int. Trade in Goods
Do I have to fill in the annual questionnaire if I also complete the quarterly questionnaire?
frequently asked questions about Finance-of-Business
Credit card credit
'Form of credit where a borrower can withdraw money or purchase goods and services to a pre-agreed amount (credit limit). The withdrawal of cash and purchase of goods and services takes place by...
User criteria
Ownership refers to 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...
Prices of owner-occupied dwellings
Time serie of prices owner houses
Contractual wage costs
The collective labour agreement wage rate including special payments plus the legally and contractually required employee contributions for pensions, early retirement, unemployment, labour disability...
Refugee
Non-Dutch person who, according to the Geneva convention of 1951, has legitimate grounds to fear prosecution because of religious or political beliefs, nationality, race or belonging to a particular...
Sick leave percentage (private sector)
The number of days of sick leave as a percentage of the number of available working days. Not included is absence after one year of sickness.
Transit trade
This term refers to goods that are transported via Dutch territory on their way from one country to another, while remaining in ownership of a person or entity located outside the Netherlands. Unlike...
Minimum wage earner
Employee earning the minimum wage applicable to his/her age or less. For part-time workers the minimum wage is proportional to the number of weekly hours worked.
Unemployment Benefits Act (WW)
The law insures employees against the financial consequences of unemployment. The duration of the WW benefits depends on the employment record.
Urban area
A grid of 500 by 500 metres is considered an urbanised area when the surrounding address density is 1 500 or more per square kilometre in the grid.