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Residence permit for a definite period
Introduced on 1 April 2001 when the Immigration Law of 2000 came into force. The permit is valid for a maximum of five years. The permit indicates whether or not the holder has a work permit, and if...
Guests in leisure accommodations; by country of residence, region '98-'11
Guests in leisure accommodations; by country of residence and region Regions; province and tourist region
Calendar
Week 15 (9-13 April 2007)
Food for thought. Dietary and health trends in the Netherlands
Many older people in the Netherlands still remember times of food shortage. Today’s supermarkets, specialist food shops and market stalls sell an unprecedented range of products. At the same time,...
International election observation and assessment of elections
On 8 and 9 April 2011, an international Expert Meeting took place on the monitoring and assessment of elections. It was the first time election observers from the academic world, politics and...
Import value of goods (trade)
The value of all goods brought into the Dutch economy for consumption. This is the case when import duties and national taxes have been paid. For imports from EU countries this is the value of the...
Imputed banking services
The compensation of banks for financial intermediation, i.e. the acquisition, transformation and issuing of financial assets. The compensation for these services is implicitly included in the...
Finance company
An institution engaged in the following activities: - providing credit through supplying cash loans, credit by purchasing in instalments or deferred payments, revolving credit and credit card...
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...
Standard hourly wage
The standard hourly wage is calculated by dividing the weekly wage by 1/52 of the annual contractual working hours. In it the weekly working hours, the number of official holidays (six calendar days...
Valuation at constant prices
Valuing the flows and stocks in an accounting period at the prices of a previous period. This makes it possible to decompose the changes in the value of the flows and stocks into price and volume...
Current external balance
The balance of payments received and made due to services and income transactions with other countries. This consists of the export surplus, the balance of wages paid by and received from other...
Daytime care for disabled people
Non-residential care, support, or recreation provided for disabled people during the day. The aim is to increase and maintain the independence and integration of disabled people by social and...
Holiday destination
The country where the largest number of nights was spent. The destination of domestic holidays is indicated by municipality codes. Holidays abroad (outbound holidays) use country codes, and tourist...
Fuel tax
A levy on the purchase and import of mineral oils labelled fuels (led-free petrol, leaded petrol, petroleum, diesel etc.), for the delivery or use of coal and of gas not labelled as mineral oil, and...
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...
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...
Day in care (homes for the elderly and homes for the disabled)
A calendar day, in the period between admission and release in an AWBZ-accredited health care facility, that will be charged. Days of absence, such as days a client spends at home (weekends, brief...
Other personnel costs
Other personnel costs This category includes: - payments for temporary workers and staff on secondment; - costs of schooling and training; - recruitment and selection costs; - canteen costs; - costs...
Self-employed without employees - products
A person who works for his/her own account and risk - in an own company or practice (entrepreneur), or - as an owner-manager, or - as another self-employed person (for example in an independent...
Registered unemployed
People aged 16-64 registered with the Centre for work and income (CWI) with less than twelve hours of paid work a week, who are actively looking for paid work for twelve hours a week or more and who...