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Decisions under the Administrative Law Enforcement of Traffic ("Wet Mulder"). This law regulates the administrative settlement of traffic offences, with the aim of alleviating the workload of...

In 2018, companies in the Netherlands earned more than 5.6 billion euros in direct exports of goods and services to China, representing a contribution of 0.7 percent to Dutch GDP and an increase of...

The Netherlands in Numbers, 2020 is the successor to Trends in the Netherlands and the Statistical Yearbooks and Pocket Books.

Financial compensations to former suspects and pardons. Compensations due to wrongful incarceration and costs of being a suspect.

A crime is solved when the police knows who at least one suspect is, even if that suspect is on the run or denies having committed the crime.

Measure in which a specialised judge for youth cases provides authority for a minor when the minor is not under parental authority or when this authority is not exercised.

Authority over a minor and over the minor’s possessions based on a court decision, given to one parent or to a third party when there is no parental authority over the child.

In 2019, fewer people aged 12 to 24 yrs volunteered than in previous years. Girls are more likely active in care services while boys are more active in sports associations. The main motivation for...

As of the first quarter of 2020, the Civil engineering price indices will be published with a new reference year, i.e. 2015. This publication describes what has changed in relation to the series...

In criminal and sometimes in administrative law, a settlement on an offence that is not too serious, proposed by the public prosecutor. Usually a fine payable by the suspect.

Taking somebody into custody for a maximum of four days on the orders of the public prosecutor when the time allowed to hold a suspect for questioning (six hours) is insufficient.

Decision by the public prosecutor not to take action because the prosecution is unlikely to lead to a conviction (for instance due to lack of evidence or because the fact or the suspect is not...

Measure in criminal justice where the judge orders that a crime suspect who has mental or physical problems must be treated or counselled or nursed in an appropriate facility outside the prison...

The process-verbal registered at the office of the public prosecutor charging one suspect.

Decision by the Public Prosecution Service to dismiss the case against a suspect on political or technical grounds.

Final decision in a court case where the suspect/parties appeared in court. Sentence by default.

Verdict by a judge who considers the charges by the public prosecutor proven and punishable and considers the suspect punishable.

Verdict by a judge who feels there is no proof that the suspect committed the crime he/she was charged with by the public prosecutor.

Detention in a detention centre before the court hearings start. This is generally applied to suspects of serious crimes, punishable by at least four years in jail, or when there is a security risk...

In 2019, the wage gap between men and women narrowed further in the Netherlands. Women’s average gross hourly earnings were 14 percent lower than men’s.

Situation in which children under 18 share in the naturalisation of the parent or parents. Minors aged over 12 have a say in this. A child won’t be naturalised against its wishes.

At the end of 2017, nearly 7 procent of all minor children were living in families on income support, 228 thousand minors. This is nearly 3 thousand less than in 2016. In most of these families, a...

Key figures criminal law: subdistrict court cases, district court cases and settlements under the Mulder Act

In 2018, drinking water consumption by Dutch households increased by 7 percent relative to one year previously. The agricultural sector used considerably more water than in 2017 (150 percent).

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.