Sep 11, 2023 Is Dutch climate policy controversial? By Bram Bulter Gijs Smit The Dutch government coalition collapsed on Friday 8 July 2023, just before the Dutch Parliament summer recess. With the summer break...
Jun 21, 2023 Deforestation Regulation: EU imposes new due diligence duties on operators and traders By Sara Feijao The EU Deforestation Regulation (also known as EUDR) was published in the Official Journal of the EU on 9 June 2023 and comes into force...
Jun 06, 2023 The Ostend Declaration from a Dutch perspective By Bram Bulter Introduction The Energy ministers of Belgium, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, Norway and the United...
Feb 17, 2023 The Netherlands: A Dutch initiative for a value chain due diligence By Gijs Smit Bas van Niekerk Introduction In December of last year, the Council of the EU finalised its position on the European Commission’s Proposal for a Directive...
Feb 03, 2023 Netherlands: greenwashing in the spotlight of Dutch authorities By Gijs Smit Bas van Niekerk Introduction The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (Autoriteit Consument en Markt) (“ACM”) earlier announced that “energy &...
Dec 28, 2022 Netherlands: status of implementation of market revenue cap for electricity generators By Gijs Smit Joris Knoll Introduction On 30 November 2022, the Dutch government announced through a letter to Dutch parliament that it was working on a...
Oct 03, 2022 EU/Netherlands: measures to reduce energy consumption By Gijs Smit Everyone, from the whole of Europe to individual countries and from companies to households alike, has been confronted by the impact of...
May 13, 2022 Offshore wind energy in the Netherlands up to 2030 and beyond By Gijs Smit Maxim van Vessem In 2021, the total installed capacity of offshore wind energy in the Netherlands was around 2.5 gigawatts (GW). By 2023, this should...