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Some Dutch laws have been translated into English. Translations have no legal force; reference should always be made to the Dutch original.
Note that most of the translations are unofficial and not up to date.

Grondwet

• The Dutch Constitution → Rechtspraak.nl
• Constitution → Dutch Civil law
• Constitution → Nederlandsegrondwet.nl
• Sources of constitutional law : constitutions and fundamental legal provisions from the United States, France, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the ECHR and the EU / ed. by S. Hardt & A.W. Heringa. - 2014 → Shelfmark: M.zz.05-2

Grondwet en Statuut voor het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden

• Kingdom of the Netherlands : charter and constitution / ed. by Leonard F.M. Besselink. - 2004. - (Ars Aequi wetseditie) → Shelfmark: M.nl.22-44

Algemene verordening gegevensbescherming (AVG)

• General Data Protection Regulation Implementation Act (GDPR) → Legislationline.org

Algemene wet bestuursrecht

• General Administrative Law Act → Authority for Consumers and Markets
• General Administrative Law Act : an English translation of the General Administrative Law Act of the Netherlands / Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Home Affairs ; [vert.: Roger Greenwood]. - 1994 → Shelfmark: N.nl.05-10

Algemene wet gelijke behandeling

• Equal Treatment Act (1994, amended 2004) → Legislationline.org

Arbeidsomstandighedenbesluit

• Working Conditions Decree → via Lexadin
• Working Conditions Decree → Netherlands Focal Point for Safety and Health at Work

Arbeidsomstandighedenwet

• Working Conditions Act 1998 → via Lexadin
• Working Conditions Act → Netherlands Focal Point for Safety and Health at Work

Arbitragerecht

• Netherlands arbitration law / by A.J. van den Berg, R. van Delden, H.J. Snijders ; transl. [from the Dutch]: B. Ruijsenaars. - 1993 → Shelfmark: H.nl.128-9

Auteurswet

• Copyright Act → Vevam.org

Bankwet 1998

• Bank Act 1998 → IMoLIN

Besluit financiering rechtspraak 2005

• Court Sector (Funding) Decree 2005 → Rechtspraak.nl

Burgerlijk wetboek

• Civil Code → Dutch Civil Law
• The civil code of the Netherlands / [transl. from the Dutch] Hans Warendorf, Richard Thomas, Ian Curry-Sumner. - 2013 → Shelfmark: H.nl.05-23
• Niederländisches Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch / F. Nieper, A.S. Westerdijk (Red.). - 1995 - ... → Shelfmark: H.nl.05-9
• Warendorf Dutch Civil and Commercial Law Legislation → Kluwer Navigator

Comptabiliteitswet 2016

• Government Accounts Act 2016 → Rekenkamer

Databankenwet

• Databases act 1999 → unofficial translation IViR

Erfrecht

• Inheritance law legislation of the Netherlands: a translation of Book 4 of the Dutch Civil Code, procedural provisions and private international law legislation / Ian Sumner, Hans Warendorf ; with an introd., "Dutch law and the Europeanisation of inheritance law", by Walter Pintens. - 2005. - (European family law series ; 8) → Shelfmark: H.zz.30-24 nr. 8

Faillissementswet

• Bankruptcy Act → Dutch Civil Law
• Warendorf Dutch Civil and Commercial Law Legislation → Kluwer Navigator
• The Dutch bankruptcy act : de faillissementswet in het Engels vertaald / Mr. Hans Warendorf, Richard L. Thomas → Shelfmark: CIDOR.nl.40-89

Gerechtsdeurwaarderswet

• Judicial Officers (Legal Status) Act Applicable from 01-01-2020 → Rechtspraak.nl

Internationaal privaatrecht (BW boek 10)

• Burgerlijk wetboek Boek 10 = Civil code book 10 / [transl. from the Dutch by H.C.S. Warendorf ... et al.]. - 2011. - (Kluwer wettenpocket) → Shelfmark: J.nl.05-2
• Book 10 Civil Code → Encyclopedia of Private International Law, National statutes and provisions, Netherlands
  (Unofficial translation by Prof. Dr. M.H. ten Wolde)

Kadasterwet

• Cadastre Act → FAOLEX

Kiesbesluit

• Decree establishing new regulations for implementing the Elections Act (1989, amended 2008) → Legislationline.org

Kieswet

• Election Act (1989 as amended 2013) → Legislationline.org

Mededingingswet

• Dutch competition act → Translations made by the Dutch Competition Authority and adjusted by DCL
• Competition Act → Dutch Civil Law

Mijnbouwbesluit

• Mining Decree, effective 1st January 2003 (as amended up to 1st January 2017) → NL Oil and Gas Portal

Mijnbouwregeling

• Mining Decree, effective 1st January 2003 (as amended up to 1st January 2017) → NL Oil and Gas Portal

Mijnbouwwet

• Mining Act, effective 1st January 2003 (as amended up to 1st January 2019) → NL Oil and Gas Portal

Nederlandse corporate governance code

• Dutch corporate governance code → Monitoring Commissie Corporate Governance Code

Ondernemingsrecht

• Warendorf Dutch Civil and Commercial Law Legislation → Kluwer Navigator 

Opiumwet 1928

• Opium Act  → Cannabinoids in Medicine

Organisatiewet kadaster

• Cadastre Organisation Act → FAOLEX

Penitentiaire beginselenwet

• Penitentiary Principles Act → Legislationline.org

Penitentiaire maatregel

• Penitentiary Order → Legislationline.org

Personen- en familierecht

• Family law legislation of the Netherlands : a translation including Book 1 of the Dutch Civil Code, procedural and transitional provisions and private international law legislation / Ian Sumner, Hans Warendorf. - 2003. - (European family law series ; 5) → Shelfmark: H.zz.30-24 nr. 5

Regeling model huisregels penitentiaire inrichtingen

• Standard House Rules (1998) → Legislationline.org

Regeling risico’s zware ongevallen 2016

• Major-accidents Hazard Regulation → Netherlands Focal Point for Safety and Health at Work

Regeling solvabiliteitseisen voor het kredietrisico

• Supervisory Regulation on Solvency Requirements for Credit Risk → unofficial translation DNB

Rijksoctrooiwet

• Patent Act 1995 → unofficial translation IViR

Rijkswet op het Nederlanderschap

• Netherlands Nationality Act (as in force on 01-08-2018) → unofficial translation by EUDO-Citizenship

Verzekeringsrecht

• New Dutch insurance contract law / introd. comm. by J.H. Wansink, J.G.C. Kamphuisen, W.M.A. Kalkman. - 2006 → Shelfmark: H.nl.76-94 (translations in English, French and German)

Vreemdelingenwet 2000

• Aliens Act 2000 → Legislationline.org

Waterwet

• Water Act → FAOLEX

Wet bescherming persoonsgegevens

• The Personal Data Protection Act → unofficial translation IViR
• Personal Data Protection Act (2000) → Legislationline.org

Wet Collectieve Afhandeling Massaschade 2005

• in: The Dutch collective settlements act and private international law; p. 145 / Dutch Act on the Collective Settlement of Mass Damage Claims → WODC

Wet gelijke behandeling op grond van handicap of chronische ziekte

• Equal Treatment (Disability and Chronic Illness) Act → ILO

Wet gelijke behandeling op grond van leeftijd bij de arbeid

• Equal Treatment in Employment (Age Discrimination) Act → The Equal Rights Trust

Wet grenzen Nederlandse territoriale zee

• Netherlands Territorial Sea (Demarcation) Act 1985 → UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea

Wet milieubeheer

• Environmental Management Act → Asser Instituut

Wet Nationale ombudsman

• National Ombudsman Act (1981, amended 2005) → Legislationline.org

Wet op de bedrijfsorganisatie

• Dutch Industrial Organisation Act → SER

Wet op de naburige rechten

• Neighbouring Rights Act 1993 → unofficial translation IViR

Wet op de ondernemingsraden

• Works Council Act → Dutch Civil Law
• Warendorf Dutch Civil and Commercial Law Legislation → Kluwer Navigator

Wet op de rechterlijke organisatie

• Act of 18 April 1827 on the composition of the judiciary and the organisation of the justice system → Rechtspraak.nl
• Judiciary Organisation Act → Dutch Civil Law

Wet op de inlichtingen- en veiligheidsdiensten 2002

• The Intelligence and Security Services Act 2002 → CTIVD

Wet op het Centraal bureau voor de statistiek

• Statistics Netherlands Act → CBS

Wet op het financieel toezicht

• Financial Supervision Act → Dutch Civil Law

Wet Openbaarheid van Bestuur

• Act containing Regulations governing Public Access to Government Information (1991) → Legislationline.org
• Act of 31 October 1991, containing regulations governing public access to government → Freedominfo.org

Wet openbare manifestaties

• Public Assemblies Act (1988, as amended 1994) → Legislationline.org

Wet publieke gezondheid

• Public Health Act → ILO

Wet ruimtelijke ordening

• Spatial Planning Act → Platform of Experts in Planning Law

Wet toezicht en geschillenbeslechting collectieve beheersorganisaties auteurs- en naburige rechten

• Act on the supervision of collective management organizations for copyright and related rights (2003) → unofficial translation IViR

Wet toezicht trustkantoren

• Act on the Supervision of Trust Offices → IMoLIN

Wetboek van burgerlijke rechtsvordering

•  Code of Civil Procedure → Dutch Civil Law

Wetboek van strafrecht

• Criminal Code (1881, as amended 2012) → Legislationline.org
• The Dutch penal code / transl. [from the Dutch] by Louise Rayar and Stafford Wadsworth ; in collab. with Mona Cheung ... [et al.] ; rev. by Hans Lensing ; introd. by Grat van den Heuvel and Hans Lensing. - 1997. - (The American series of foreign penal codes ; 30) → Shelfmark: P.zz.05-1 nr. 30
• Dutch Penal Code / transl. [from the Dutch] by Louise Rayar and Stafford Wadsworth ; in collab. with Mona Cheung ... [et al.] ; rev. by Hans Lensing ; introd. by Grat van den Heuvel and Hans Lensing. - 1997. - (The American series of foreign penal codes ; 30) → HeinOnline

Wetboek van strafvordering

• Die niederländische Strafprozeßordnung : in Kraft getreten am 1. Januar 1926 in der Fassung des Änderungsgesetzes vom 31. Oktober 2002, Staatsblad 2002, 539 = Wetboek van Strafvordering / deutsche Übers. und Einf. von Hans-Joseph Scholten. - 2003. - (Sammlung ausländischer Strafgesetzbücher in deutscher Übersetzung ; 113) → Shelfmark: P.zz.05-2
• Criminal Procedure (1926, as amended 2012) → Legislationline.org

Wetgeving gelijke behandeling

• Equal Treatment Legislation (2013) → Legislationline.org