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Adoption of a child by a couple of whom one of the partners is the legal or biological parent of the child.

Official document (writ) summoning a person to appear in court to settle a conflict (civil procedure) or to go on trial on criminal charges (criminal procedure)

Statistics Netherlands calculates a quarterly output price index of newly built dwellings (OutputPrijsIndex van NieuwbouwWoningen, O-PINW) to monitor developments in the prices of newly built...

Indicator of long-term interest calculated on the basis of the prices of all government bonds with a fixed life quoted on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.

Steam is water with a temperature of more than 100 degrees Celsius. Warm water has a temperature of less than 100 degrees Celsius

Joining several criminal cases registered separately by the public prosecutor so that they can be dealt with as one court case.

Working in a system where the working hours of two or more groups of employees (of about equal numbers) follow or slightly overlap.

This law prescribes that employers must pay the employees wage during sickness for a maximum of one year.

The part of the gross wages deposited in the employee’s account for the save-as-you-earn scheme.

The flow of goods from one country to another through Dutch territory which is owned by a foreign entity.

Care aimed to support clients in such a way that they can live at home instead of being hospitalised or admitted to a nursing home etc.

Collective term for the first year of high school, special secondary education, secondary general education (havo, vwo), and prevocational training (vmbo, lwoo).

The aim of the law is to curb the inflow into, and stimulate the outflow out of disablement provisions.

Government bodies mainly selling the goods and services they produce at market prices to other government, households, enterprises or the rest of the world.

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.

The amount of non-transferable deposits with resident banks, which is held in the Netherlands by the sector households and the sector non-profit institutions serving households.

Motor boat with a capacity of at least 37 kW, designed or refitted to tow towing barges, push boats or platforms, but not for transporting freight.

Coal with a calorific value between 17,435 and 23,865 megajoule per kilogram and a content of volatile matter of more than 31 percent (ash-free dryweight).

Subsidies on imports are related to the value or the volume of imported products that are re-exported without undergoing any processing.

Income that owners of financial assets and tangible non-produced assets receive when they put them at the disposal of other institutional units.

Protecting and improving the health of employees when related to the relationship employees have with their work and working environment.

An individual’s gross income is made up of: income from work, income from enterprise, benefits from income insurance and social benefits (except child allowances).

Hands-on help, advice, mediation and psychological and social aid to people with social or personal difficulties. Prevention and indication of problems are also included.

A diploma at the level of senior general secondary education (havo), pre-university education (vwo), or level-2 of senior secondary vocational education (mbo).

Immigration where the immigrant entering the Netherlands moves to an address already occupied by a family member (parent, spouse, child, uncle or aunt, cousin, nephew or niece).