The Dutch United Provinces declared their independence from Spain in 1579; during the 17th century, they became a leading seafaring and commercial power, with settlements and colonies around the world. After a 20-year French occupation, a Kingdom of the Netherlands was formed in 1815. In 1830, Belgium seceded and formed a separate kingdom. The Netherlands remained neutral in World War I, but suffered German invasion and occupation in World War II. A modern, industrialized nation, the Netherlands is also a large exporter of agricultural products. The country was a founding member of NATO and the EEC (now the EU) and participated in the introduction of the euro in 1999. In October 2010, the former Netherlands Antilles was dissolved and the three smallest islands - Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba - became special municipalities in the Netherlands administrative structure. The larger islands of Sint Maarten and Curacao joined the Netherlands and Aruba as constituent countries forming the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
The Kingdom of the Netherlands is a parliamentary constitutional monarchy.
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Displaying 81 - 85 of 95Decree No. 334 of 2000 containing environment protection rules for equipment and installations used in construction and wood processing enterprises.
This Decree prescribes rules relative to the prevention and reduction of pollution relating to economic activities in the sphere of construction and the processing of wood. The provisions of this Decree deal with all kinds of pollution such as discharge of water, pollution of the soil and groundwater, etc. It is based on the principle that enterprises working in these sectors are for themselves responsible for control of their activities and the control mechanism is now concentrated on report by those enterprises instead of control through the granting of permits.
Decree No. 56 of 1997 relative to the establishment of a nature planning function.
The State Institute for Public Health and the Environment shall at least once every four years report to the Minister in the form of a scientific study on the state of the nature, forests and landscape indicating also probable and otherwise foreseeable future developments regarding the environment. The Minister shall indicate all bodies that shall be involved in the preparation of the plan. The report shall be sent to the parliament.
Act containing rules relative to the trade in and the disposal of fertilizing substances (Fertilizing Substances Act).
The scope of this Act is to regulate the quality of fertilizing placed upon the market, their use and to protect the soil form possible harmful effects of the use of those fertilizers.
Decree No. 417 of 1998 relative to the restructuring of pig breeding enterprises.
Decree to provide for the reduction of so-called "land related pig rights", being the right to keep a certain number of pigs on a given land, in relation with reduction of pollution of the soil by pig manure. (10 articles)
Amended by: Decree No. 570 of 2001 to amend the Decree containing rules relative to implementation of a system of poultry rights based on the Fertilising Substances Act and the Decree relative to the restructuring of pig breeding enterprises. (2001-11-23)
Decree No. 328 of 1999 relative to delimitation of surface of arable land based on the Fertilising Substances Act.
This Decree implements article 55, comma 4, under (b) by defining the diminution of the surface of land cultivated, a term used in the Act for the purpose of establishing the amount of fertilizing substance that may be used in one year.
Implements: Act containing rules relative to the trade in and the disposal of fertilizing substances (Fertilizing Substances Act). (2012-03-19)