Netherlands
1. Legal Gazette
1.1. Overview
Staatsblad — Staatscourant — Tractatenblad
State Journal — State Gazette — Treaties Bulletin
Published by:
Ministerie van Justitie en Veiligheid — Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties — Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken
(Ministry of Justice and Security — Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations — Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Tel.
E-mail
Website
| Official journal / legal gazette |
The Staatsblad, Staatscourant and Tractatenblad contain parts with legislation as well as parts with legal notices and other official texts; see point 1.2 for details. |
| First edition |
Staatsblad (State Journal ): 1813; Staatscourant (State Gazette): 1813; Tractatenblad (Treaties Bulletin): 1951 |
| First online edition |
Staatsblad: 1995; Staatscourant: 1995; Tractatenblad: 1995 |
| Paper edition |
On 1 July 2009 the paper editions of Staatsblad, Staatscourant and Tractatenblad are abandoned. |
| Online edition |
http://www.officielebekendmakingen.nl
Available texts: PDF from 1995; HTML from 1998; XML from 2003 |
| CD/DVD edition |
No CD/DVD edition |
1.2. Details on the legal gazette in general
| Content |
I. Staatsblad (State Journal): Formal laws and Royal decrees (wetten in formele zin, algemene maatregelen van bestuur, koninklijke besluiten) and other acts such as the royal amnesty decisions
II. Staatscourant (State Gazette): Ministerial decrees and texts which need to be published on the basis of provisions in formal laws, royal or ministerial decrees published by the central Dutch government, as appointed by the Minister of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations, such as disqualification from driving, bankruptcy, administration, re-financing of debt and changes to prenuptial agreements
III. Tractatenblad (Treaties Bulletin): Treaties concluded with other states or international organisations and decisions of international organisations
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| Legal basis |
The legal bases for publishing the Staatsblad and the Staatscourant are both the Constitution and the Publication Act, whereas for the publication of the Tractatenblad the legal bases are both the Constitution and the Kingdom Act on the approval and publication of Treaties of 7 July 1994 giving further explanations of Article 91(I) and (II) and Article 95 of the Constitution (Rijkswet goedkeuring en bekendmaking verdragen, 7 July 1994). |
| Legally binding |
The online edition is legally binding from 1 July 2009. |
| Financing |
State budget (from 1 July 2009) |
1.3. Details on the online edition
http://www.officielebekendmakingen.nl
(Staatsblad, Staatscourant and Tractatenblad)
See also point 1.1
| Functionalities |
Download
Hyperlinks to other related documents
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| Format description |
PDF
HTML
XML
ODF
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| Authenticity |
Users access the website via a secure connection |
| Archiving |
According to the Publication Act (Bekendmakingswet), all texts have to remain accessible in the database. |
1.4. Details on the publishing institution
| Authority responsible |
Staatscourant
Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties
(Ministry of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations)
Postbus 20011 — 2500 EA The Hague
Netherlands
Tel. +31 704266122
Fax +31 704267600
E-mail: hans.flier@minbzk.nl
Website: http://www.minbzk.nl
Staatsblad
Ministerie van Justitie (Ministry of Justice and Security)
Postbus 20301 — 2500 EH The Hague
Netherlands
Tel. +31 703706875
E-mail: s.slingerland@minjus.nl
Website: https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/ministeries/ministerie-van-justitie-en-veiligheid
Tractatenblad
Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken
(Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Postbus 20061 — 2500 EB The Hague
Netherlands
Tel. +31 703484919
Fax +31 703486000
E-mail: pc.muntinga@minbuza.nl
Website: http://www.minbuza.nl
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| Publishing body |
Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties (Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations) |
| Form and nature of the publishing body
|
Ministry |
| Basic tasks of the publishing institution |
- Pre-press: yes
- Printing: no
- Dissemination/distribution: no
- Legal gazette: yes
- Legislation database: yes
- Consolidation: yes
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1.5. Drafting and publishing procedures
Text processing
systems |
- A special text processing system exists in the form of document type definition (DTD), which is used for primary and secondary legislation.
- A special text processing system exists in the form of document type definition (DTD), which is used for primary and secondary legislation.
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| Workflow |
Electronic transmission is generally not part of an integrated and seamless workflow (only for some parts of the official publications). |
| Publishing |
Editors of the Staatscourant are in charge of proofreading and editing the texts to be published. The minimum period between the reception of the draft by the publishing workflow and the publication is one day. A period of two to six weeks is involved between the reception of the draft of theTractatenblad by the publishing workflow and its publication. |
2. Collections of consolidated Legislation
See full details >>
Wet- en regelgeving
http://www.wetten.nl
For details, see point 3.2
Body carrying out
consolidation |
Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties |
Status of the
consolidated texts |
Semi-official collection |
Deadline for
consolidation |
Between two and five working days |
3. Legislative portals and online databases
3.1. Official portals
3.2. Official databases
For the Staatsblad — Staatscourant — Tractatenblad online, see point 1.3
Wet- en regelgeving
http://www.wetten.nl
Organisation
responsible |
Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties (Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations) |
| Content |
The collection comprises all national legislation published in the Staatsblad and Staatscourant, and the more recent treaties published in Tractatenblad, in consolidated and non-consolidated form. |
| Access |
Free of charge |
| Access via N-Lex (see Annex 2) |
Yes |
3.3. Additional information: other commonly used legal databases
The following hosts disseminate an online edition of EUR-Lex under licence from the Publications Office:
