Your market entry support for The Netherlands!
If your company wants to launch or expand activities in or into the Dutch travel or airline market you face several challenges. Although the Dutch are known for their multilingual information and procedures, this is often limited to general information and services and is primarily focused on individual residents. Foreign organisations often rely on local support from a specialised firm such as TICECo Legal Services.
We can assist you with various matters that you need to resolve before entering the Dutch market. Depending on your organisation and positioning this can be limited to a short audit of your current local or international operations or a full in-depth analysis and follow-up with a focus on a smooth and efficient start into the Dutch market.
An outline of all the topics you need or could address in which we can support you:
- Registration at the Dutch tax authorities.
- Choosing to incorporate a local subsidiary or foreign branch.
- Opening a virtual office.
- Registration in the Dutch trade register.
- Registration in the Dutch UBO register.
- Accreditation local IATA number (57-2 xxxx or 57-4 xxxx).
- Insolvency protection for package travel and linked travel arrangements.
- General terms and conditions.
- Membership of branch associations.
- Dutch calamity fund.
- Applicable consumer law.
- Advertising code of conduct (self-regulatory).
- Alternative Dispute Resolution.
- Complaint handling.
- The Consumer Authority (ACM).
- Privacy requirements & the Dutch Data Protection Authority .
- Selection of a Dutch auditor (if required).
- Obtaining a “certificate of conduct” (Verklaring Omtrent het Gedrag, VOG) from the Ministry of Justice.
- Retail activities (incl. insolvency protection, sales agency agreements, etc.)
Our solution
For a smooth and quick start of your organisation in the Dutch market, we offer you the convenience of having ALL the relevant activities handled by a single point of contact, including, for example:
- Legal advice
- Establish local legal entity (BV, NV, etc.)
- Initiating and follow-up on the various required and optional registrations and applications.
- Drafting, translating and/or revising contracts and general terms and conditions.
Your post-launch liaison in The Netherlands
After the launch in the Dutch market has been completed, we can provide additional support. This can be a big advantage if you are managing your operations in the Dutch market from another country, or have a small team located in the Netherlands. Some services that you may want to consider are, for example:
- Follow-up of complaints in different tiers (semi-front line, second-tier)
- Legal or semi-legal representation of your organisation in/to ADR and other legal proceedings, the Dutch Chamber of Commerce, industry association(s)., IATA, insurance providers, insolvency providers and suppliers.
- Bi-directional translation and forwarding of any relevant information.
- Coordinating recurring obligations (financial statements, reports, etc.).
- Legal advice.
- Establish local legal entity (BV, NV, etc.).
- Initiating and follow-up on the various required and optional registrations and applications.
- Drafting, translating and/or revising contracts and general terms and conditions.
