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Netherlands’ recovery and resilience – Supported projects: Reforms

Disclaimer: This page exclusively serves information purposes and is not an exhaustive database of projects funded by the Recovery and Resilience Facility. Notably, the map provides a snapshot of projects based on the current status of their implementation. It does not reflect the distribution of the projects funded by the Recovery and Resilience Facility across the different areas within the Netherlands. The map will be regularly updated to include additional projects and information. The showcase of the projects in this page is without prejudice to any future assessment by the Commission in the context of the verification of the satisfactory fulfilment of milestones and targets pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2021/241 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Recovery and Resilience Facility.

The measure references mentioned below are those contained in the Annex to the Council Implementing Decision approving the Dutch Recovery and Resilience Plan and allow for easy identification of the measure.

For more info on the reforms, please contact Freek Janmaat European Semester Officer (ESO) in the Commission’s representation in The Hague.

Manage the supply side of the housing market

(reference 3.1H3 in the Dutch Recovery and Resilience Plan)

The Netherlands wants to ensure that the supply of constructed houses matches the overall housing needs and thereby address the current housing shortage.

The focus of this reform lies particularly on providing more affordable housing, and more housing for specific target groups, such as for example elderly people. At the moment, 70,000 to 80,000 new residences are built per year. The Dutch government aims to increase this number to 100,000, adding up to a total of 900,000 residences being built in the period 2022-2030.

For this purpose, the Dutch Minister for Housing and Spatial Planning has struck agreements on the construction of these 900,000 new residences with the twelve Dutch provinces. For each province a number of to-be-built residences has been agreed upon. Two out of three of these new residences will fall under affordable housing.

More information can be found on the website of the authority here and on social media here:

Open Government Act

(reference 2.3H1 in the Dutch Recovery and Resilience Plan)

The Open Government Act aims to improve the transparency and openness of the public administration, and to make sure that all relevant documents are accessible to all. Public sector information will be more compatible and easier to find and access digitally by citizens, the media, and other relevant actors.

Important in this act is that all administrative bodies are connected to a digital infrastructure that is overseen by the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations. In the coming years, an additional 1,000 public organizations will be linked to this infrastructure. The information, as defined by the law, will then be digitally available in a place that is accessible for the public.

The new act came into force on 1 May 2022. Its implementation is staged, and the connection of all public organizations will take place in the coming years. 

More information and press releases can be found on the website of the authority here:

Open Government Act Netherlands
Copyright: Dutch government

Anti-Money Laundering Policy

(reference 61H6 in the Dutch Recovery and Resilience Plan)

The Netherlands presented a plan to deal with money laundering in 2019. This plan sets out a range of measures to improve the approach to anti-money laundering. Two of the measures from this action plan are part of the Dutch Recovery and Resilience Plan. The objective of these reforms is to strengthen the Netherlands’ anti-money laundering framework and to combat the misuse of the Dutch financial system by criminals. 

The Financial Intelligence Unit, which is responsible for preventing and detecting money laundering, fighting against fraud and trace financing of crimes, is currently in the process of being reinforced with 20 full-time equivalents compared to January 2022. Moreover, a new law has been sent to parliament  that introduces a limit on cash payments of EUR 3,000 (entry into force foreseen for 1 January 2025).

These reforms are part of a bigger action plan that the Netherlands has put forward to combat money laundering. The actions focus on three areas:

  1. Increasing barriers for criminals to launder money (examples: investment in projects targeting criminal financial flows and crypto-assets, the introduction of a national limit on cash payments above EUR 3,000);
  2. Increase the effectiveness of the gatekeeper function and supervision (examples: data sharing and joint processing by financial institutions, establishment of a Serious Crime Taskforce that shares information on money laundering subjects between detection bodies and large banks)
  3. Strengthen investigation and prosecution (examples: development of the bank account data reference portal with balance and transaction data, additional capacity for the Tax Intelligence and Investigation Service, as well as the Financial Intelligence Unit and the Public Prosecutor’s Office)

More information can be found at the links below: