What Drinking Was Really Doing for Me Paolo Maria Pavan I drank because for a few minutes it made the noise go quiet. That is the sentence people often refuse, especially founders. We prefer bigger language. Stress. Pressure. Burnout. A difficult period. W... Founder Journal Paolo Maria Pavan May 25, 2026 FOUNDER JOURNAL
The KVK Number Is a Control File What is the situation On 21 May 2026, KVK reported that 55 percent of entrepreneurs do not check a new business relation for a KVK number. One in five say they do not or hardly check new relations. KV... COMPLIANCE Paolo Maria Pavan May 25, 2026 RISK AND COMPLIANCE
Business data sharing is now a Dutch control file What is the situation The Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets, ACM, published preliminary Guidance on Data Sharing on 15 May 2026. The EU Data Act has applied since 12 September 2025, and Dutch ... COMPLIANCE Paolo Maria Pavan May 22, 2026 RISK AND COMPLIANCE
When the Entity File Does Not Reconcile What happened? On 24 March 2026, Advocate General P.J. Wattel at the Parket bij de Hoge Raad issued conclusion ECLI:NL:PHR:2026:283 in case 23/03848. The case concerns a self-employed labour and proce... COURT RULING Paolo Maria Pavan May 22, 2026 RULINGS
Dutch Labour Is Looser, Not Easy What is the situation CBS reported 397 thousand unemployed people in April 2026, 3.9 percent of the labour force aged 15 to 75. That is below March, but still above April 2025. UWV counted 203.1 thous... Paolo Maria Pavan TODAY'S MARKET PULSE May 22, 2026 MARKET
Dutch Demand Is Hesitating Again What is the situation Statistics Netherlands, CBS, reports consumer confidence at -46 in May 2026, down from -44 in April and far below the twenty-year average of -11. The economic-climate indicator s... Paolo Maria Pavan TODAY'S MARKET PULSE May 21, 2026 MARKET
AFM removes the separate AMLA form, not the AML discipline What is the situation AFM said on 13 May 2026 that financial undertakings under Dutch AFM supervision should not expect a separate AMLA eligibility template. AMLA, the EU Anti-Money Laundering Authori... COMPLIANCE Paolo Maria Pavan May 21, 2026 RISK AND COMPLIANCE
When the Bank File Becomes Business Risk What happened ? Rechtbank Amsterdam ruled on 11 March 2026 that ING could terminate the bank relationships of a BV and its sole director and shareholder. The company worked in temporary work, green ma... COURT RULING Paolo Maria Pavan May 21, 2026 RULINGS
Dutch inflation reopens pricing control What is the situation CBS confirmed Dutch CPI inflation at 2.8 percent year on year in April 2026, equal to the flash estimate. The regular publication was delayed by a data-centre fire in Almere and ... Paolo Maria Pavan TODAY'S MARKET PULSE May 20, 2026 MARKET
Cross-border payroll needs written scope What happened ? Rechtbank Zeeland-West-Brabant issued a first-instance civil judgment on 15 April 2026 in ECLI:NL:RBZWB:2026:3005. A Dutch roofing company, Neo Dak, had worked for years with an admini... COURT RULING Paolo Maria Pavan May 20, 2026 RULINGS
July 2026 compliance horizon for Dutch founders What is the situation From 1 July 2026, several Dutch and EU rules start to touch daily operations. The Dutch truck charge applies per kilometre to N2 and N3 vehicles above 3,500 kg on almost all moto... COMPLIANCE Paolo Maria Pavan May 20, 2026 RISK AND COMPLIANCE
Dutch Clients Are Not Dutch Presence What is the situation KVK updated its guidance on 12 May 2026. For a zzp entrepreneur moving abroad, Dutch customers alone do not keep a Dutch Handelsregister registration alive. If there are no longe... COMPLIANCE Paolo Maria Pavan May 19, 2026 RISK AND COMPLIANCE
