Países Baixos: National report: The Netherlands

AutorEwoud Hondius
CargoMolengraaff Instituut voor Privaatrecht Nieuwe Gracht Utrecht
Páginas146-157
RPDC, Dezembro de 2013, n.º 76
146
RPDC
Revista Portuguesa
de Direito do Consumo
PAÍSES BAIXOS
NATIONAL REPORT: THE NETHERLANDS
Ewoud HONDIUS
Molengraaff Instituut voor Privaatrecht
Nieuwe Gracht Utrecht
Among the countries which have shown the largest resistance to legislation on unfair
contract terms, The Netherlands deserve a place of honour. Although a government bill
on standard form contracts64 was approved by the Second Chamber of Parliament in May
1985, it remained uncertain whether the bill would be enacted until two years later.
      
Raad) which for a short time even treated parts of the bill as if they had entered into
force65.
The resistance against legislation has not existed right from the outset, when the
consumer movement argued for such intervention66. Rather, in the early period of draft
legislation, some professional organizations supported the plea for legislation67. The
Consumer Council (Commissie voor Consumentenaangelegenheden: CCA) of the Social
and Economic Council (Sociaal-Economische Raad: SER) even managed to arrive at a
near-unanimous advisory opinion68.
64 Tweede Kamer 1981, Nr 16 983.
65 Infra, Nr. 39. 46.
66 The movement started with the Consumentenbond’s issuing its own general conditions, to be used by
members in their contracts with suppliers of goods and services – see my contribution ‘Consumentenvoor-
waarden’, Nederlands Juristenblad 1975, p. 157-170.
67 Such as the Raad voor het Midden- en Kleinbedrijf (Retail Council).
68 Advies inzake het vraagstuk van de toepassing van standaardvoorwaarden bij transacties met de con-
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