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Country data: Netherlands

Transposition of Single Market directives (Netherlands)

Single Market infringement cases (Netherlands)

Internal Market Information System (Netherlands)

Technical regulations information system (Netherlands)

On these, the Commission issued 1 detailed opinion and 3 comments, while other Member States issued 1 detailed opinion and 4 comments.

SOLVIT (Netherlands)

Responsive administration and burden of regulation (Netherlands)

IndicatorYearNLEU average
Burden of government regulation (survey replies: 1 = Overly complex, 7 = Extremely easy)2025 3.89
Digitalisation of cross-border business procedures2025 21%
Payment delays by public authorities2024 16.76 days
Impact of regulation on long-term investment decisions (share of respondents considering business regulation an obstacle.)2024 66%

Access to public procurement (Netherlands)

Indicator2024EU average
Single bidder

24%

28%

No calls for bids

12%

5%

Publication rate (value advertised on Tenders Electronic Daily, in % of GDP)

3.7%

5.8%

Award criteria (proportion of procedures awarded to cheapest bid)

14%

54%

Decision speed (days)

61 

74

SME contractors

45%

72%

SME bids

45%

72%

Procedures divided into lots

16%

32%

Note: A typical (mid-ranking) EU country is used for the EU average for all indicators.

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