Supervision & enforcement

The governement is pulling back in many areas, but this does not apply to the exercising of supervision and enforcement. The business community is being confronted with increasingly stricter actions of the municipal and provincial executives, as well as of the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM) Inspectorate, the Health and Safety Inspectorate and other supervisory bodies such as the Netherlands Compitition Authority (NMa).

Gaastra attorneys at law advises and litigates over all matters of administrative law enforcement issues and in criminal law investigations into violation of the environmental rules and regulations.

Unfortunatly, the enforcement is not always proportionate and proffesional in the matter. There is often much discussion about the explanation and application of the rules and regulations. It could be important that you involve a lawyer at a very early stage in the event of an enforcement procedure. in the case of an unannounced visit of law enforcement officers to your business premises, Gaastra attorneys at law advises you to contact them immediately (020 6549644). The presence of a lawyer who can provide guidance at such a visit can be of great importance to your position and that of the company, and for a proper settlement of the case, especially, and often precisely, when no blame can be attached to the company.