Notaries no longer have to be Dutch

MPs on Thursday agreed to scrap the requirement that notaries need to have Dutch nationality. The European Commission had threatened to fine the Netherlands if it did not open the profession up to non-Dutch nationals on the ground that this goes against to single market principles.

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