Ten window cleaners in The Hague have been fined up to €1,000 each by the Dutch competition authority NMa for dividing up the streets in a new residential area between them.

‘This ruling makes it clear to window cleaners nationwide that they cannot make deals with each other about who takes which street,’ NMa board member Henk Don said in a statement.
Don also said the NMa welcomed a move to set up an official register of window cleaners, as long as it was not anti-competitive and respected the right of householders to choose their own window cleaner.