International business and trade is a major part of commercial activity in the Netherlands. To support these international exchanges, it is essential for all parties concerned to have direct access to the legislation governing such important matters as legal persons, obligations, contracts, bankruptcy, securities markets, and other factors that significantly affect business transacted in the Netherlands.;This guide fulfills this need for Netherlands business law in translation. It offers practitioners: a looseleaf publication containing an English translation of the business-related parts of the Netherlands Civil Code and other relevant laws, many of the translations officially approved by the Netherlands Ministries of Justice and Finance; free access, exclusive to NBL users, to an online service that allows users quickly to find, download and print exactly the business law sections they need in either English or Dutch - plus Books 6 and 7 of the Civil Code in French and Books 2, 6 and 7 in German; direct comparison of texts on the internet site, with easy links between translations; and regular updates of both looseleaf and online resources, so subscribers may be sure of up-to-date access to relevant new legislation and changes to existing laws.;This text should be useful to lawyers all over the world, both in civil law and common law countries. Where terminology differs between the two legal traditions, terms understandable in either are given.