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THE TRANSFER OF LICENSES AND PERMITS UNDER THE LAWS OF THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES

The request to consent may be treated as a new application

Today I received a question from a visitor to the site. He would like to know whether licenses and permits can be assigned from one party to another by a simple agreement.

Under local law, permits and licenses can only be transferred with the specific consent of the authority that issued the same, unless the permit or license explicitly allows such transfer. The authorities may treat the request to consent to the transfer of a permit as an entirely new application.

If an agreement as mentioned already exists, it might be useful to prevent the transferor from interfering with attempts to obtain the required consent.

Karel Frielink
Attorney (lawyer) / Partner