STATUTORY FRAMEWORK FOR PROSPECTUS LIABILITY (II)

The Netherlands, Curaçao, St. Maarten and the BES-islands compared

The Netherlands

In the Netherlands there is a two-track law concerning prospectus liability as professor L. Timmerman calls it. There are two sets of rules supplementing the general doctrine of the wrongful act (Section 6:162 of the Dutch Civil Code (‘BW-NL‘):

  • the rules with regard to misleading and comparative advertising (Sections 6:194 – 6:196 BW-NL) and
  • the rules with regard to unfair commercial practices (wet oneerlijke handelspraktijken) (Sections 6:193a – 6:193j BW-NL)
  • 1. Misleading and comparative advertising (B2B)

    Section 6:194 subsection 1 BW-NL:

    “A person who with regard to goods or …
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