Energy

Law on the Convention of March 10, 1988 for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Shipping and the Protocol of March 10, 1988 for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms on the continental shelf.

Spatial Planning Ordinance.

Environmental Impact Assessment Act. Determine which activities are subjected to the environmental impact assessment act. This includes offshore wind installations.

Regulations on watertight closure, stability and watertight subdivision of offshore support vessels.

Prescriptions for offshore support vessels that determine amounts of g. transporting substances in bulk

Executive Order on the protection of submarine cables and subsea pipelines (The Cable Order).

Environmental Impact Assessment Decree. Applies to offshore wind turbines (creation, modification or extension of a wind farm) and the extraction of mineral through dredging of the sea.

Act on Exclusive Economic Zones. Defines the rights of the coastal state on waters until 400nm

Working Conditions Decree. Applies to offshore platforms extracting oil and gas. Refers to the Directive 2013/30/EU.

Electricty Act 1998. Applies to some extent to offshore wind farms and offshore grid.

Law on the delimitation of maritime territory

Law extending the scope of the Public Works Management Act to the exclusive economic zone.

Gas Act. Applies to some extent to the transport of gas on the Dutch continental shelf.

Mining Act. Refers to the Directive 2013/30/EU, the Maritime Strategy Framework Directive, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. It defines rules regarding the research and extraction of minerals and with regard to activities related to mining.

Mining Decree. Defines rules on mineral extraction and particularly the extraction and transport of hydrocarbon from the continental shelf.

Mining Regulation. Determine which authorities are competent regarding mining activities operated on the continental shelf.

Electricity and Gas Supply Act. Part 3 - Section 2 is relevant for offshore installations and grids.

Regulations for preventing pollution from ships. Parts apply to offshore support vessels. Refers, among others, to the MARPOL Convention.

Environmental management activities scheme. Applies to wind turbines and oil and gas extraction.

Environmental Management Activities Decree. Applies to wind turbines and to offshore gas platforms and defines general rules for the establishement of certain activities.

Wadden Sea Structural Vision. It includes the PKB Wadden Sea (Key National Planning Decision) regarding its binding aspects. Establishes a framework and specific rules regarding offshore activities, the laying of cables and environmental protection.

Ordinance on Incentive Regulation of Energy Supply Networks.

Executive Order on conservation and game reserves in the Wadden Sea. Forbids the establishment of wind turbines in the territorial sea. The extraction of sea materials is prohibited (the order also details exceptions to this rule).

General implementing regulation for the stimulation of sustainable energy production and climate transition. Applies to a certain extent to offshore wind turbines.

Spatial Planning Act.

Electricity Supply Act.

Water Decree. Refers to the Maritime Strategy Framework Directive, the Maritime Spatial Planning Directive.

Water regulation. Defines rules for offshore wind farms and to some extent to other offshore activities.

Law on nature conservation and landscape management. Protects certain species of birds and determines the projects subject to an evaluation of impacts on nature and biodiversity.

Ordinance on spatial planning in the German exclusive economic zone in the North Sea. Refers to the implementation of offshore wind energy installations.

Executive Order on the Wadden Sea National Park. Creates the National Park Vadehavet.

This order shall cover the importation, manufacturing, transfer or handing over of substances and materials for use on offshore installations as stipulated in section 2 of the offshore safety act (offshoresikkerhedsloven); and in connection with activities carried out from ships and arrangements covered by section 3(5) of the offshore safety act (offshoresikkerhedsloven) (special purpose vessels) to the extent that the substances and materials affect the safety and health conditions on associated offshore installations.

Ordinance for the implementation of the Renewable Energies Ordinance (Renewable Energies Implementation Ordinance - EEAV)

Decree on general spatial planning rules. Applies to the Wadden Sea and the development of offshore installations. A zoning plan that relates to the Wadden Sea does not allow the placement of new wind turbines.

"The Energy Agreement for Sustainable Growth, concluded by the government with employers, trade unions, environmental organisations and others, contains provisions on energy conservation, boosting energy from renewable sources and job creation". Specific parts refers to offshore energies.

Ordinance on working hours for offshore activities.

Government Structural Vision for Offshore Wind Energy.

Act amending the Act on safety, etc. for offshore installations for exploration, production and transport of hydrocarbons, the Act on the protection of the marine environment and the Environmental Damage Act.

National EZK and LNV subsidies scheme. Applies to offshore vessels, offshore wind turbines, offshore platforms for the production of oil and gas.

Law for the expansion of renewable energies. § 9 Technical Specifications are particularly relevant