Chronicle 1999, Administrative law/ Droit administratif

Abstract

In 1994, in the Netherlands a number of important rules of administrative law have been codified in the General Administrative Law Act. This contribution discusses the draft of the so called Fourth Part of the General Act which appeared in 1999 and contains additional provisions on: publicity of administration, attribution of decision-making powers (especially to civil servants) and financial debts under administrative law. Most important issue of the Fourth Part is the administrative enforcement. In this field, in addition to the already existing provisions on administrative supervision, nforced execution and administrative penalties, a number of general provisions on administrative enforcement and a regulation of administrative fines are provided for.