Professional services regulation: lawyers or other licensed conveyancers

• Author: Schmid, Christoph U.; Pinkel, Tobias
• Pages: 45-46

Consum er mar ket stud y on the fun ctio ning of the r eal estate servi ces for consum ers in the EU – Coun try FicheTh e Net herlan ds

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8.Professional services regulation: lawyers orotherlicensed conveyancers (onlyrelevant if legally admitted to performreal

est ate t ransact ions and/ or to assist the conclusion of tenan cy agreements)

8.1Mar ketentry and st ruct ure regulation

Ta ble 18: Mar ke t e nt ry a nd str uct ure reg ula tion

Regulation

Subj ect ive re qui rem en ts

Cond itions (diplomas, exam s, concou rs) requ ired to becom e a

law yer in y our cou ntr y.

Not relev ant in th e Net her land sfor t he real esta te

market.

Ob ject ive re qui rem ent s

Do num eru s clause s and ot her ob ject ive r equir emen ts exist ?

Cit ize nsh ip

requirements

Are foreign candidat es ad mit ted de i ure and also d e facto u nder

th e sam e con dition s as n atio nals?

I nt er -p rof ession al

cooperation

Are for ms of c ollab orat ion bet ween law yer s an d ot her

pr ofessionals allow ed and usual?

Busin ess st ru ctu re

Are law yerassoci ations/ corp orat ions allo wed?

Geog raph ical l imit atio ns

Are th ere lim itat ion s wi th respect to th e ar ea in which the law yer

can exe rcise h is/her acti vit ies ( e.g . at t he r egio nal or mu nicipal

lev el) ?

Are t hese limit ation restricted to speci fic tasks?