There are a number of sectors for which it is not necessary to notify the arrival of your workers. Some occasional activities are also exempt from the duty to notify.

These exceptions do not apply if you are posting a worker who is the national of a third country (a country outside the European Union (EU), European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland). There are also other exceptions for self-employed persons.

Exempt sectors

The sectors are determined on the basis of the Standard Business Classification (SBI). You do not need to notify the arrival of workers from the EU, EEA or Switzerland if they are posted to work in the following sectors:

  • 49.1 Passenger rail transport (no tram or metro);
  • 49.2 Freight rail transport;
  • 49.3 Passenger transport by road;
  • 49.4 Freight transport by road, provided that such operations consist exclusively of transporting goods through the Netherlands without loading or unloading in the Netherlands (transit transport);
  • 50 Water transport;
  • 51 Air transport;
  • 53 Postal and courier activities;
  • 84.1 Public administration;
  • 84.2 Public services;

Exempt activities

You do not have to notify the arrival of workers from the EU, EEA and Switzerland if they are posted to carry out the following types of occasional work temporarily: