Registers
Centraal Insolventieregister
The Dutch Central Insolvency Register (CIR) brings together the data on bankruptcies, suspensions of payment and debt restructurings of natural persons that are kept in the registers of the district courts. Under the Bankruptcy Act the courts are obliged to give notice actively at a number of moments; this is done through the internet and the Government Gazette. The register is free for anyone to consult, and has a separate entry for EU registrations: insolvency proceedings entered at the trustee's request under article 3(1) and (2) of the EU Insolvency Regulation, insofar as they concern debtors with an establishment in the Netherlands.
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What this source does not give you
Only insolvencies declared after 1 January 2005 appear in the CIR, and the data remain consultable for up to six months after an insolvency has ended — not thereafter. The Council for the Judiciary also states that it cannot guarantee the accuracy, completeness or currency of the data supplied.
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Frequently asked questions
- How far back does the register go?
- To 1 January 2005. The judiciary states expressly that only insolvency data published after that date can be consulted, and that only bankruptcies, suspensions of payment and debt restructurings of natural persons declared after 1 January 2005 are included in the CIR. An older insolvency therefore exists but cannot be found here; for that, the register of the district court concerned is the route to take. For a fee, an extract can be obtained from the court where the insolvency is being handled.
- How long does a closed bankruptcy stay visible?
- The data concerned remain consultable in the CIR for up to six months after the insolvency has ended. The same period applies on the receiving side: anyone obtaining data through the web service is obliged under the terms of use to destroy them within six months after the end of the bankruptcy, debt restructuring or suspension of payment, unless a longer retention period is required for the performance of a public-law task. For file research that means: what you do not record now will have gone from this source in six months' time.
- Does the register contain the trustee's bankruptcy reports?
- Only if the trustee filed them digitally. The judiciary puts it this way: insolvency reports in bankruptcies and suspensions of payment of legal entities can be consulted if the trustee has filed them digitally with the court. The absence of a report in the CIR therefore says nothing about whether a report exists — it says something about how it was filed. Anyone who needs the reports for a claim or a liability question should, on an empty result, turn to the trustee or the court.
- Can I simply search by name?
- Not without more. To get results when searching for a natural person, or for a legal entity or trade name, you must complete a number of mandatory search fields; the judiciary links that requirement expressly to data protection legislation. There is also a limit on searching by insolvency characteristics: searching by date, court and type of publication is not possible for publications older than one year. At the top right of the search screen is the date up to which the data have been updated; that date should be the same as the day on which you query.
- May I reuse the data from the CIR?
- Subject to conditions. For automated querying, the Council for the Judiciary concludes a licence agreement stating that processing for any purpose other than informing participants in commerce about the insolvency is unlawful. No fee is charged for use, but the intellectual property rights in the data, including the database right, remain with the Council. The agreement also expressly provides that the Council cannot guarantee the accuracy, completeness or currency of the data supplied and that the web service need not function without errors or interruption.