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, headquarters = Bezuidenhoutseweg 73,

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Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy
The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy ( nl, Ministerie van Economische Zaken en Klimaat; EZK) is the Netherlands' ministry responsible for

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, industrial, investment,

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, renewable energy, environmental,

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, as well as

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. The Ministry was created in 1905 as the Ministry of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce and has had several name changes before it became the Ministry of Economic Affairs in 1946. In 2010 the

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was merged with the Ministry of Economic Affairs, which was renamed as the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation. In 2012 the name was reverted as the Ministry of Economic Affairs but kept the responsibilities of the former Ministry of Agriculture. In 2017, the

was reinstated but the Ministry of Economic Affairs took on several of the environmental policies portfolios from the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, which was renamed

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. The Ministry of Economic Affairs was renamed Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy. The Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy ( nl, Minister van Economische Zaken en Klimaat) is the head of the Ministry and a member of the

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. The current Minister is Micky Adriaansens of the

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(VVD) who has been in office since 10 January 2022.

Organisation

The Ministry has currently five

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Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis The Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis ( nl, Centraal Planbureau, CPB, literal translation: Central Planning Bureau) is a part of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy of the Netherlands. Its goal is to deliver economic analysis an ...

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, Central Agency for Statistics
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Mission

The mission of the Ministry is to "promote sustainable economic growth in the Netherlands." It focuses on the key areas of "Knowledge economy and innovation," "Competition and dynamic" and "Room to do business."

Organization

The political responsibility of the ministry is in the hands of the Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy who is part of the Dutch Cabinet. A Deputy Minister, called the State Secretary, serves as the second-in-command to the Minister. The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy has also a civil service department, led by the Secretary-General and Deputy Secretary-General. The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy consists of four Directorates-General: Foreign Economic Relations, Economic Policy, Energy and Telecom, and Enterprise and Innovation. There are also some support departments.

Litigation

In June 2015, following a lawsuit filed by the NGO

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, the Hague District Court found that the Ministry was unlawfully violating its duty of care under the

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by failing to adequately address climate change and ordered the government to reduce green house gas emissions. Instead, the Ministry appealed to the Hague Court of Appeal, which ruled against the Ministry in October 2018. The Ministry has appealed to the

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, where the court's Advocate and Procurator Generals have recommenced it rule against the Ministry.

References

External links

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