The Netherlands Enterprise Agency – Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland
Prinses Beatrixlaan 2
2595 AL, The Hague
The Netherlands
+31 (0)88 0424242
+31 88 6025100
klantcontact@rvo.nl
http://www.rvo.nl
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency’s Headquarters
The aim is to improve opportunities for entrepreneurs and strengthen their position. The Agency works at the instigation of ministries and the European Union.
Netherlands Enterprise Agency is part of the Ministry of Economic Affairs. The organisation has been in existence since 2014 and is the result of a merger between NL Agency and the Dienst Regelingen. Some activities of the Commodities Boards are also included.
Netherlands Enterprise Agency focuses on providing services to entrepreneurs. It aims to make it easier to do business using smart organisation and digital communication. The Agency works in The Netherlands and abroad with governments, knowledge centres, international organisations and countless other partners.
| Year of creation individual entities or association | 2014 |
| Do you (your members) benefit of a public counter-guarantee that allows deponderation (capital relief)? | Yes |
| Do your guarantees provide deponderation (capital relief) for member banks subject to capital requirements (Basel agreement)? | Yes |
| Do you (your members) dispose of an internal rating/scoring system? | Yes |
| Do you (your members) use..? De minimis or GBER or Regional guidelines or Notification | De minimis, GBER, Regional guidelines, Notification |
| Is the activity subject to state aid regulation? | Yes |
| Other SME support instruments offered by your organisation/your members Subsidized loans or Mezzanine financing or Venture capital or Coaching or Mediation services | Subsidized loans, Mezzanine financing, Venture capital, Coaching |
| Types of guarantee products provided by your organisation/your members | Loan default guarantees, Working capital loan guarantees, Bridge financing loan guarantees, Mezzanine financing guarantees, Housing guarantees, Leasing guarantees, Project guarantees, Export guarantees, Venture capital guarantees |
| Are you/your members financial intermediary for EU-programmes? CIP/COSME or Structural funds or Progress or RSI/RSFF Horizon 2020 | Progress, RSI/RSFF Horizon 2020, Eurostars, Joint Programming, Interreg, e.d. |
| Do you benefit from a counter-guarantee at local, regional or national level? Local level or Regional level or National level | No |
| Type of scheme guarantee or counter-guarantee | Guarantee |
| Product typology guarantee or counter-guarantee or co-guarantee | Guarantee |
| Profit / Non-profit oriented dividends to public shareholders are not considered as profit orientation | Non-profit oriented |
| Supervision statute i.e. mono-product banking licenses, financial intermediary statute, non-supervised. For associations, please state statute of members | Financial intermediary statute |
| Size of businesses supported i.e. large companies, SMEs, micro-enterprises, independent/self-employed | Large companies, SMEs, Micro-enterprises, Independent/Self-employed |
| Sectorial focus i.e. agriculture, industry, crafts, retail, liberal professions, cooperatives, etc. | Agriculture, Industry, Crafts, Retail, Liberal professions, Cooperatives |
| Geographic coverage i.e. local, regional, national | National |
| Structure / Network i.e. central scheme with regional offices, central scheme only, association network | Central scheme only |
| Legal form of members of an association: i.e. fund, development bank, development agency, cooperative or mutual societies, bank, foundation, association, limited company, etc. | State Agency |
| Legal form of single guarantee entity or association: i.e. fund, development bank, development agency, cooperative or mutual societies, bank, foundation, association, limited company, etc. | Agency of Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs |
| Shareholder structure Private / Public (in %) | 100% Public |
| Ownership i.e. fully mutual, funded by SMEs, banking associations, fully public, fully private, private-public, mixed models | Fully Public |
| Type of organization National Promotional Bank (NPB), National Promotional Institution (NPI), Private, Mutual, Mixed | NPI |
