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Verified 18 September 2026 · updated monthly
Dutch Child Labour Due Diligence Act (Netherlands) is currently delayed. Every date below is verified against primary sources, with tracker revisions logged openly at the foot of the page.
Senate adopted the act.
Implementing measures deferred while a broader RBC bill was debated.
Dutch due diligence policy consolidated around CSDDD transposition.
The first compliance date for the Dutch Child Labour Due Diligence Act is Not set. All statutory application dates have now passed.
As of 18 September 2026, the Dutch Child Labour Due Diligence Act is delayed in Netherlands. The first European child labour due diligence statute, adopted in 2019 yet still awaiting entry into operation.
Status reviewed in September 2026; the act remains out of operation and is due to be revoked once the Dutch CSDDD implementing law is adopted. That revision was logged in September 2026 on the hredd.org tracker.
Tracker revisions, logged openly
September 2026 Status reviewed in September 2026; the act remains out of operation and is due to be revoked once the Dutch CSDDD implementing law is adopted.
January 2026 Status reviewed; no implementing decree progress to report.
Sources for every date live on the full tracker entry · movement lands in the monthly digest first