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Welcome to the Monitoring Committee website

The Dutch Corporate Governance Code Monitoring Committee was installed on 6 December 2004 by the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Justice and the State Secretary of Economic Affairs. The Monitoring Committee's official terms of reference are to help ensure that the Dutch Corporate Governance Code (Tabaksblat Code) is practicable and up to date and to monitor compliance by Dutch listed companies and institutional investors.

On this website you will find information about the Monitoring Committee and its reports, as well as the Dutch Corporate Governance Code.

Consultation on proposed amendments of the Code

On 4 June 2008, the Committee made proposals for amendments to the Code in relation to management board remuneration, diversity in the composition of the supervisory board, shareholder responsibility and the role of the management and supervisory boards in takeovers. In the spring of 2008 VNO-NCW, VEUO, VEB, Eumedion, NCD, NYSE and Euronext and the FNV and CNV trade union federations requested the Committee to update the Code. Read more.