Overview
- The Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland opened the application portal and received the first claims on Tuesday, with 14 requests reported that morning.
- The cabinet set aside a €100 million fund and the scheme reimburses one year of lost profit, adds a 15% uplift, and pays €3,500 per sales location.
- About 850 retailers are eligible and fireworks importers are set to receive the largest shares under the compensation categories.
- The trade group VuurwerkCheck and its chair Frans Köhler say the one-year formula is too small to cover conversion costs, unsellable stock and lost seasonal jobs and have signalled possible legal action.
- Applications must be filed by mid-January 2027, reporting gives either 17 or 18 January as the deadline, and the first payouts are expected from mid-January which will show how quickly the scheme reaches affected shop owners.