Overview

• Top administrative judges upheld the Overijssel ruling on 2023 data and added 2010, 2015, 2020, 2021 and 2022 to the disclosure.
• The court set a two-week deadline for publication and declined to impose a coercive fine, expecting voluntary compliance.
• Judges stressed the primacy of public access under the Woo and said the release does not expose privacy‑sensitive information.
• The ruling noted that farmers’ address details are already accessible via the Chamber of Commerce, the RVO subsidy register and permit databases.
• Journalists from Omroep Gelderland, Follow the Money and NRC filed the request in 2022, while LTO called the outcome a blow to farmers and urged changes to the Woo.