Current and urgent topics we are working on right now — with direct links to positions, analyses, backgrounds and — for members — concrete action steps and ready-to-send emails.
Municipalities increasingly limit licence duration and argue that a scarce-licence procedure is mandatory. Recent case law from the Council of State curtails the mayor's powers and sets strict procedural requirements. We support members with objections and appeals.
After Worldline withdrew as a card-payment acquirer for coffeeshops we keep an active eye on the dossier. We gather members' experiences and help find alternatives.
Received a termination letter? Instructions + email templateThe Amsterdam coalition agreement 2026 confirms that the residents criterion (I-criterium) will not be introduced. Ipsos research substantiated the expected revenue loss in the city centre and entrepreneurs in the Red Light District publicly opposed introduction. We continue to monitor the dossier with an eye on enforcement and any shift to street dealing elsewhere.
Since 7 April 2025 the experimentation phase has been running in ten municipalities. Sales packaging, labelling and consumer information follow via a supplementary Royal Decree with a three-month transition period. We track practical issues and feed them back to the policy table.
We organise sessions on the future regulatory model for the entire sector. Together with entrepreneurs, policymakers and experts we discuss scenarios and principles for full regulation of the coffeeshop sector — for all coffeeshops, not just experiment municipalities.
Coffeeshops are receiving invoices from the Horeca Development Platform (HOP). We have reopened talks with KHN and advocate recognition of coffeeshops as regular hospitality operators. What should you do as an entrepreneur now?
The Dutch National Drug Monitor confirms: cannabis use is stable (6.9% of adults 18+), declining among the youngest adults, and the user group is ageing. Key evidence in every debate on restriction or regulation.
Cronos Group entered the Dutch market in December 2025 through the acquisition of a major experiment grower. Morocco's ANRAC sent a trade mission to Amsterdam in October 2025. The supply side is professionalising and internationalising rapidly.
