Residents criterion

Local application by municipality

Which municipalities still genuinely enforce the I-criterion, and which have effectively let it go?

Part of: Residents criterion (I-criterion)

The picture in broad strokes

In the southern border municipalities the I-criterion is largely enforced; there, drug tourism and nuisance reduction are the primary reasons. In many major cities in the west and centre of the Netherlands enforcement has effectively been let go: coffeeshops there sell to visitors from outside the Netherlands in practice as well.

Not a static picture

The picture shifts continuously. Municipalities adjust their approach based on new nuisance signals, political majorities or signals from operators. An up-to-date overview requires monitoring, because formal policy changes are not always immediately visible in national registers.