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	Netherlands Antilles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Netherlands Antilles (Dutch: Nederlandse Antillen), previously known as the Netherlands West Indies, are part of the Lesser Antilles and consist of two groups of islands in the Caribbean Sea that form an autonomous part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (none of the other Antilles use this term in their name).
		The island of Aruba was part of the Netherlands Antilles until 1986, when it was granted a "status aparte", and became a separate part of the kingdom.
		The head of state is the ruling monarch of the Netherlands, who is represented in the Netherlands Antilles by a governor.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Netherlands_Antilles (1022 words)

	Netherlands Antilles
		The population of the Netherlands Antilles is approximately 200.000, a large proportion of which resides on the Island of Curacao.
		The Netherlands Antilles is regarded as one of the most stable democracies in the region.
		Netherlands Antilles Companies are known for being domiciled in a modern and stable jurisdiction.
	www.personaloffice.ch /netha.htm (966 words)

	Encyclopedia: Netherlands Antilles
		Flag ratio: 2:3 The Flag of the Netherlands Antilles is white, with a horizontal blue stripe in the center, one-third of the flags hoist, superimposed on a vertical red stripe of the same width, also centered; five white, five-pointed stars are arranged in an oval pattern...
		Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands (Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard van Oranje-Nassau) (born January 31, 1938), Princess of Orange-Nassau, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld, styled HM The Queen is the Queen of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, having acceded to the throne in 1980.
		Main article: Economy of the Netherlands Antilles Tourism, petroleum transhipment, and offshore finance are the mainstays of the Netherlands Antillean economy, which is closely tied to the outside world.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Netherlands-Antilles (3479 words)

	Juliana of the Netherlands - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		She was born in The Hague, the daughter of Prince Hendrik (or Heinrich), Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands.
		In the course of her studies she also attended lectures on the cultures of Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles, the Charter of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, international affairs, international law, history, and European law.
		The war and German occupation of the Netherlands, made the Prince and Princess and their two daughters decide to leave the Netherlands for the United Kingdom; the Princess remained there for a month before taking the children to the capital of Canada, where she lived in Rockcliffe, an Ottawa Ontario suburb.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Juliana_of_the_Netherlands (2603 words)

	Netherlands Antilles : AN
		Netherlands Antilles : AN The Netherlands Antilles (Dutch: Nederlandse Antillen), previously known as the Netherlands West Indies, consists of two groups of islands in the Caribbean Sea that form an autonomous part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
		The two island groups, of which the Netherlands Antilles consists, are the Windward Islands (Benedenwindse Eilanden) off the Venezuelan coast and the Leeward Islands' (Bovenwindse Eilanden) east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
		The island of Sint Maarten doesn't entirely belong to the Netherlands Antilles; the northern half is French and part of the overseas department of Guadeloupe.
	www.fastload.org /an/AN.html (744 words)

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		The Netherlands Antilles (Dutch: Nederlandse Antillen), previously known as the Netherlands West Indies, are part of the Lesser Antilles and consist of two groups of islands in the Caribbean Sea that form an autonomous part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
		(None of the other Antilles have this term in their name.) The islands' economy is dependent mostly on tourism and oil, though a large amount of money is made in illegal drug trafficing.
		The land area and population of the Netherlands Antilles are both just over half that of Zeeland.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /AN.html (805 words)

	Company Secretarial -Netherlands Antilles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		All Netherlands Antilles companies must include the words "Naamloze Vennootschap" or the abbreviation N.V. Where a company's activities are outside the Netherlands Antilles and the Articles permit, the suffixes "Limited", "Ltd", "Inc." or "S.A." are allowable.
		Netherlands Antilles companies engaged in domestic business are generally liable to tax rates of between 24% and 30%.
		Every Netherlands Antilles company must pay an annual fee to the Chamber of Commerce, which is variable and dependent on authorised capital for companies with an authorised capital of U.S.$30,000.
	www.consumoffshore.com /english/countries/netherlands-ant.html (1016 words)

	Economy and Investment in Netherlands Antilles
		The Netherlands Antilles is a part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, with full autonomy in internal affairs; it is a parliamentary democracy and is politically stable.
		Appeals from the Netherlands Antilles courts are to the Netherlands Supreme Court in the Hague.
		As an overseas territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Netherlands Antilles is an associate of the EU.
	www.lowtax.com /lowtax/html/jnacfir.html (2292 words)

	NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
		The fact that the six islands making up the Netherlands Antilles were one of the first offshore financial and tax planning centers offering a combination of low tax rates and a tax treaty network has proved an attractive feature to international investors, notwithstanding the unilateral termination of the U.S.-Antilles Income Tax Treaty in 1987.
		The Netherlands Antilles, an autonomous part of the Netherlands, is a self-governing federation of five Caribbean islands.
		The annual mean temperature in the Netherlands Antilles is 27 deg C (80 deg F), and the rainfall varies from 560 mm (22 in) in the southern islands to 1,015 mm (40 in) per year in the northern group.
	www.offshore-manual.com /taxhavens/NetherlandsAntilles.html (1445 words)

	Netherlands HQ : Netherlands Economy
		Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Almaty
		the embassy of nigeria in the hague, the netherlands
		Netherlands HQ excludes all liability of any kind (including negligence) in respect of any third party information or other material made available on, or which can be accessed using, this Website.
	netherlandshq.com /netherlandseconomy/index.php (898 words)

	The economy (from Netherlands Antilles) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Unlike most other Caribbean islands, the economy of the Netherlands Antilles never has been based on the export of sugar or other plantation crops, which the climatic conditions on the larger islands made impossible.
		They are divided into two major groups: the Greater Antilles, including Cuba, Hispaniola (Haiti and Dominican Republic), Jamaica, and Puerto Rico; and the Lesser Antilles, comprising all the rest of the islands.
		Although it is one of the smallest countries in Europe, the kingdom of The Netherlands played an important role in the history of the continent.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-54777?tocId=54777 (884 words)

	CIFA - Curacao International Financial Services ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		If a limited partner is involved in the direct management of a CV he forfeits his right to the protection of limited liability and becomes jointly and severally liable for the debts of the partnership, together with the general or managing partners.
		Netherlands Antilles’ partnerships are formed by either a notarial or a private deed.
		The Netherlands Antilles Government in close cooperation with the organizations representing the local international financial services industry on a continuing basis is striving to introduce legislation and regulatory regimes in order to enhance its ability to attract quality business, and enable the country to maintain its reputation of pursuing high standards and integrity.
	www.cifa.an (1303 words)

	St. Maarten - The Daily Herald Newspaper \| St. Maarten/St. Martin - Caribbean
		WILLEMSTAD--The economy of the Netherlands Antilles continued to expand in the first quarter of 2004, supported by the further recovery of the world economic climate, says the Central Bank in its latest Quarterly Bulletin.
		An analysis of the economic growth by sector in the first quarter of 2004 reveals that the expansion was accounted for mainly by the rise in activities in the tourism-related, manufacturing, construction, and financial sectors.
		The financial-economic and social problems facing the Netherlands Antilles are daunting and require bold leadership to be addressed in a timely and effective manner.
	www.thedailyherald.com /news/daily/h68/bank68.html (1430 words)

	The Daily Herald Newspaper Online \| SABA - Caribbean
		PHILIPSBURG--An upward trend of the economy of the Netherlands Antilles was predicted to take place by the end of the current year by Minister of Finance Russell Voges over the weekend.
		He said to be convinced that the Netherlands Antilles is well on the road to enter a brighter future of sustainable economic growth, an increase in employment and a higher welfare-level for all.
		The unusual venue for a speech of this nature undergirded the pleasant surprise of his encouraging statement that the economy is bottoming out and that the end of the protracted recession in the Antilles is in sight.
	www.thedailyherald.com /news/daily/e26/voges26.html (1148 words)

	Facts at a glance Antilles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Netherlands Antilles are five islands in the Caribbean Sea.
		The islands are in two widely separated groups; the northern group lies at the northern end of the Lesser Antilles and consists of Sint Eustatius, the Southern part of Saint Martin (Dutch Sint Maarten) and Saba; The southern islands lie about 300 km.
		The economy of the Netherlands Antilles is based primarily upon tourism, petroleum shipment, and off-shore finance.
	www.welcometothecaribbean.com /antilles.htm (660 words)

	Economy (from The Netherlands) -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		This image of The Netherlands as a mainly agricultural country has not been true for a long time, as it is now as industrialized as most other Western European countries.
		More results on "Economy (from The Netherlands)" when you join.
		By early 1998 the 11 EU countries scheduled to adopt the euro as a single currency on Jan. 1, 1999, were increasingly being viewed as one economy.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-205364?tocId=205364&ct= (890 words)

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		We are pleased to report that 2001 was another good year for Maduro and Curiel’s Bank notwithstanding that the economy in the Netherlands Antilles continued in recession and the terrorist acts of September 11 severely affected Caribbean tourism.
		We regret that we start the new year without the IMF agreement that the Netherlands Antilles Governments and the Central Bank of the Netherlands Antilles have worked so hard to finalize, while Holland continues to insist that a final agreement is required before extensive financial support can be extended.
		We express the hope that in 2002 the relationship between the Netherlands and the Antilles may be the subject of intensive deliberations to agree jointly on a sounder and healthier basis for the future development of our societies.
	www.mcb-bank.com /annualreport2001/02.html (1263 words)

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		The Netherlands Antilles consists of two island groups in the Caribbean Sea—one includes Curacao and Bonaire north of Venezuela and the other is east of the Virgin Islands.
		The population of the Netherlands Antilles is 207,827 (July 1999 est.), a large proportion of which reside on the island of Curacao.
		Since then, the Netherlands Antilles has developed into one of the major offshore financial centres in the world, with the development peaking in 1984 when virtually every U.S. multinational corporation had a Netherlands Antilles subsidiary and considerable foreign investment in U.S. real property was structured through Netherlands Antilles companies.
	www.thetrade-world.com /offshore/AN.HTM (1215 words)

	Netherlands Antilles (10/04)
		The abolition of slavery hurt the islands' economy until the 20th century, when oil was discovered off the shores of Venezuela and a refinery was established on Curaçao.
		The Netherlands Antilles is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which also includes Aruba, which separated from the Antilles January 1, 1986.
		The economy remains dependent on tourism, which has suffered from the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and lacks major agriculture or manufacturing, with the primary source of exports coming from the oil refining industry.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/22528.htm (2056 words)

	Environmental Policy of the Netherlands Antilles
		The oil industry is important for the economy in the Netherlands Antilles.
		Where it is often the natural attractions that are an important motive for tourists to choose the islands of the Netherlands Antilles as a destination, preservation is essential while minimizing adverse environmental and societal impacts.
		In the present situation economic development and poverty alleviation have the highest priority for the Netherlands Antilles, but sus-tainable development is only possible in combination with sound environment and nature policy.
	www.mina.vomil.an /Beleid/main.html (1092 words)

	offshore incorporations, off shore companies, off-shore places, Netherlands Antilles
		We are pleased to provide a summary of the salient features of companies incorporated in the Netherlands Antilles.
		Must be maintained in the Netherlands Antilles at the address of a licensed trust and management company, a law firm or accountancy firm.
		Bank, building society, savings, loans, insurance, assurance, reinsurance, fund management, investment fund, trust, trustees, Chamber of Commerce, co-operation, council, municipal or their foreign language equivalents or any name in English or a foreign language that may suggest association with the banking or Insurance industries.
	www.offshoreinfo.com /netherlands_antilles.htm (1062 words)

	Economy and Investment in Netherlands Antilles
		The strongest commercial links are with the Netherlands and the United States, and this is reflected in the available selection of local professional services and their personnel and skills.
		The Netherlands Antilles preserves a reasonable degree of fiscal secrecy, but it is not among the top players in this respect, and the jurisdiction will be obliged to accept the EU Savings Tax Directive as from 2005, choosing between a withholding tax or information exchange in respect of the returns on individuals' savings.
		A licence is required for the investment of any foreign capital into the Netherlands Antilles and is only permitted if the investment enhances the economy and social environment of the jurisdiction.
	www.lowtax.net /lowtax/html/jnacfir.html (2292 words)

	Netherlands Embassy - Washington DC - Welcome
		Welcome to The Royal Netherlands Embassy Washington, D.C. The web sites for the Royal Netherlands Embassy and its Consulates General are established to serve Dutch, US, and other citizens and to provide information about the Netherlands, its people, society, economy, government, policies and institutions.
		He said that for the fight against intolerance to be effective, we must strike a careful balance between judicial and police measures on the one hand and meaningful dialogue on the other.
		Statement by Foreign Minister Bot of the Netherlands in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina
	www.netherlands-embassy.org /homepage.asp (472 words)

	1Up Travel > Netherlands Antilles > Travel & Tourism \| Tourist Guide to Netherlands Antilles
		Government and Politics in Netherlands Antilles - Profiles the country name, government type, administrative divisions, independence, national holiday, constitution, legal system, suffrage, executive, legislative, and judicial branches, political parties and leaders, and a flag description of Netherlands Antilles.
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		Flags of Netherlands Antilles - Uncover the flag images and description of the flag of Netherlands Antilles.
	www.1uptravel.com /international/caribbean/netherlands-antilles (437 words)

	Netherlands Antilles (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) Economy - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, ...
		Netherlands Antilles (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) Economy - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements, Population, Social Statistics, Political System
		Netherlands Antilles (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) Economy
		Economy—overview: Tourism, petroleum transshipment, and offshore finance are the mainstays of this small economy, which is closely tied to the outside world.
	www.photius.com /wfb/wfb1999/netherlands_antilles/netherlands_antilles_economy.html (236 words)

	NETHERLANDS ANTILLES FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Netherlands Antilles (Dutch: ''Nederlandse Antillen''), previously known as the Netherlands West Indies, are part of the Lesser_Antilles and consist of two groups of islands in the Caribbean_Sea that form an autonomous part of the Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands (none of the other Antilles use this term in their name).
		The commission advised to revise the Statute_of_the_Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands in order to dissolve the Netherlands Antilles.
		Two new countries inside the Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands would be formed, CuraÃ§ao and Sint_Maarten.
	www.witwik.com /Netherlands_Antilles (915 words)

	Offshore banking, havens, jurisdictions & tax havens: Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Monaco, Montserrat, Nauru ...
		In the case of a foreign subsidiary, the company must be subject to a corporate income tax comparable to the Netherlands corporate tax, but the rate and amount of corporate tax paid is immaterial.
		The new treaty applies in general to residents of either the Netherlands or the U.S. The term "resident" also includes exempt pension trusts and other exempt organizations (i.e., charitable, scientific, religious and educational type organizations).
		Revenue Ruling 75-73 permitted persons who were not residents of the Netherlands Antilles to form N.A. corporations to invest in U.S. real estate through a U.S. partnership.
	www.taxhavenco.com /osm/224_3.html (7285 words)

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