Dutch Legislation

Title 4

in force

Obligations arising from sources other than tort or contract

Civil Code — Book 6 (law of obligations) (Burgerlijk Wetboek Boek 6) · Articles: 15

Section 1

Management of another's affairs (zaakwaarneming)

6:198 Article 6:198

Benevolent management of another's affairs (zaakwaarneming) is the intentional act of taking care of the interests of another, on reasonable grounds…

6:199 Article 6:199

The person acting as a manager of another's affairs (zaakwaarnemer) is obliged to exercise the necessary care in the management and, insofar as this…

6:200 Article 6:200

The interested party is, insofar as his interest has been properly represented, obliged to indemnify the manager for the damage which the latter has…

6:201 Article 6:201

A benevolent manager (zaakwaarnemer) is authorised to perform juridical acts in the name of the interested party, insofar as the latter's interests…

6:202 Article 6:202

If a person who has acted in the management of another's affairs has engaged therein without reasonable grounds or has not properly managed such…

Section 2

Undue payment

6:203 Article 6:203

A person who has given an object to another without legal ground is entitled to claim it back from the recipient as an undue payment (onverschuldigde…

6:204 Article 6:204

If the recipient, during a period in which he could not reasonably have been expected to take into account an obligation to return the property, has…

6:205 Article 6:205

If the recipient has accepted the property in bad faith, he is in default without a notice of default being required.

6:206 Article 6:206

Articles 120, 121, 123 and 124 of Book 3 apply mutatis mutandis with respect to that which is provided therein regarding the delivery of fruits and…

6:207 Article 6:207

The recipient is, unless he has accepted the property in bad faith, also entitled, within the limits of reasonableness, to reimbursement of the costs…

6:208 Article 6:208

The recipient loses his right to the compensations referred to in the two preceding articles, if the other party waives her right to reclaim and…

6:209 Article 6:209

An incapacitated person who has received an undue payment shall be subject to the obligations described in this Section only to the extent that what…

6:210 Article 6:210

Articles 204-209 apply mutatis mutandis to the reversal of performances which did not consist in the delivery of an asset.

6:211 Article 6:211

If a performance rendered on the basis of a void agreement cannot, by its nature, be undone and should also not be valued in money in law, then a…

Section 3

Unjustified enrichment

6:212 Article 6:212

A person who has been unjustifiably enriched at the expense of another is obliged, insofar as this is reasonable, to compensate the latter's loss up…