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All about the right of withdrawal

Heb je binnen 14 dagen na het afsluiten al spijt dat je een overeenkomst bent aangegaan? Dan biedt het herroepingsrecht uitkomst. Dankzij dit recht kun je een overeenkomst die tot stand is gekomen per telefoon, via het internet of op straat binnen 14 dagen, zonder opgaaf van reden, annuleren.

Law van Dam

The van Dam law restricts the tacit renewal of subscriptions. Thanks to this law, a subscription may only be renewed for a maximum of 1 month each time after the expiration of the agreed subscription period. A subscription to a newspaper or magazine may be renewed for a maximum of 3 months.

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Right of Resistance

Do you no longer want to receive calls from a specific company or organization? Then make use of the Right of Resistance. It is enough to indicate during a phone call that you no longer want to be called, but you can also contact the company yourself.

Direct debit

Betaalt u een abonnement via automatische incasso? Dan moet u deze stopzetten als u uw abonnement beëindigt. Dat kan door contact op te nemen met het bedrijf, maar u kunt een automatische incasso ook zelf stopzetten via de bank. Doe dit alleen als u een bevestiging van opzegging heeft ontvangen. Zo niet, dan bent u verplicht te betalen.

Managing and stopping your subscriptions

In vergelijking met een aantal jaar geleden sluiten we steeds meer abonnementen af. Het gevolg hiervan is dat veel mensen het overzicht verloren zijn. In dat geval maak je mogelijk onnodig veel kosten. Zorg er daarom voor dat je in beeld hebt welke abonnementen je hebt en beëindig abonnementen die je niet meer gebruikt.

Terminating a lease

In general, different rules apply for terminating a rental contract than for terminating subscriptions, for example. As a tenant you can always terminate a contract, whereas a landlord must have a legal reason to do so. To give you more clarity about this, we have written an entire page about terminating a lease.

Tacit Renewal

There are legal rules governing the tacit renewal of subscriptions and contracts. In some cases, providers are allowed to tacitly renew a subscription. This depends on a number of factors, such as the type of subscription. Thereby the rules for a subscription to energy are different from a subscription to television and internet.

Cancellation letter

The best way to cancel a subscription is to send a letter of cancellation. When you want to send such a letter, it is important that you know what information you need to include. If you do not include the correct information in a cancellation letter, your cancellation cannot be processed properly.

What to arrange in the event of a death

In general, different rules apply for terminating a rental contract than for terminating subscriptions, for example. As a tenant you can always terminate a contract, whereas a landlord must have a legal reason to do so. To give you more clarity about this, we have written an entire page about terminating a lease.

11 things to consider with insurance

A relocation often has quite a lot going for it. Not only do you have to make sure the move itself goes smoothly, but you also have to arrange all sorts of things. To prevent you from forgetting important things, opzeggen.nl has opzeggen.nl} 12 things to consider when moving house.