* This survey covers the treaties, international agreements, and other international instruments included in the “Tractatenblad van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden” – Treaty series of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (abbr.: Trb.). Its purpose is to record the legal consequences for the Netherlands, and the Netherlands state acts in respect of such agreements and instruments, such as signature, ratification, entry into force, provisional application, territorially limited application, termination and abrogation. Signature by the Netherlands, however, is only separately mentioned if, in the case of multilateral treaties, such signature has taken place on a date different from the official date of conclusion of the treaty.

The issue-number of the Tractatenblad, mentioned as the source of each entry, refers to the issue containing the mentioned legal consequence or state act. The main text of the treaty of agreement may thus be included in another issue of the Tractatenblad.

Finally, if the instrument or act affects the non-European parts of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Surinam and the Netherlands Antilles) such will be expressly mentioned.