From 1 February 2012, all data from the Dutch 'key register' of addresses and buildings (BAG) will be available for re-use without additional conditions. This includes commercial re-use and publication. Most importantly this also applies to the postcodes contained in the data.

This is the result of a court verdict, in a case where PostNL, a private mail company, demanded that the postcodes would not be available for commercial re-use, as PostNL itself already commercially provides postcodes for that purpose.

The Ministry for Infrastructure and Environment found...