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The Netherlands 

Professional association:

Transport Agreement:
The Strasbourg, the Paris Agreement, the Benelux Agreement, and the Vienna Agreement are ratified and legislated upon by the Dutch government

General information:
16,64 million inhabitants (July 2008 est.)
††††  145,000 deaths per year (July 2008 est.)

National language:
Dutch

First obligatory foreign language in public education:

Religions:
Roman Catholic 30%, Dutch Reformed 11 %, Calvinist 6 %,  Other Protestant 3%, Muslim 5.8%, other 2.2%, none 42% (2004 survey)

National holidays:
1 January, 9 April, 12 April, 30 April, 20 May, 31 May, 25-26 December

Special regulations/legislation concerning repatriation of deceased persons or human ashes:
1. To bring a deceased into the country
2. To bring the deceased out of the country.

Basic information about cemeteries or churchyards
(administration, ownership):

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B. There are 58 crematoriums in the Netherlands.
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