Maintain a register of buyers

Are you a buyer or trader in the municipality of Heerlen? And do you purchase second-hand goods for business purposes, exchange them, or take them in? Such as second-hand cars or mobile phones, laptops, or jewelry? Then you must register with the municipality and keep a purchase register and sales register. Are you ceasing to operate as a buyer? Or are you opening, closing, or relocating a branch? You must also report this.

Rule at Digital Purchasers Desk

Approach

Sign up

You can register and create an account on the website www.ikbenhandelaar.nl . Fill in the form. Once you have submitted this form, you will be registered with the municipality.

Digital Purchasers Register

As a buyer or trader, you are required to register your second-hand goods in a certified register. The Digital Buyers Register (DOR) allows you to record information about the product, the seller, and the price, among other things. In the sales section, you can record information about which products were sold to whom.

You may keep a paper version for your own records. These records are not valid for the municipality of Heerlen.

Do you have any questions?

Submit your question to the municipality using a contact form.

Costs

Using the digital buyers register is free.

Description

Do you deal in used items or leftover items? If so, you may have to report it to the municipality. It does not matter whether trading is your profession, or whether you trade regularly in your spare time.

You must write down all the used items you purchase in a list. We call this registering. You must also write down who you buy the items from. This makes it easier for the police to find out if the items are stolen and who offered them.

The following merchants must register with the municipality and register used items:

  • buyers (think pawn shops, thrift stores)
  • dealers in antiques and curiosities
  • metal traders
  • jewelers
  • art dealers
  • dealers in (parts of) cars, motorcycles, mopeds and bicycles
  • dealers in telephones, tablets, computers and audio, film and video equipment

How does the Digital Purchasers Register work?

If you enter an item in the DOR that is registered as stolen, the police will be notified immediately. This increases the chance of criminals being caught. In the DOR, you can also easily check whether an item offered for sale is registered as stolen at www.stopheling.nl.The DOR therefore offers you better protection against handling stolen goods.

Are you a dealer in cars and/or motorcycles?

Do you only trade in cars and motorcycles with license plates? And do you use the RDW license plate register? Then you do not need to register the vehicles in the DOR.
Do you trade in car and motorcycle parts? Then you must register the parts in the DOR.

More information

Information at Stopheling.com

Fighting information on fencing

Information about the Digital Buyers Registry (DOR)

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