The following recommendations are part of the overall conclusions and recommendations of the OECD Environmental Performance Review of the Netherlands: • implement environmental plans and objectives with determination; • strengthen institutional integration, particularly to ensure that a sustainable development framework is firmly embedded in central, provincial and local government and across key sectors, notably energy, agriculture and transport; • refine the market based instruments and extend the environmental tax system, having regard to simplicity, effectiveness, transaction costs and carrying out cost-benefit analysis...