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Decision on land use in the Netherlands are determined to a certain extent in Brussels. The broader influence of EU policy on spatial developments in The Netherlands has still not been sufficiently investigated. This study of Netherlands Institute for Spatial Research (Ruimtelijk Planburaeu) addresses this by surveying a selected number of spatially relevant EU policy fields, i.e. regional policy, transport, agriculture, competition policy, environment and nature, and water - and their potential impacts in the Netherlands