Editing SIM lock (section)

=== Netherlands ===
[[Netherlands|Dutch]] mobile carriers have an agreement<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ez.nl/dsresource?objectid=143599&type=PDF|title=Dutch Ministry of Economic Affair paper stating OPTA agreement with Dutch mobile carriers|date=14 October 2010|access-date=7 October 2014}}</ref> with the Netherlands' telecom regulator, [[Onafhankelijke Post en Telecommunicatie Autoriteit|OPTA]], to establish a code of conduct<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ez.nl/dsresource?objectid=47201&type=PDF|title=Establishment of Conduct of Conduct|date=14 October 2010|access-date=7 October 2014}}</ref> with respect to SIM locking — specifically, unlocking fees can be charged within the first 12 months and SIM lock cannot last longer than 12 months.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.opta.nl/woordenboek_content.asp?ic=s|title=OPTA website on sim-locking|website=opta.nl|access-date=22 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030720020949/http://www.opta.nl/woordenboek_content.asp?ic=s|archive-date=20 July 2003|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

In a 2002 letter to the Dutch Secretary of State of Economic Affairs, OPTA stated that the telecom regulator has decided to start working on the formalization of the voluntary code of conduct into legislation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.opta.nl/download/uvt_eu_161202.pdf|title=OPTA letter to EZ|access-date=7 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317152149/http://www.opta.nl/download/uvt%5Feu%5F161202%2Epdf|archive-date=2012-03-17|url-status=dead}}</ref> However, a 2006 report written by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ez.nl/dsresource?objectid=107855&type=PDF|title=EZ 2006 Report|date=14 October 2010|access-date=7 October 2014}}</ref> stated that competition in the Dutch mobile market is sufficient and the formalization of the voluntary code of conduct into legislation is not needed.  Thus there are no SIM locking laws in the Netherlands.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://macwereld.nl/nieuws/2007/09/iphone_unlocken_is_het_legaal_deel_1|title=In the runup of the European launch of the iPhone, a Dutch Macintosh website asked a lawyer to provide a simple summary of the SIM-locking situation in the Netherlands.|website=macwereld.nl|access-date=22 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130917143023/http://macwereld.nl/nieuws/2007/09/iphone_unlocken_is_het_legaal_deel_1|archive-date=17 September 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>