Article 7:900 Dutch Civil Code, Book 7

Paragraph 1

By a settlement agreement, the parties, in order to end or prevent uncertainty or a dispute about what applies between them as a matter of law, bind themselves towards each other to a determination thereof, intended to apply also in so far as it might deviate from the previously existing legal position.

Paragraph 2

The determination may be made pursuant to a decision of the parties jointly or pursuant to a decision entrusted to one of them or to a third party.

Paragraph 3

An evidentiary agreement is treated as equivalent to a settlement agreement in so far as it entails an exclusion of evidence to the contrary.

Paragraph 4

This Title does not apply to an arbitration agreement.