Parliament asked whether Shell’s leaked transfer-pricing arrangements were known to the Dutch tax authority and whether they complied with the law. The government’s answer, in substance: it cannot say.
“Shell rejects allegations of improper tax avoidance or illegality.”
A fresh Dutch parliamentary response has added an important new layer to the controversy surrounding the Shell Files — the cache of leaked Shell transfer-pricing documents published this summer by SOMO and Follow the Money.
On 5 October 2026, Dutch State Secretary for Finance E. Eerenberg answered a detailed series of parliamentary questions about Shell’s transfer pricing.
The questions went directly to the heart of the affair.
Did the Dutch tax authorities know what Shell was doing?
Were the arrangements arm’s length?
Years after the Groningen gas crisis became a national scandal, residents are still waiting for repairs, reinforcement and certainty — and regional authorities are warning that another round of bureaucracy could make matters worse.
A 1.6 magnitude induced earthquake near Sappemeer reminds the Netherlands that Groningen’s gas extraction disaster did not end when the tap was turned off. It merely entered its tremor-and-lawyer phase
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