The Netherlands reported 13 incidents, without consequences on health or environment, namely a small fire in a biosafety cabinet in a laboratory, a small collision in a corridor while transporting wastes (class 2 micro-organism was present in the waste), a centrifuge failure (GM Neisseria), an ice-machine failure, a needle accident with a low titre of GM Influenza, 2 incidents with an isolator housing animals with GM Influenza, damages to a glass wall of a laboratory, a technical defect, a mistake in the technical construction of a ventilation system, and a cell line infected with GM SARS-virus was fixed with an old fixative which although expired, proved to be effective.
Nizozemska je prijavila 13 nesreća bez posljedica za zdravlje ili okoliš, odnosno manji požar u kabinetu za biosigurnost u laboratoriju, mali sudar u hodniku pri prijevozu otpada (u otpadu se nalazio mikroorganizam razreda 2.) kvar centrifuge (GM Neisseria), kvar stroja za led, nesreća s iglom s niskim titrom genetski modificiranog virusa gripe, dvije nesreće s izolatorom u kojem su se nalazile životinje s genetski modificiranim virusom gripe, oštećenje staklenog zida laboratorija, tehnički kvar, grešku u tehničkoj konstrukciji ventilacijskog sustava te stanična linija zaražena genetski modificiranim virusom SARS-a fiksirana starim fiksativom koji se, iako je bio istekao, pokazao učinkovitim.