- System
- IEA and EU
- Holding model
- mixed
- Stockholding body
- COVA (Stichting Centraal Orgaan Voorraadvorming Aardolieproducten), an independent foundation with a statutory task under the Petroleum Products Stockpiling Act
- Obligation
- IEA: 90 days of net imports; EU Directive 2009/119/EC: 90 days of net imports or 61 days of consumption, whichever is greater; COVA states its own obligation for the 2025 to 2026 stockholding year is at least 4,100 thousand tonnes crude oil equivalent
- Reporting
- monthly
- Latest level
- 4,122 thousand tonnes
- Level date
- 2026-07
- Crude
- 2,804.0
- Products
- 1,318.0
COVA stockholding is funded by a levy on end users of transport fuels. The Netherlands Enterprise Agency monitors the obligated industry.
Stock history
Netherlands emergency oil stocks, thousand tonnes (Eurostat nrg_stk_oilm). Source series as published; no unit conversion.
Last recorded action
2026-03-11: release of 5.4 million barrels. Participation in the IEA collective action agreed 11 March 2026 (400 million barrels). Dutch contribution of 5.4 million barrels (IEA contributions table; split not yet available). COVA also documents a 2022 release of over 180 thousand tonnes of diesel in the 2022 IEA collective action. (source)
Level source: Eurostat (dataset nrg_stk_oilm). Record confidence: verified.