Algemeen Verbindend Verklaring (AVV) is a decision by the Minister of Social Affairs and Employment under the Wet op het algemeen verbindend en het onverbindend verklaren van bepalingen van collectieve arbeidsovereenkomsten. It extends the provisions of a sector CAO so they bind all employers and workers active in that scope, not only the signatory parties' members.
An AVV is usually granted when the signatory parties together represent a substantial majority of the sector. It runs for a fixed period, often shorter than the CAO itself, and lapses automatically when that period ends. Parties can request a new AVV for each successive agreement.
For staffing, the AVV is important because it binds non-member agencies to the CAO voor Uitzendkrachten during the AVV period. Periods between AVVs create so-called AVV-loze periods, during which only members of the signatory associations are formally bound.