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- Democratisation of the system
- An even distribution of honours over all layers of the population
- A contemporary and clear interpretation of the term special merits in both Orders
- More appreciation of women, voluntary work and minorities
- Abolition of most automatic conferrals
- Disconnecting social status and the grade of the honour
- Disentanglement of the Order of the Lion of the Netherlands and the Order of Orange-Nassau.
- No more conferral of Honorary medals related to the Order of Orange-Nassau or the Brother medal related to the Order of the Netherlands Lion
- A new grade of decoration: Member of the Order of Orange-Nassau
- Determining and publishing the so-called Rules of Procedures, containing the verification criteria, the description of the decorations and the procedure
- Setting up a Civil Honours Advisory Commission that is responsible for national verification and that implements and maintains the revised system on the basis of the Rules of Procedure
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