Publiekrechtelijke Bedrijfsorganisatie

Publiekrechtelijke Bedrijfsorganisatie (in English Sectoral organisation under public law, abbreviated PBO) is a Dutch form of government. PBO is the whole of self-regulatory organizations for specific economic sectors.

These specific organizations are called Product- en Bedrijfschappen (Product- and Company Boards). There is a productschap for dairy which can propose binding regulation for all companies in the dairy sector and which can set quality standards and quotas for dairy producing organisations. These Product- en Bedrijfschappen are formed by representatives of trade unions and employers' organizations in the sector. This is an important part of the corporatist social market economy of the Netherlands. At the top of all PBOs stands the Social Economic Council. It was instituted in the 1950s.