“We think it will not be possible to have a level playing field. We used to be part of the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI). We truly believed that we operated in an honest manner at that point in time. Nevertheless our cost structure which has to be the same basically, then and now, doesn't even look like the one we used to have at KNMI. Many costs were not calculated. If a colleague of another department helps you out for half a day, why bother about an invoice? My advice would be that if an NMS operates on the commercial market, this has to be done in a separate entity and at a physically separated location.”