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<!-- This file is part of the Dutch Taxonomy            -->
<!-- Intellectual Property State of the Netherlands     -->
<!-- Version NTP Version 1.1                            -->
<!-- Released by Dutch Taxonomy Project www.xbrl-ntp.nl -->
<!-- Release date Thu Mar  8 11:45:48 GMT 2007   -->
 
<schema attributeFormDefault="unqualified" elementFormDefault="qualified" targetNamespace="http://www.nltaxonomie.nl/1.1/basis/nl-common-data/nl-common-data" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:link="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" xmlns:nl-cd="http://www.nltaxonomie.nl/1.1/basis/nl-common-data/nl-common-data" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xbrli="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instance" xmlns:nl-cd-types="http://www.nltaxonomie.nl/1.1/basis/nl-common-data/nl-common-data-types">
  <annotation>
    <appinfo>
      <link:linkbaseRef xlink:arcrole="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink/properties/linkbase" xlink:href="nl-common-data-label-nl.xml" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/labelLinkbaseRef" xlink:title="Label links, nederlands" xlink:type="simple"/>
      <link:linkbaseRef xlink:arcrole="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink/properties/linkbase" xlink:href="nl-common-data-label-en.xml" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/labelLinkbaseRef" xlink:title="Label links, english" xlink:type="simple"/>
      <link:linkbaseRef xlink:arcrole="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink/properties/linkbase" xlink:href="nl-common-data-reference.xml" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/referenceLinkbaseRef" xlink:title="Reference links, all" xlink:type="simple"/>
    </appinfo>
  </annotation>
  <import namespace="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instance" schemaLocation="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/xbrl-instance-2003-12-31.xsd"/>
  <import namespace="http://www.nltaxonomie.nl/1.1/basis/nl-common-data/nl-common-data-types" schemaLocation="nl-common-data-types.xsd"/>
  <import namespace="http://www.nltaxonomie.nl/1.1/basis/nl-common-data/nl-common-data-ref" schemaLocation="nl-common-data-ref.xsd"/>
  <import namespace="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" schemaLocation="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/xbrl-linkbase-2003-12-31.xsd"/>
  <element id="nl-cd_AddressAbroad" name="AddressAbroad" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:tuple">
    <complexType>
      <complexContent>
        <restriction base="anyType">
          <sequence>
            <element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0" ref="nl-cd:DescriptionLocationAbroad"/>
            <element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0" ref="nl-cd:HouseNumberAbroad"/>
            <element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0" ref="nl-cd:NameRegion"/>
            <element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="1" ref="nl-cd:PlaceOfResidenceAbroad"/>
            <element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0" ref="nl-cd:POBoxNumber"/>
            <element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0" ref="nl-cd:PostalCodeAbroad"/>
            <element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="1" ref="nl-cd:StreetNameAbroad"/>
            <element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0" ref="nl-cd:CountryNameISO"/>
            <element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0" ref="nl-cd:CountryCodeISO"/>
          </sequence>
          <attribute name="id" type="ID" use="optional"/>
        </restriction>
      </complexContent>
    </complexType>
  </element>
  <element id="nl-cd_CountryCodeISO" name="CountryCodeISO" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nl-cd-types:cd_ISOcountrycode3166_2ItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
  <element id="nl-cd_CountryNameISO" name="CountryNameISO" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nl-cd-types:cd_ISOcountryname3166_2ItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
  <element id="nl-cd_DateOfBirth" name="DateOfBirth" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:dateItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
  <element id="nl-cd_DescriptionLocationAbroad" name="DescriptionLocationAbroad" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:stringItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
  <element id="nl-cd_DescriptionLocationNL" name="DescriptionLocationNL" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:stringItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
  <element id="nl-cd_DocumentCreationDate" name="DocumentCreationDate" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:dateItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
  <element id="nl-cd_DocumentInformation" name="DocumentInformation" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:stringItemType" abstract="true" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
  <element id="nl-cd_DutchAddress" name="DutchAddress" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:tuple">
    <complexType>
      <complexContent>
        <restriction base="anyType">
          <sequence>
            <element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0" ref="nl-cd:DescriptionLocationNL"/>
            <element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0" ref="nl-cd:HouseNumberAddition"/>
            <element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0" ref="nl-cd:HouseNumberNL"/>
            <element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="1" ref="nl-cd:PlaceOfResidenceNL"/>
            <element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0" ref="nl-cd:PostalCodeNL"/>
            <element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="1" ref="nl-cd:StreetNameNL"/>
          </sequence>
          <attribute name="id" type="ID" use="optional"/>
        </restriction>
      </complexContent>
    </complexType>
  </element>
  <element id="nl-cd_EmailAddress" name="EmailAddress" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:tuple">
    <complexType>
      <complexContent>
        <restriction base="anyType">
          <sequence>
            <element maxOccurs="99" minOccurs="0" ref="nl-cd:EmailAddressDescription"/>
            <element maxOccurs="99" minOccurs="0" ref="nl-cd:EmailAddressFull"/>
          </sequence>
          <attribute name="id" type="ID" use="optional"/>
        </restriction>
      </complexContent>
    </complexType>
  </element>
  <element id="nl-cd_EmailAddressDescription" name="EmailAddressDescription" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:stringItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
  <element id="nl-cd_EmailAddressFull" name="EmailAddressFull" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nl-cd-types:emailAddressItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
  <element id="nl-cd_EndDateForFinancialPeriod" name="EndDateForFinancialPeriod" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:dateItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
  <element id="nl-cd_HouseNumberAbroad" name="HouseNumberAbroad" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:stringItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
  <element id="nl-cd_HouseNumberAddition" name="HouseNumberAddition" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:stringItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
  <element id="nl-cd_HouseNumberNL" name="HouseNumberNL" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:nonNegativeIntegerItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
  <element id="nl-cd_Initials" name="Initials" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:stringItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
  <element id="nl-cd_Legalperson" name="Legalperson" substitutionGroup="xbrli:tuple">
    <complexType>
      <complexContent>
        <restriction base="anyType">
          <sequence>
            <element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="1" ref="nl-cd:Namebusiness"/>
          </sequence>
          <attribute name="id" type="ID" use="optional"/>
        </restriction>
      </complexContent>
    </complexType>
  </element>
  <element id="nl-cd_Namebusiness" name="Namebusiness" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:stringItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
  <element id="nl-cd_NameRegion" name="NameRegion" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:stringItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
  <element id="nl-cd_Nationality" name="Nationality" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nl-cd-types:cd_ISOcountryname3166_2ItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
  <element id="nl-cd_NationalityCode" name="NationalityCode" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nl-cd-types:cd_ISOcountrycode3166_2ItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
  <element id="nl-cd_NaturalPerson" name="NaturalPerson" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:tuple">
    <complexType>
      <complexContent>
        <restriction base="anyType">
          <sequence>
            <element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="1" ref="nl-cd:DateOfBirth"/>
            <element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="1" ref="nl-cd:Initials"/>
            <element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0" ref="nl-cd:Nationality"/>
            <element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0" ref="nl-cd:Prefix"/>
            <element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="1" ref="nl-cd:SexCode"/>
            <element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="1" ref="nl-cd:SignificantPartOfTheSurname"/>
            <element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0" ref="nl-cd:TaxReferenceNumber"/>
            <element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0" ref="nl-cd:NationalityCode"/>
            <element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0" ref="nl-cd:DutchAddress"/>
            <element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0" ref="nl-cd:AddressAbroad"/>           
          </sequence>
          <attribute name="id" type="ID" use="optional"/>
        </restriction>
      </complexContent>
    </complexType>
  </element>
  <element id="nl-cd_PlaceOfResidenceAbroad" name="PlaceOfResidenceAbroad" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:stringItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
  <element id="nl-cd_PlaceOfResidenceNL" name="PlaceOfResidenceNL" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:stringItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
  <element id="nl-cd_POBoxNumber" name="POBoxNumber" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:nonNegativeIntegerItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
  <element id="nl-cd_PostalCodeAbroad" name="PostalCodeAbroad" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:stringItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
  <element id="nl-cd_PostalCodeNL" name="PostalCodeNL" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nl-cd-types:nlzipItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
  <element id="nl-cd_Prefix" name="Prefix" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:stringItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
  <element id="nl-cd_SexCode" name="SexCode" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nl-cd-types:cd_sexItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
  <element id="nl-cd_SignificantPartOfTheSurname" name="SignificantPartOfTheSurname" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:stringItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
  <element id="nl-cd_StartDateForFinancialPeriod" name="StartDateForFinancialPeriod" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:dateItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
  <element id="nl-cd_StreetNameAbroad" name="StreetNameAbroad" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:stringItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
  <element id="nl-cd_StreetNameNL" name="StreetNameNL" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:stringItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
  <element id="nl-cd_TaxReferenceNumber" name="TaxReferenceNumber" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:stringItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
  <element id="nl-cd_TelephoneNumber" name="TelephoneNumber" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:stringItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
  <element id="nl-cd_TitlePhoneNumber" name="TitlePhoneNumber" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:tuple">
    <complexType>
      <complexContent>
        <restriction base="anyType">
          <sequence>
            <element maxOccurs="99" minOccurs="0" ref="nl-cd:TelephoneNumber"/>
            <element maxOccurs="99" minOccurs="0" ref="nl-cd:UsagePhoneNumberItemHead"/>
          </sequence>
          <attribute name="id" type="ID" use="optional"/>
        </restriction>
      </complexContent>
    </complexType>
  </element>  
  <element id="nl-cd_UsagePhoneNumberItemHead" name="UsagePhoneNumberItemHead" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:stringItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration"/>
</schema>
