diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml
index 5acf277..b7c4067 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -63,31 +63,27 @@ jobs:
           path: services/acl/StrykerOutput/**/reports/mutation-report.html
           if-no-files-found: warn
 
-  integration:
+  # One stage for every check that needs the live stack. On the single self-hosted
+  # runner jobs run sequentially, so booting OpenZaak once (instead of once per job)
+  # is the cheapest layout (issue #58). No setup-dotnet: the ACL test runs in a built
+  # image and everything reaches services by container IP. Needs Docker + egress
+  # (base images, nuget, selectielijst.openzaak.nl).
+  verify-stack:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: https://github.com/actions/checkout@v4
-      # No setup-dotnet: `make integration` runs the seed and the test as containers
-      # *inside* the OpenZaak compose network (reaching it by container IP), so dotnet
-      # lives in the test image and the runner needs only Docker. This sidesteps the
-      # runner being unable to reach published ports (gitea-actions-gotchas.md §5).
-      # Needs egress to pull base images + nuget + selectielijst.openzaak.nl.
-      - run: make integration
-      - name: dump OpenZaak logs on failure
+      # Bring the full stack up + wait for health — this also is the DoD "compose up
+      # reaches green health" smoke (it replaces the old compose-smoke job).
+      - name: Bring up the full stack & wait for health
+        run: make verify-up
+      - name: ACL ↔ OpenZaak integration tests
+        run: make verify-acl
+      - name: OpenZaak → NRC notification delivery
+        run: make verify-nrc
+      # Log dump must precede teardown (which removes the containers).
+      - name: Dump container logs on failure
         if: failure()
-        run: docker compose -f infra/openzaak/docker-compose.yml logs --no-color --tail=80 oz-init openzaak 2>&1 || true
-      - name: tear down on failure
-        if: failure()
-        run: docker compose -f infra/openzaak/docker-compose.yml down --volumes 2>&1 || true
-
-  compose-smoke:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: https://github.com/actions/checkout@v4
-      - run: make smoke
-      - name: dump container logs on failure
-        if: failure()
-        run: docker compose -f infra/docker-compose.yml logs --no-color --tail=80 oz-init openzaak nrc-init nrc-web flowable-init keycloak acl bff 2>&1 || true
-      - name: tear down on failure
-        if: failure()
-        run: docker compose -f infra/docker-compose.yml down --volumes 2>&1 || true
+        run: docker compose -f infra/docker-compose.yml logs --no-color --tail=100 oz-init openzaak nrc-init nrc-web nrc-celery nrc-beat flowable-init keycloak acl bff 2>&1 || true
+      - name: Tear down
+        if: always()
+        run: make down
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8fde334..76f3f19 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ WAIT_SVCS  := openzaak nrc-web acl bff
 # volumes are `external`, so compose won't remove them — CFG_VOLS lists them for
 # explicit teardown. See docs/runbooks/gitea-actions-gotchas.md.
 SEED       := bash infra/seed-config.sh
-CFG_VOLS   := rr-oz-config rr-kc-realms rr-fl-bpmn
+CFG_VOLS   := rr-oz-config rr-nrc-config rr-kc-realms rr-fl-bpmn
 # Local-only stack: same services but config is bind-mounted (no seed step), so a
 # plain `docker compose -f infra/docker-compose.local.yml up` works on any local
 # engine. This is the no-make / Windows-friendly path. See that file's header.
@@ -43,10 +43,11 @@ export DOCKER_HOST := unix://$(PODMAN_SOCK)
 endif
 endif
 
-.PHONY: ci lint build unit mutation integration smoke up down local local-down changelog openzaak-up openzaak-smoke openzaak-seed openzaak-down stack-up stack-smoke stack-down keycloak-up keycloak-smoke keycloak-down flowable-up flowable-smoke flowable-down help
+.PHONY: ci lint build unit mutation integration verify verify-up verify-acl verify-nrc verify-notifications smoke up down local local-down changelog openzaak-up openzaak-smoke openzaak-seed openzaak-down stack-up stack-smoke stack-down keycloak-up keycloak-smoke keycloak-down flowable-up flowable-smoke flowable-down help
 
-## ci: run the full pipeline — lint, build, unit, mutation, smoke (mirrors Gitea Actions)
-ci: lint build unit mutation smoke
+## ci: run the full pipeline — lint, build, unit, mutation, verify (mirrors Gitea Actions)
+## `verify` is the live-stack stage (full stack up once → ACL + notification checks).
+ci: lint build unit mutation verify
 
 ## lint: verify formatting (no changes)
 lint:
@@ -77,14 +78,14 @@ mutation:
 # podman-compose, and needing no `--wait` flag or host port access. The one-shots
 # (oz-init, flowable-init) aren't polled; they just need to have run.
 smoke:
-	$(SEED) oz kc fl
+	$(SEED) oz nrc kc fl
 	docker compose -f $(COMPOSE) up -d --build
 	bash -c 'WAIT_TIMEOUT=420 bash infra/wait-healthy.sh $(WAIT_SVCS); rc=$$?; docker compose -f $(COMPOSE) down --volumes; docker volume rm -f $(CFG_VOLS) >/dev/null 2>&1; exit $$rc'
 
 ## up: seed config volumes and start the full stack (use instead of bare
 ## `docker compose up`, which can't self-seed the external config volumes)
 up:
-	$(SEED) oz kc fl
+	$(SEED) oz nrc kc fl
 	docker compose -f $(COMPOSE) up -d --build
 
 ## down: stop and remove the local stack (incl. the external config volumes)
@@ -106,12 +107,45 @@ local-down:
 changelog:
 	git-cliff --output CHANGELOG.md
 
-## integration: ACL integration tests against a real OpenZaak (S-04a, #46). The
-## seed and the test run inside the compose network (reaching http://openzaak:8000),
-## so this works on the hosted CI runner where a runner process can't reach the
-## stack's published ports. Brings the stack up, seeds a PUBLISHED BIG zaaktype,
-## runs the Integration-category tests, then always tears down. Kept out of
-## `unit`/`mutation` because it needs the live stack. See infra/run-integration.sh + ADR-0006.
+# ── ZGW verification ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+# On the single runner CI jobs run sequentially, so the OpenZaak-dependent checks
+# share ONE full-stack bring-up: the `verify-stack` CI job runs `verify-up` then
+# `verify-acl` + `verify-nrc` as steps against the same stack (issue #58). The
+# check logic lives in stack-agnostic runners that reach services by container IP
+# (gitea-actions-gotchas.md §5/§6); `integration` / `verify-notifications` are local
+# convenience wrappers that bring up a lighter stack and call the same runners.
+
+## verify-up: bring the FULL stack up and wait for health (CI verify-stack step 1;
+## subsumes the old compose-smoke health gate — the DoD "up reaches green" check).
+verify-up:
+	$(SEED) oz nrc kc fl
+	docker compose -f $(COMPOSE) up -d --build
+	WAIT_TIMEOUT=420 bash infra/wait-healthy.sh $(WAIT_SVCS)
+
+## verify-acl: ACL ↔ OpenZaak integration tests against the already-running stack.
+verify-acl:
+	bash infra/run-acl-integration.sh
+
+## verify-nrc: OpenZaak → NRC notification delivery against the already-running stack.
+verify-nrc:
+	bash infra/run-notification-check.sh
+
+## verify: local mirror of the CI verify-stack job — full stack up once, both checks,
+## tear down (always). For fast single-concern local iteration use `integration`
+## (oz-only) or `verify-notifications` (oz+nrc) instead.
+verify:
+	$(SEED) oz nrc kc fl
+	docker compose -f $(COMPOSE) up -d --build
+	@bash -c 'set -e; rc=0; \
+	  WAIT_TIMEOUT=420 bash infra/wait-healthy.sh $(WAIT_SVCS) \
+	    && bash infra/run-acl-integration.sh \
+	    && bash infra/run-notification-check.sh || rc=$$?; \
+	  docker compose -f $(COMPOSE) down --volumes >/dev/null 2>&1; \
+	  docker volume rm -f $(CFG_VOLS) >/dev/null 2>&1; \
+	  exit $$rc'
+
+## integration: local convenience — ACL integration test against a throwaway
+## OpenZaak-only stack (fast iteration). CI uses verify-acl on the shared stack.
 integration:
 	bash infra/run-integration.sh
 
@@ -147,10 +181,16 @@ openzaak-down:
 	docker compose -f $(OZ_COMPOSE) down --volumes
 	-docker volume rm -f rr-oz-config
 
-## stack-up: start OpenZaak + Open Notificaties together (shared network)
+## verify-notifications: local convenience — OpenZaak → NRC notification delivery
+## against a throwaway oz+nrc stack (S-01-c). CI uses verify-nrc on the shared stack.
+verify-notifications:
+	bash infra/verify-notifications.sh
+
+## stack-up: start OpenZaak + Open Notificaties together (shared network), with
+## OpenZaak publishing notifications to NRC (S-01-c).
 stack-up:
-	$(SEED) oz
-	docker compose $(STACK_FILES) up -d
+	$(SEED) oz nrc
+	OZ_NOTIFICATIONS_DISABLED=false docker compose $(STACK_FILES) up -d
 
 ## stack-smoke: start both, assert OpenZaak (403/302/200) and NRC (302) are reachable
 stack-smoke: stack-up
@@ -169,7 +209,7 @@ stack-smoke: stack-up
 ## stack-down: stop and remove both stacks (wipes data)
 stack-down:
 	docker compose $(STACK_FILES) down --volumes
-	-docker volume rm -f rr-oz-config
+	-docker volume rm -f rr-oz-config rr-nrc-config
 
 ## keycloak-up: start Keycloak with the four imported realms
 keycloak-up:
diff --git a/docs/architecture/adr-0006-integration-test-provisioning.md b/docs/architecture/adr-0006-integration-test-provisioning.md
index 2fd8e00..433f4bd 100644
--- a/docs/architecture/adr-0006-integration-test-provisioning.md
+++ b/docs/architecture/adr-0006-integration-test-provisioning.md
@@ -46,10 +46,11 @@ itself. No new test dependency is added.**
   `OpenZaakGateway` against it.
 - **The lane is kept out of the fast checks.** `make unit` runs with
   `--filter "Category!=Integration"`; Stryker is pinned to `Acl.Tests` (`test-projects`), so
-  neither the unit nor the mutation lane needs a live stack. A new `make integration` target
-  (`infra/run-integration.sh`) brings the stack up, seeds, runs the lane, and always tears down
-  — mirrored by a Gitea Actions `integration` job. This matches `make` being the single source
-  of truth (ADR-0005).
+  neither the unit nor the mutation lane needs a live stack. A `make integration` target
+  (`infra/run-integration.sh`) brings up a throwaway OpenZaak and runs the lane locally.
+  In CI the check runs as the `verify-acl` step of the consolidated `verify-stack` job
+  (issue #58) — one shared full-stack bring-up. This matches `make` being the single
+  source of truth (ADR-0005).
 - **Publishing is opt-in in the seed.** `infra/openzaak/seed_catalogus.py` gains an
   `OZ_PUBLISH=1` path that adds the relations OpenZaak's publish requires — two statustypen
   (begin/eind), a roltype, and a resultaattype whose Selectielijst procestype is matched onto
diff --git a/docs/architecture/adr-0007-notification-wiring.md b/docs/architecture/adr-0007-notification-wiring.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6335df9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/architecture/adr-0007-notification-wiring.md
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+# ADR-0007: Wiring OpenZaak → Open Notificaties (NRC) for notifications
+
+- **Status:** Accepted
+- **Date:** 2026-06-29
+- **Deciders:** Respellion engineering
+- **Relates to:** S-01-c (#56); completes S-01 (#2); unblocks the Event Subscriber (#7); builds on ADR-0002 (catalogus/seed) and ADR-0006 (runner-safe container harnesses)
+
+## Context
+
+S-01 brought OpenZaak + Open Notificaties (NRC) up in compose but **deferred the
+notification wiring**: OpenZaak ran with `NOTIFICATIONS_DISABLED=true` and NRC's
+`setup_configuration` was empty. The walking skeleton (PRD §12) needs the upstream
+event path — a zaak created in OpenZaak must publish a notification NRC fans out to
+subscribers — before the Event Subscriber (#7) can consume it.
+
+The OpenZaak↔NRC handshake is intricate and several details are non-obvious; they
+were nailed down by iterating `setup_configuration` against the running stack.
+
+## Decision
+
+**Provision both sides declaratively via `setup_configuration`, authenticate with the
+existing `big-reference-seed` client, and run NRC's celery-beat so deliveries happen.**
+
+- **OpenZaak** (`infra/openzaak/setup_configuration/data.yaml`): a `zgw_consumers`
+  service `nrc` (api_type `nrc`, the NRC API root) plus `notifications_config` naming
+  it. `NOTIFICATIONS_DISABLED` is flipped to `false` **only when NRC is present** —
+  the full stack and the local twin set it; OpenZaak-only bring-ups (`openzaak-up`,
+  the ACL integration test) default it back to `true` via `OZ_NOTIFICATIONS_DISABLED`
+  so they don't 500 publishing to an absent NRC.
+- **NRC** (`infra/opennotificaties/setup_configuration/data.yaml`): the
+  `big-reference-seed` JWT credential (to verify OpenZaak's token), a `zgw_consumers`
+  `ac` service pointing at **OpenZaak's Autorisaties API**, the `autorisaties_api`
+  step delegating authorization to that AC, and the `zaken` kanaal. NRC's init
+  container switches from `migrate` to `/setup_configuration.sh`; its data.yaml is
+  delivered through the `rr-nrc-config` external volume by `infra/seed-config.sh`
+  (the same `docker cp` pattern as OpenZaak — bind mounts don't reach the CI runner's
+  daemon).
+- **celery-beat is required.** NRC accepts a notification and writes a
+  `ScheduledNotification`; a periodic `execute_notifications` task (celery-beat,
+  every `NOTIFICATION_SEC_INTERVAL`s) drains it to the worker for delivery. The lean
+  S-01 stack dropped beat — so notifications were accepted but never delivered. An
+  `nrc-beat` service is added to every compose; the interval is lowered to 5s.
+
+Verification is a runner-safe smoke (`infra/run-notification-check.sh`): it seeds a
+published BIG zaaktype, registers an abonnement to a webhook sink, creates a zaak, and
+asserts the sink receives the `zaken`/`create` notification — all from containers
+**inside** the compose network (ADR-0006). Locally it runs via `make verify-notifications`
+(a throwaway oz+nrc stack); in CI it runs as the `verify-nrc` step of the consolidated
+`verify-stack` job (one shared full-stack bring-up — issue #58).
+
+## Consequences
+
+- **Positive:** the walking-skeleton event path works end to end; #7 can consume real
+  notifications; the wiring is declarative and reproducible from a fresh `make`.
+- **Gotchas captured (see gitea-actions-gotchas.md):**
+  - **Single-label hosts aren't URL-valid.** OpenZaak/NRC reject `http://openzaak…`
+    /`http://nrc-web…` in URLs they validate (Django `URLValidator`); the verify
+    harness reaches services and registers the sink callback **by container IP**.
+  - **Abonnement callbacks must enforce auth.** NRC probes the callback during
+    registration and refuses it (`no-auth-on-callback-url`) unless it returns 401
+    without the configured `Authorization`; the sink enforces a bearer token.
+- **Cost:** an extra long-running service (`nrc-beat`) per stack, and the verify job
+  needs egress (base images + `selectielijst.openzaak.nl`, since the published
+  zaaktype the check creates a zaak against depends on it — ADR-0006).
+- **Dev-only credentials** reused (`big-reference-seed` / its secret) across publish,
+  AC lookup, and seeding — acceptable for the reference app, not production.
+
+## Alternatives considered
+
+- **NRC with its own (non-AC) authorization** — rejected: delegating to OpenZaak's
+  Autorisaties API is the upstream-intended model and reuses the applicatie that
+  already grants `heeft_alle_autorisaties`.
+- **Keep beat out, deliver synchronously** — not an option: Open Notificaties 1.16
+  delivers via scheduled notifications drained by beat; there is no sync path.
+- **A persistent abonnement in `setup_configuration`** instead of registering one in
+  the verify harness — deferred: the real subscriber is #7; the harness's sink
+  abonnement is throwaway and IP-specific.
diff --git a/docs/runbooks/ci.md b/docs/runbooks/ci.md
index abd035e..5c6d3a7 100644
--- a/docs/runbooks/ci.md
+++ b/docs/runbooks/ci.md
@@ -17,19 +17,21 @@ and CI cannot drift:
 | `build` | `make build` → `dotnet build … -c Release` | .NET 10 SDK |
 | `unit` | `make unit` → `dotnet test … -c Release --filter "Category!=Integration"` | .NET 10 SDK |
 | `mutation` | `make mutation` → `dotnet tool restore` → `dotnet stryker` (ACL); uploads the HTML report as an artifact | .NET 10 SDK |
-| `integration` | `make integration` → `infra/run-integration.sh`: OpenZaak up → seed a **published** BIG zaaktype + run `Acl.IntegrationTests` **as containers inside the compose network** → tear down | container engine + egress (base images, nuget, `selectielijst.openzaak.nl`) |
-| `compose-smoke` | `make smoke` → seed config volumes → `up -d` (full stack) → `up --wait` durable services → `down` | container engine + compose v2 |
+| `verify-stack` | the single live-stack stage — steps: `make verify-up` (full stack up + health, the DoD smoke) → `make verify-acl` (ACL ↔ OpenZaak) → `make verify-nrc` (OpenZaak → NRC delivery) → `make down` | container engine + egress (base images, nuget, `selectielijst.openzaak.nl`) |
 
-> **The `integration` job needs no `setup-dotnet`.** dotnet runs inside the test
-> image, and both the seed and the test join the OpenZaak network and reach it by
-> container IP — so the runner never has to reach a published port
-> (see [gitea-actions-gotchas.md §5](gitea-actions-gotchas.md)).
+> **Why one `verify-stack` job, not three.** The single self-hosted runner runs jobs
+> **sequentially**, so booting OpenZaak once (instead of once per check) is the
+> cheapest layout (issue #58). It subsumes the old `integration`, `notifications`, and
+> `compose-smoke` jobs — the bring-up step *is* the "compose up reaches green health"
+> gate. No `setup-dotnet`: the ACL test runs in a built image and every check reaches
+> services by **container IP** (the runner can't reach published ports — see
+> [gitea-actions-gotchas.md §5/§6](gitea-actions-gotchas.md)).
 
 All `uses:` references are absolute, tag-pinned URLs (`https://github.com/actions/checkout@v4`,
 `https://github.com/actions/setup-dotnet@v4`) per CLAUDE.md §8.7 and §15 — Gitea
 Actions resolves them from GitHub.
 
-> **`compose-smoke` runs on a containerized runner.** Workspace bind mounts do
+> **`verify-stack` runs on a containerized runner.** Workspace bind mounts do
 > **not** reach the sibling containers Compose starts, so config/assets are
 > streamed into external named volumes via `docker cp` (`infra/seed-config.sh`),
 > and the upstream images are used verbatim (no build). If you add a service that
@@ -91,19 +93,23 @@ the containerized CI runner). Keep the two files in sync.
 
 ## Running CI locally (`make ci`)
 
-Until the runner exists, run the full pipeline yourself before pushing:
+`make ci` runs the exact same checks as the pipeline — handy to run before pushing:
 
 ```bash
-make ci          # lint + build + unit + mutation + smoke — the fast pipeline lanes
+make ci          # lint + build + unit + mutation + verify — mirrors the pipeline
 make lint        # or a single stage
 make mutation    # Stryker.NET ratchet on the ACL
-make smoke       # compose up --wait, curl /health, tear down
-make integration # ACL ↔ real OpenZaak (its own CI job; not part of `make ci`)
+make verify      # the live-stack stage: full stack up once → ACL + NRC checks → down
 ```
 
-> `make integration` is a separate, heavier lane (it stands the OpenZaak stack up and
-> seeds a published zaaktype), so it is **not** folded into `make ci`. Run it before
-> pushing changes that touch the ACL gateway or the OpenZaak seed. See ADR-0006.
+> **`make verify`** mirrors the CI `verify-stack` job: it boots the full stack once and
+> runs both the ACL ↔ OpenZaak and OpenZaak → NRC checks against it. For fast,
+> single-concern local iteration use a lighter throwaway stack instead:
+>
+> ```bash
+> make integration          # ACL ↔ OpenZaak only (no NRC)
+> make verify-notifications # OpenZaak → NRC delivery only
+> ```
 
 **Prerequisites:** .NET 10 SDK, a container engine with Compose v2, and `curl`.
 
diff --git a/docs/runbooks/gitea-actions-gotchas.md b/docs/runbooks/gitea-actions-gotchas.md
index c9c9ae4..1632671 100644
--- a/docs/runbooks/gitea-actions-gotchas.md
+++ b/docs/runbooks/gitea-actions-gotchas.md
@@ -152,8 +152,30 @@ service by name (`http://openzaak:8000`). For a test/seed that needs the repo's
 code, deliver it via a **built image** (not a bind mount — §1), then
 `docker run --network <stack>_cg …`.
 
-**Applied** — `make integration` (the ACL ↔ real-OpenZaak test, ADR-0006) does
-exactly this: `infra/run-integration.sh` runs the seed and the test as containers on
-the OpenZaak network and reaches it by **container IP** (a single-label service name
-like `openzaak` isn't URL-valid — OpenZaak echoes the request host into the URLs it
-returns and then rejects them with Django's `URLValidator`; an IPv4 literal passes).
+**Applied** — `make integration` (ADR-0006) and `make verify-notifications` (ADR-0007)
+do exactly this: they run the seed/test/driver as containers on the stack network and
+reach services by **container IP** (see §6).
+
+---
+
+## 6. OpenZaak / NRC reject single-label hosts in URLs
+
+**Symptom** — talking to OpenZaak or NRC by compose **service name** fails where a URL
+is validated: catalogus/zaaktype filters, the zaak `zaaktype` URL, and abonnement
+`callbackUrl` come back `400 "Voer een geldige URL in."` — even though the host
+resolves and is reachable.
+
+**Why** — these apps validate URLs with Django's `URLValidator`, which rejects a
+**single-label** host like `openzaak` or `nrc-web` (no dot, and not `localhost`).
+`localhost` passes (so it's invisible in host-port-based local runs); in-network the
+reality is a service name or an IPv4 literal — and only the IP passes.
+
+**Fix** — in-network tooling reaches OpenZaak/NRC by **container IP**
+(`docker inspect -f '{{range .NetworkSettings.Networks}}{{.IPAddress}}{{end}}'`), not
+service name; the notif verify harness also registers the sink callback by IP.
+(`infra/run-acl-integration.sh`, `infra/run-notification-check.sh`.)
+
+**Related — abonnement callbacks must enforce auth.** NRC probes a callback when an
+abonnement is registered and refuses it (`no-auth-on-callback-url`) unless it returns
+**401** without the configured `Authorization`. The verify sink
+(`infra/notification-sink.py`) enforces a bearer token for exactly this reason.
diff --git a/infra/docker-compose.local.yml b/infra/docker-compose.local.yml
index 691ec77..f2c59dc 100644
--- a/infra/docker-compose.local.yml
+++ b/infra/docker-compose.local.yml
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ services:
       CELERY_BROKER_URL: redis://oz-redis:6379/1
       CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND: redis://oz-redis:6379/1
       DISABLE_2FA: "true"
-      NOTIFICATIONS_DISABLED: "true"
+      # Publish notifications to NRC (always present in this twin). See ADR-0007.
+      NOTIFICATIONS_DISABLED: "false"
       OPENZAAK_SUPERUSER_USERNAME: admin
       DJANGO_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD: admin
       OPENZAAK_SUPERUSER_EMAIL: admin@localhost
@@ -122,7 +123,9 @@ services:
     networks: [cg]
 
   nrc-init:
-    # Migrations only (see the canonical compose / ADR-0002); no config needed.
+    # Migrations + setup_configuration (S-01-c): the JWT credential, Autorisaties-API
+    # delegation, and the `zaken` kanaal that let OpenZaak publish. Config is
+    # bind-mounted here (this twin is the local/no-make path). See ADR-0007.
     image: docker.io/openzaak/open-notificaties:${OPENNOTIFICATIES_TAG:-1.16.1}
     environment: &nrc-env
       DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE: nrc.conf.docker
@@ -141,7 +144,11 @@ services:
       OPENNOTIFICATIES_SUPERUSER_USERNAME: admin
       DJANGO_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD: admin
       OPENNOTIFICATIES_SUPERUSER_EMAIL: admin@localhost
-    command: ["sh", "-c", "/wait_for_db.sh && OTEL_SDK_DISABLED=True python src/manage.py migrate"]
+      RUN_SETUP_CONFIG: "true"
+      NOTIFICATION_SEC_INTERVAL: "5"
+    command: /setup_configuration.sh
+    volumes:
+      - ./opennotificaties/setup_configuration:/app/setup_configuration:ro,z
     depends_on:
       nrc-db:
         condition: service_healthy
@@ -176,6 +183,17 @@ services:
         condition: service_completed_successfully
     networks: [cg]
 
+  # Celery beat drains scheduled notifications to subscribers — required for
+  # delivery, not optional. See ADR-0007.
+  nrc-beat:
+    image: docker.io/openzaak/open-notificaties:${OPENNOTIFICATIES_TAG:-1.16.1}
+    environment: *nrc-env
+    command: /celery_beat.sh
+    depends_on:
+      nrc-init:
+        condition: service_completed_successfully
+    networks: [cg]
+
   # ── Keycloak (S-02) ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
   keycloak:
     image: quay.io/keycloak/keycloak:26.1
diff --git a/infra/docker-compose.yml b/infra/docker-compose.yml
index b138c6a..bc53e28 100644
--- a/infra/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/infra/docker-compose.yml
@@ -62,7 +62,10 @@ services:
       CELERY_BROKER_URL: redis://oz-redis:6379/1
       CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND: redis://oz-redis:6379/1
       DISABLE_2FA: "true"
-      NOTIFICATIONS_DISABLED: "true"
+      # Publish notifications to NRC (always present in this full stack). The NRC
+      # service + notifications_config are provisioned by setup_configuration
+      # (infra/openzaak/setup_configuration/data.yaml). See ADR-0007 / S-01-c.
+      NOTIFICATIONS_DISABLED: "false"
       OPENZAAK_SUPERUSER_USERNAME: admin
       DJANGO_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD: admin
       OPENZAAK_SUPERUSER_EMAIL: admin@localhost
@@ -146,11 +149,17 @@ services:
       OPENNOTIFICATIES_SUPERUSER_USERNAME: admin
       DJANGO_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD: admin
       OPENNOTIFICATIES_SUPERUSER_EMAIL: admin@localhost
-    # Migrations only for now. No setup_configuration steps are enabled yet (the
-    # OZ<->NRC notification wiring lands in S-06), and NRC's `setup_configuration`
-    # aborts with "No steps enabled" on the empty data.yaml — so we run `migrate`
-    # directly instead of /setup_configuration.sh. See data.yaml and ADR-0002.
-    command: ["sh", "-c", "/wait_for_db.sh && OTEL_SDK_DISABLED=True python src/manage.py migrate"]
+      RUN_SETUP_CONFIG: "true"
+      # nrc-beat fires `execute_notifications` this often to drain scheduled
+      # notifications to subscribers (upstream default 20s). See ADR-0007.
+      NOTIFICATION_SEC_INTERVAL: "5"
+    # Runs migrations + setup_configuration (S-01-c): the JWT credential, the
+    # Autorisaties-API delegation, and the `zaken` kanaal that let OpenZaak publish.
+    # data.yaml is streamed into rr-nrc-config by infra/seed-config.sh (bind mounts
+    # don't reach sibling containers on the CI runner). See data.yaml + ADR-0007.
+    command: /setup_configuration.sh
+    volumes:
+      - nrc-config:/app/setup_configuration:ro
     depends_on:
       nrc-db:
         condition: service_healthy
@@ -185,6 +194,18 @@ services:
         condition: service_completed_successfully
     networks: [cg]
 
+  # Celery beat drains the ScheduledNotification rows the API creates on publish
+  # and hands them to the worker. Without it, notifications are accepted but never
+  # delivered to subscribers — required, not optional. See ADR-0007.
+  nrc-beat:
+    image: docker.io/openzaak/open-notificaties:${OPENNOTIFICATIES_TAG:-1.16.1}
+    environment: *nrc-env
+    command: /celery_beat.sh
+    depends_on:
+      nrc-init:
+        condition: service_completed_successfully
+    networks: [cg]
+
   # ── Keycloak (S-02) ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
   keycloak:
     image: quay.io/keycloak/keycloak:26.1
@@ -309,6 +330,9 @@ volumes:
   oz-config:
     external: true
     name: rr-oz-config
+  nrc-config:
+    external: true
+    name: rr-nrc-config
   kc-realms:
     external: true
     name: rr-kc-realms
diff --git a/infra/notification-sink.py b/infra/notification-sink.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e0d8b47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infra/notification-sink.py
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""A throwaway webhook sink for verifying the OpenZaak → NRC notification path.
+
+NRC delivers abonnement callbacks here as POSTs; each body is printed to stdout
+(prefixed `NOTIFICATION `) so the verify harness can assert on `docker logs`.
+
+NRC refuses to register an abonnement whose callback is unauthenticated
+(`no-auth-on-callback`): when validating it sends a probe and expects the callback
+to reject a request without the configured `Authorization` value. So this sink
+enforces that header (EXPECTED_AUTH env) — 401 without it, 204 with it.
+
+Stdlib only. Listens on :9000. See infra/verify-notifications.sh / S-01-c (#56).
+"""
+import http.server
+import os
+import sys
+
+EXPECTED_AUTH = os.environ.get("EXPECTED_AUTH", "Bearer notification-sink-token")
+
+
+class Handler(http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
+    def do_POST(self):
+        length = int(self.headers.get("content-length", 0))
+        body = self.rfile.read(length).decode("utf-8", "replace")
+        if self.headers.get("Authorization") != EXPECTED_AUTH:
+            self.send_response(401)
+            self.end_headers()
+            return
+        print("NOTIFICATION " + body, flush=True)
+        self.send_response(204)
+        self.end_headers()
+
+    def log_message(self, *args):  # silence default request logging
+        pass
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    http.server.HTTPServer(("0.0.0.0", 9000), Handler).serve_forever()
+    sys.exit(0)
diff --git a/infra/opennotificaties/docker-compose.yml b/infra/opennotificaties/docker-compose.yml
index d333413..1275a26 100644
--- a/infra/opennotificaties/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/infra/opennotificaties/docker-compose.yml
@@ -52,11 +52,18 @@ services:
       OPENNOTIFICATIES_SUPERUSER_USERNAME: admin
       DJANGO_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD: admin
       OPENNOTIFICATIES_SUPERUSER_EMAIL: admin@localhost
-    # Migrations only for now. No setup_configuration steps are enabled yet (the
-    # OZ<->NRC notification wiring lands in S-06), and NRC's `setup_configuration`
-    # aborts with "No steps enabled" on the empty data.yaml — so we run `migrate`
-    # directly instead of /setup_configuration.sh. See data.yaml and ADR-0002.
-    command: ["sh", "-c", "/wait_for_db.sh && OTEL_SDK_DISABLED=True python src/manage.py migrate"]
+      RUN_SETUP_CONFIG: "true"
+      # Delivery cadence: nrc-beat fires `execute_notifications` this often to drain
+      # scheduled notifications to subscribers. Upstream default is 20s; 5s keeps the
+      # walking-skeleton + the verify smoke responsive.
+      NOTIFICATION_SEC_INTERVAL: "5"
+    # Runs migrations + setup_configuration (S-01-c): the JWT credential, the
+    # Autorisaties-API delegation, and the `zaken` kanaal that let OpenZaak publish
+    # notifications. data.yaml is streamed into this external volume by
+    # infra/seed-config.sh (same pattern as oz-init). See data.yaml + ADR-0006.
+    command: /setup_configuration.sh
+    volumes:
+      - nrc-config:/app/setup_configuration:ro
     depends_on:
       nrc-db:
         condition: service_healthy
@@ -89,8 +96,25 @@ services:
         condition: service_completed_successfully
     networks: [cg]
 
+  # Celery beat: periodically fires `execute_notifications`, which drains the
+  # ScheduledNotification rows the API creates on publish and hands them to the
+  # worker for delivery. Without beat, notifications are accepted but never
+  # delivered to subscribers — so it is required, not optional. See ADR-0007.
+  nrc-beat:
+    image: docker.io/openzaak/open-notificaties:${OPENNOTIFICATIES_TAG:-1.16.1}
+    environment: *nrc-env
+    command: /celery_beat.sh
+    depends_on:
+      nrc-init:
+        condition: service_completed_successfully
+    networks: [cg]
+
 volumes:
   nrc-db:
+  # populated out-of-band by infra/seed-config.sh (docker cp) — see that script.
+  nrc-config:
+    external: true
+    name: rr-nrc-config
 
 networks:
   cg:
diff --git a/infra/opennotificaties/setup_configuration/data.yaml b/infra/opennotificaties/setup_configuration/data.yaml
index 9aab817..18abd80 100644
--- a/infra/opennotificaties/setup_configuration/data.yaml
+++ b/infra/opennotificaties/setup_configuration/data.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,41 @@
-# Open Notificaties setup_configuration.
-# Stage 1 (this commit): intentionally minimal — the init container runs
-# migrations; no steps enabled yet. The OpenZaak<->NRC notification wiring
-# (Services, Authorization, JWT, Kanalen) is added next. See ADR-0002 / S-01-c.
-{}
+# Open Notificaties (NRC) setup_configuration (S-01-c, #56).
+# Wires NRC so OpenZaak can publish notifications:
+#  - the JWT credential OpenZaak authenticates with,
+#  - delegation of authorization checks to OpenZaak's Autorisaties API (AC),
+#  - the `zaken` kanaal OpenZaak publishes zaak events on.
+# Dev-only credentials — not for production. Steps from nrc.setup_configuration.
+
+# 1. JWT credential NRC uses to verify the token OpenZaak presents.
+vng_api_common_credentials_config_enable: true
+vng_api_common_credentials:
+  items:
+    - identifier: big-reference-seed
+      secret: insecure-dev-secret-change-me
+
+# 2. The Autorisaties API (OpenZaak's AC) NRC consults to authorize publishers.
+zgw_consumers_config_enable: true
+zgw_consumers:
+  services:
+    - identifier: openzaak-ac
+      label: OpenZaak Autorisaties API
+      api_type: ac
+      api_root: http://openzaak:8000/autorisaties/api/v1/
+      auth_type: zgw
+      client_id: big-reference-seed
+      secret: insecure-dev-secret-change-me
+
+# 3. Delegate authorization to that AC.
+autorisaties_api_config_enable: true
+autorisaties_api:
+  authorizations_api_service_identifier: openzaak-ac
+
+# 4. The kanaal OpenZaak publishes zaak events on.
+notifications_kanalen_config_enable: true
+notifications_kanalen_config:
+  items:
+    - naam: zaken
+      documentatie_link: https://github.com/VNG-Realisatie/gemma-zaken
+      filters:
+        - bronorganisatie
+        - zaaktype
+        - vertrouwelijkheidaanduiding
diff --git a/infra/openzaak/docker-compose.yml b/infra/openzaak/docker-compose.yml
index 9f9e50a..cabc271 100644
--- a/infra/openzaak/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/infra/openzaak/docker-compose.yml
@@ -47,9 +47,12 @@ services:
       CELERY_BROKER_URL: redis://oz-redis:6379/1
       CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND: redis://oz-redis:6379/1
       DISABLE_2FA: "true"
-      # Notifications go to Open Notificaties (NRC), which arrives in S-01-c.
-      # Until then, disable outbound notifications so writes don't 500.
-      NOTIFICATIONS_DISABLED: "true"
+      # Notifications are OFF by default so OpenZaak-only bring-ups (openzaak-up,
+      # the ACL integration test) don't 500 trying to reach an absent NRC. When
+      # OpenZaak runs together with the NRC stack, set OZ_NOTIFICATIONS_DISABLED=false
+      # (make stack-up does) to publish; the NRC service + notifications_config that
+      # name it are provisioned by setup_configuration (data.yaml, S-01-c).
+      NOTIFICATIONS_DISABLED: "${OZ_NOTIFICATIONS_DISABLED:-true}"
       OPENZAAK_SUPERUSER_USERNAME: admin
       DJANGO_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD: admin
       OPENZAAK_SUPERUSER_EMAIL: admin@localhost
diff --git a/infra/openzaak/setup_configuration/data.yaml b/infra/openzaak/setup_configuration/data.yaml
index 6040ea9..b5d6873 100644
--- a/infra/openzaak/setup_configuration/data.yaml
+++ b/infra/openzaak/setup_configuration/data.yaml
@@ -20,3 +20,22 @@ vng_api_common_applicaties:
         - big-reference-seed
       label: BIG reference seed client
       heeft_alle_autorisaties: true
+
+# ── OpenZaak → Open Notificaties (NRC) publishing (S-01-c, #56) ─────────────
+# The NRC service OpenZaak posts notifications to, authenticating with the same
+# big-reference-seed client (NRC verifies the JWT and authorizes it via the AC).
+zgw_consumers_config_enable: true
+zgw_consumers:
+  services:
+    - identifier: nrc
+      label: Open Notificaties
+      api_type: nrc
+      api_root: http://nrc-web:8000/api/v1/
+      auth_type: zgw
+      client_id: big-reference-seed
+      secret: insecure-dev-secret-change-me
+
+# Point OpenZaak's notifications at that service. Requires NOTIFICATIONS_DISABLED=false.
+notifications_config_enable: true
+notifications_config:
+  notifications_api_service_identifier: nrc
diff --git a/infra/run-acl-integration.sh b/infra/run-acl-integration.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..fb74b0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infra/run-acl-integration.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Run the ACL integration tests (Category=Integration) against the OpenZaak that is
+# ALREADY running — works for any stack: oz-only (`make integration`), the standalone
+# oz+nrc stack, or the full compose stack (the CI `verify-stack` job). Seeds a
+# published BIG zaaktype (idempotent), then builds + runs the test image on the stack
+# network, reaching OpenZaak by container IP (a single-label host isn't URL-valid;
+# the runner can't reach published ports — see gitea-actions-gotchas.md §5/§6).
+#
+# Does NOT manage the stack lifecycle: the caller owns bring-up + teardown. Plain
+# docker primitives only (docker/podman-portable). See ADR-0006.
+set -euo pipefail
+
+here="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+root="$(cd "$here/.." && pwd)"
+
+# The OpenZaak API container, matched across compose projects + docker/podman naming
+# (`<project>[-_]openzaak[-_]<n>`); the delimiters exclude oz-db / oz-redis / oz-init.
+oz="$(docker ps -q --filter 'name=[-_]openzaak[-_]' | head -1)"
+[ -n "$oz" ] || { echo "ERROR: no running OpenZaak container found — bring the stack up first" >&2; exit 1; }
+net="$(docker inspect -f '{{range $k,$_ := .NetworkSettings.Networks}}{{$k}}{{"\n"}}{{end}}' "$oz" | head -1)"
+oz_ip="$(docker inspect -f '{{range .NetworkSettings.Networks}}{{.IPAddress}}{{end}}' "$oz")"
+oz_base="http://$oz_ip:8000"
+echo ">> OpenZaak at $oz_base on network $net"
+
+echo ">> seeding a published BIG zaaktype (idempotent)"
+sid="$(docker create --network "$net" -e "OZ_BASE=$oz_base" -e OZ_PUBLISH=1 \
+  python:3-slim python /seed.py)"
+docker cp "$here/openzaak/seed_catalogus.py" "$sid:/seed.py" >/dev/null
+docker start -a "$sid"
+docker rm -f "$sid" >/dev/null
+
+echo ">> building the integration test image"
+docker build -f "$root/services/acl/Dockerfile.integration" -t rr-acl-integration "$root/services/acl"
+
+echo ">> running the ACL integration tests (inside the network)"
+docker run --rm --network "$net" -e "OZ_BASE=$oz_base" rr-acl-integration
diff --git a/infra/run-integration.sh b/infra/run-integration.sh
index c43fb25..d2cf160 100755
--- a/infra/run-integration.sh
+++ b/infra/run-integration.sh
@@ -1,21 +1,14 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 #
-# Run the ACL ↔ real-OpenZaak integration test (S-04a / #46) end to end.
+# Local convenience: run the ACL integration test against a throwaway OpenZaak-only
+# stack (fast iteration on the ACL gateway). Brings OpenZaak up, runs the shared
+# stack-agnostic check (infra/run-acl-integration.sh), then always tears down.
 #
-# Everything that talks to OpenZaak runs *inside* the compose network and reaches
-# it by service name (http://openzaak:8000) — the hosted CI runner can't reach the
-# stack's published ports (sibling containers) and bind mounts don't reach the
-# daemon either (gitea-actions-gotchas.md §1/§5). So we use only plain docker
-# primitives (run / create / cp / build) — portable across docker compose (CI) and
-# podman-compose (local), exactly like infra/seed-config.sh. See ADR-0006.
-#
-# Steps: bring OpenZaak up → wait for it healthy → seed a PUBLISHED BIG zaaktype
-# (a seed container on the network) → build + run the test container on the network
-# → always tear down.
+# CI does not use this — there the full stack is brought up once and the same runner
+# is invoked as a step (see the `verify-stack` job / Makefile `verify-*`). See ADR-0006.
 set -euo pipefail
 
 here="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
-root="$(cd "$here/.." && pwd)"
 OZ_COMPOSE="$here/openzaak/docker-compose.yml"
 
 cleanup() {
@@ -29,40 +22,13 @@ bash "$here/seed-config.sh" oz
 docker compose -f "$OZ_COMPOSE" up -d
 
 echo ">> waiting for the OpenZaak API container to be healthy"
-# Match the API container under both docker compose (openzaak-openzaak-1) and
-# podman-compose (openzaak_openzaak_1) naming; the regex excludes oz-db / oz-redis.
-api=""
 for _ in $(seq 1 140); do
-  api="$(docker ps -q --filter 'name=openzaak[-_]openzaak' | head -1)"
-  if [ -n "$api" ]; then
-    status="$(docker inspect -f '{{if .State.Health}}{{.State.Health.Status}}{{end}}' "$api" 2>/dev/null || true)"
-    [ "$status" = "healthy" ] && break
+  oz="$(docker ps -q --filter 'name=[-_]openzaak[-_]' | head -1)"
+  if [ -n "$oz" ] && [ "$(docker inspect -f '{{if .State.Health}}{{.State.Health.Status}}{{end}}' "$oz" 2>/dev/null || true)" = healthy ]; then
+    break
   fi
   sleep 3
 done
-[ -n "$api" ] || { echo "ERROR: OpenZaak API container never appeared" >&2; exit 1; }
-[ "${status:-}" = "healthy" ] || { echo "ERROR: OpenZaak not healthy (status=${status:-none})" >&2; exit 1; }
+[ -n "${oz:-}" ] || { echo "ERROR: OpenZaak never came up" >&2; exit 1; }
 
-# The network the API container is attached to — joined by the seed + test below.
-net="$(docker inspect -f '{{range $k,$_ := .NetworkSettings.Networks}}{{$k}}{{"\n"}}{{end}}' "$api" | head -1)"
-# Reach OpenZaak by container IP, not by the service name. OpenZaak echoes its
-# request Host into the self-referential URLs it returns, then validates those URLs
-# with Django's URLValidator — which rejects a single-label host like `openzaak`
-# ("Voer een geldige URL in") while accepting an IPv4 literal (and `localhost`).
-oz_ip="$(docker inspect -f '{{range .NetworkSettings.Networks}}{{.IPAddress}}{{end}}' "$api")"
-oz_base="http://${oz_ip}:8000"
-echo ">> OpenZaak healthy on network $net at $oz_base"
-
-echo ">> seeding a published BIG zaaktype (OZ_PUBLISH=1, inside the network)"
-sid="$(docker create --network "$net" \
-  -e "OZ_BASE=$oz_base" -e OZ_PUBLISH=1 \
-  python:3-slim python /seed_catalogus.py)"
-docker cp "$here/openzaak/seed_catalogus.py" "$sid:/seed_catalogus.py"
-docker start -a "$sid"
-docker rm -f "$sid" >/dev/null
-
-echo ">> building the integration test image"
-docker build -f "$root/services/acl/Dockerfile.integration" -t rr-acl-integration "$root/services/acl"
-
-echo ">> running the integration tests (inside the network)"
-docker run --rm --network "$net" -e "OZ_BASE=$oz_base" rr-acl-integration
+bash "$here/run-acl-integration.sh"
diff --git a/infra/run-notification-check.sh b/infra/run-notification-check.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..901b860
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infra/run-notification-check.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Verify the OpenZaak → NRC notification path against an ALREADY-RUNNING oz+nrc stack
+# (the standalone stack via `make verify-notifications`, or the full compose stack in
+# the CI `verify-stack` job). Seeds a published BIG zaaktype (idempotent), registers
+# an abonnement to a webhook sink, creates a zaak, and asserts the sink receives the
+# `zaken`/`create` notification. All in-network, reaching services by container IP
+# (single-label hosts aren't URL-valid; the runner can't reach published ports).
+#
+# Does NOT manage the stack lifecycle (the caller owns bring-up + teardown), but it
+# cleans up the throwaway sink/driver it creates. Plain docker primitives only.
+# See ADR-0007.
+set -euo pipefail
+
+here="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+SINK_AUTH="Bearer notification-sink-token"
+
+cleanup() { docker rm -f rr-nsink rr-nverify >/dev/null 2>&1 || true; }
+trap cleanup EXIT
+
+ip() { docker inspect -f '{{range .NetworkSettings.Networks}}{{.IPAddress}}{{end}}' "$1"; }
+
+oz="$(docker ps -q --filter 'name=[-_]openzaak[-_]' | head -1)"
+nrc="$(docker ps -q --filter 'name=nrc-web' | head -1)"
+[ -n "$oz" ] && [ -n "$nrc" ] || { echo "ERROR: OpenZaak and/or NRC not running — bring the stack up first" >&2; exit 1; }
+net="$(docker inspect -f '{{range $k,$_ := .NetworkSettings.Networks}}{{$k}}{{"\n"}}{{end}}' "$oz" | head -1)"
+oz_ip="$(ip "$oz")"; nrc_ip="$(ip "$nrc")"
+echo ">> network=$net openzaak=$oz_ip nrc=$nrc_ip"
+
+echo ">> seeding a published BIG zaaktype (idempotent)"
+sid="$(docker create --network "$net" -e "OZ_BASE=http://$oz_ip:8000" -e OZ_PUBLISH=1 \
+  python:3-slim python /seed.py)"
+docker cp "$here/openzaak/seed_catalogus.py" "$sid:/seed.py" >/dev/null
+docker start -a "$sid"
+docker rm -f "$sid" >/dev/null
+
+echo ">> starting the webhook sink"
+docker rm -f rr-nsink >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+sink="$(docker create --network "$net" --name rr-nsink -e "EXPECTED_AUTH=$SINK_AUTH" \
+  python:3-slim python /sink.py)"
+docker cp "$here/notification-sink.py" "$sink:/sink.py" >/dev/null
+docker start "$sink" >/dev/null
+sleep 1
+sink_ip="$(ip rr-nsink)"
+echo ">> sink at $sink_ip:9000"
+
+echo ">> registering abonnement + creating a zaak"
+docker rm -f rr-nverify >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+drv="$(docker create --network "$net" --name rr-nverify \
+  -e "OZ_BASE=http://$oz_ip:8000" -e "NRC_BASE=http://$nrc_ip:8000" \
+  -e "SINK_CALLBACK=http://$sink_ip:9000/" -e "SINK_AUTH=$SINK_AUTH" \
+  python:3-slim python /driver.py)"
+docker cp "$here/verify-notification-driver.py" "$drv:/driver.py" >/dev/null
+docker start -a "$drv"
+zaak_url="$(docker logs rr-nverify 2>/dev/null | sed -n 's/^ZAAK_CREATED //p' | head -1)"
+docker rm -f rr-nverify >/dev/null
+[ -n "$zaak_url" ] || { echo "ERROR: driver did not create a zaak" >&2; exit 1; }
+zaak_uuid="${zaak_url##*/}"
+echo ">> zaak created: $zaak_url"
+
+echo ">> waiting for the notification to reach the sink"
+for _ in $(seq 1 30); do
+  if docker logs rr-nsink 2>&1 | grep -q "$zaak_uuid"; then
+    echo "OK — NRC delivered the zaken notification for zaak $zaak_uuid to the sink"
+    docker logs rr-nsink 2>&1 | grep "$zaak_uuid" | tail -1 | cut -c1-300
+    exit 0
+  fi
+  sleep 2
+done
+echo "FAIL — the sink never received a notification for zaak $zaak_uuid" >&2
+echo "--- sink log ---" >&2; docker logs rr-nsink 2>&1 | tail -8 >&2
+exit 1
diff --git a/infra/seed-config.sh b/infra/seed-config.sh
index 64d2993..4a2ae2d 100755
--- a/infra/seed-config.sh
+++ b/infra/seed-config.sh
@@ -33,11 +33,12 @@ populate() {  # volume  source(file or dir/.)
   echo "  seeded $vol"
 }
 
-[ "$#" -gt 0 ] || { echo "usage: seed-config.sh <oz|kc|fl> ..." >&2; exit 2; }
+[ "$#" -gt 0 ] || { echo "usage: seed-config.sh <oz|nrc|kc|fl> ..." >&2; exit 2; }
 
 for key in "$@"; do
   case "$key" in
     oz) populate rr-oz-config "$here/openzaak/setup_configuration/." ;;
+    nrc) populate rr-nrc-config "$here/opennotificaties/setup_configuration/." ;;
     kc) populate rr-kc-realms "$here/keycloak/realms/." ;;
     fl) populate rr-fl-bpmn  "$here/../workflows/registratie.bpmn" ;;
     *)  echo "unknown seed key: $key" >&2; exit 2 ;;
diff --git a/infra/verify-notification-driver.py b/infra/verify-notification-driver.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..88b0abf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infra/verify-notification-driver.py
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Drive the OpenZaak → NRC notification check from *inside* the compose network.
+
+Registers an abonnement on the `zaken` kanaal pointing at a webhook sink, then
+creates a zaak against the published BIG zaaktype. OpenZaak publishes a
+`zaken`/`create` notification; NRC delivers it to the sink. The host harness
+(infra/verify-notifications.sh) then asserts the sink received it.
+
+Reached by container IP, not service name: OpenZaak/NRC validate URLs with Django's
+URLValidator, which rejects a single-label host like `openzaak`. Stdlib only.
+Env: OZ_BASE, NRC_BASE, SINK_CALLBACK, SINK_AUTH, OZ_CLIENT_ID, OZ_SECRET.
+"""
+import base64
+import hashlib
+import hmac
+import json
+import os
+import sys
+import time
+import urllib.error
+import urllib.request
+
+OZ = os.environ["OZ_BASE"].rstrip("/")
+NRC = os.environ["NRC_BASE"].rstrip("/")
+SINK_CALLBACK = os.environ["SINK_CALLBACK"]
+SINK_AUTH = os.environ.get("SINK_AUTH", "Bearer notification-sink-token")
+CID = os.environ.get("OZ_CLIENT_ID", "big-reference-seed")
+SECRET = os.environ.get("OZ_SECRET", "insecure-dev-secret-change-me")
+RSIN = "517439943"
+
+
+def token():
+    b64 = lambda b: base64.urlsafe_b64encode(b).rstrip(b"=")
+    seg = (
+        b64(json.dumps({"alg": "HS256", "typ": "JWT"}, separators=(",", ":")).encode())
+        + b"."
+        + b64(json.dumps(
+            {"iss": CID, "iat": int(time.time()), "client_id": CID,
+             "user_id": "verify", "user_representation": "verify"},
+            separators=(",", ":")).encode())
+    )
+    return (seg + b"." + b64(hmac.new(SECRET.encode(), seg, hashlib.sha256).digest())).decode()
+
+
+def call(method, url, body=None, crs=False):
+    headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer " + token(),
+               "Content-Type": "application/json", "Accept": "application/json"}
+    if crs:
+        headers["Accept-Crs"] = "EPSG:4326"
+        headers["Content-Crs"] = "EPSG:4326"
+    data = json.dumps(body).encode() if body is not None else None
+    try:
+        with urllib.request.urlopen(
+            urllib.request.Request(url, data=data, method=method, headers=headers), timeout=30
+        ) as r:
+            return r.status, json.loads(r.read() or "null")
+    except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
+        return e.code, json.loads(e.read() or "null")
+
+
+def main():
+    status, ab = call("POST", f"{NRC}/api/v1/abonnement", {
+        "callbackUrl": SINK_CALLBACK,
+        "auth": SINK_AUTH,
+        "kanalen": [{"naam": "zaken", "filters": {}}],
+    })
+    if status != 201:
+        sys.exit(f"create abonnement -> {status}: {json.dumps(ab)}")
+    print(f"abonnement: {ab['url']}")
+
+    status, body = call(
+        "GET", f"{OZ}/catalogi/api/v1/zaaktypen?identificatie=BIG-REGISTRATIE&status=definitief")
+    results = body.get("results", []) if status == 200 else []
+    if not results:
+        sys.exit("no published BIG-REGISTRATIE zaaktype — seed with OZ_PUBLISH=1 first")
+    zaaktype = results[0]["url"]
+
+    status, zaak = call("POST", f"{OZ}/zaken/api/v1/zaken", {
+        "bronorganisatie": RSIN, "verantwoordelijkeOrganisatie": RSIN,
+        "zaaktype": zaaktype, "startdatum": time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d"),
+        "vertrouwelijkheidaanduiding": "openbaar",
+    }, crs=True)
+    if status != 201:
+        sys.exit(f"create zaak -> {status}: {json.dumps(zaak)}")
+    # The harness greps the sink for this exact URL.
+    print(f"ZAAK_CREATED {zaak['url']}")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/infra/verify-notifications.sh b/infra/verify-notifications.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..113bbce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infra/verify-notifications.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Local convenience: verify the OpenZaak → NRC notification path against a throwaway
+# oz+nrc stack. Brings both up (notifications enabled), runs the shared stack-agnostic
+# check (infra/run-notification-check.sh), then always tears down.
+#
+# CI does not use this — there the full stack is brought up once and the same runner
+# is invoked as a step (see the `verify-stack` job / Makefile `verify-*`). See ADR-0007.
+set -euo pipefail
+
+here="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+OZ_COMPOSE="$here/openzaak/docker-compose.yml"
+NRC_COMPOSE="$here/opennotificaties/docker-compose.yml"
+
+cleanup() {
+  docker compose -f "$OZ_COMPOSE" -f "$NRC_COMPOSE" down --volumes >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+  docker volume rm -f rr-oz-config rr-nrc-config >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+}
+trap cleanup EXIT
+
+wait_healthy() {  # name-regex
+  local re="$1" cid
+  for _ in $(seq 1 140); do
+    cid="$(docker ps -q --filter "name=$re" | head -1)"
+    if [ -n "$cid" ] && [ "$(docker inspect -f '{{if .State.Health}}{{.State.Health.Status}}{{end}}' "$cid" 2>/dev/null || true)" = healthy ]; then
+      return 0
+    fi
+    sleep 3
+  done
+  return 1
+}
+
+echo ">> bringing up OpenZaak + Open Notificaties (notifications enabled)"
+bash "$here/seed-config.sh" oz nrc
+OZ_NOTIFICATIONS_DISABLED=false docker compose -f "$OZ_COMPOSE" -f "$NRC_COMPOSE" up -d
+
+echo ">> waiting for OpenZaak + NRC to be healthy"
+wait_healthy '[-_]openzaak[-_]' || { echo "ERROR: OpenZaak not healthy" >&2; exit 1; }
+wait_healthy 'nrc-web' || { echo "ERROR: NRC not healthy" >&2; exit 1; }
+
+bash "$here/run-notification-check.sh"
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index 8173c11..b4b3949 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ nav:
       - "ADR-0004: BDD framework": architecture/adr-0004-bdd-framework.md
       - "ADR-0005: Mutation testing": architecture/adr-0005-mutation-testing.md
       - "ADR-0006: ACL integration test provisioning": architecture/adr-0006-integration-test-provisioning.md
+      - "ADR-0007: OpenZaak → NRC notification wiring": architecture/adr-0007-notification-wiring.md
   - Working in Gitea: gitea-workflow.md
   - Runbooks:
       - CI: runbooks/ci.md