Okay, I`ll reply here, might be easier :) Results:

WINTER|DE|<A240>            <- Parsed correctly
ZANDEN VAN |DE|R ŤAť        <- should be: ZANDEN|VAN DER|ŤAť
JENSEN  230||               <- should be: JENSEN||230
WOODHEAD  <D>||             <- should be: WOODHEAD||<D>
BRINK    130,-||            <- should be: BRINK||130,-
HEYDIER |DEN|<240>          <- Parsed correctly
SMITSER (4X115PJ)||         <- should be: SMITSER||(4X115PJ)
LINDEN VAN |DE|R            <- should be: LINDEN|VAN DER|
MOTEL GOL|DEN|LEEUW <A225>  <- should be: MOTEL GOLDEN LEEUW||<A225>
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does this help ? ... I will try to find a larger data set...

btw, this is the result of my original code:

WINTER|DE| <A240>
ZANDEN|VAN DER| ŤAť
JENSEN||230
WOODHEAD||<D>
BRINK||130,-
HEYDIER|DEN| <240>
SMITSER||(4X115PJ)
LINDEN|VAN DER|
MOTEL GOLDEN LEEUW||<A225>
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GreetZ!,

ChOas

print "profeth still\n" if /bird|devil/;

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