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SDT members to expand their collaboration regarding digital regulation

24 Mar

The Digital Regulation Cooperation Platform (SDT) will create two additional Chambers for coordination regarding the DSA and AI. The SDT has published joint basic principles for the effective online provision of information, as well as basic principles for online marketing to children.
ACM: average returns of heat suppliers did not go up in 2022, despite the higher maximum tariff

23 Mar

The average financial returns of heat suppliers went down to approximately 2.7 percent in 2022. This drop is predominantly caused by the high energy prices and a decline in heat consumption.
ACM warns suppliers that restrict the freedom of retailers to set their own retail prices

20 Mar

ACM has warned various suppliers that they may have exercised undue influence over the retail prices of their products that retailers sell.
ACM’s priorities in its oversight of wholesale markets: monitoring the TTF and the publication of inside information

17 Mar

In 2023, ACM will, in its oversight of the wholesale market for energy, primarily focus on the trade on the Dutch trading platform for natural gas (TTF gas).