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ACM: Energy suppliers must stop using fake comparison services
Publication News 11-09-2026When selling energy contracts, energy suppliers cannot use telemarketers that falsely pose as energy comparison service providers.
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ACM calls for attention to increasing transmission tariffs towards 2050
Publication News 28-08-2026Households and businesses that continue to depend on natural gas will have to pay increasingly higher tariffs for the transmission of natural gas over the next 25 years.
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ACM publishes guidelines on sanctioned websites
Publication News 26-08-2026The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has published a set of guidelines that provides internet service providers with a practical list of websites that belong to entities (media or otherwise) that are sanctioned by the EU.
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ACM organizes conference on the future of the European energy system
Publication News 24-08-2026On September 24, 2026, ACM organizes the ACM Energizer conference on the theme ‘Together, we will shape the European energy system of the future’.
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ACM’s Monitor on the consumer energy market: increase in the number of dynamic contracts continues
Publication News 13-08-2026The number of households that took out dynamic contracts was still increasing in July, while the number of people with fixed contracts went down again. These are some of the conclusions of ACM’s Monitor on the consumer energy market.
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Cruise travel agency adjusts sustainability claims following an ACM action
Publication News 13-08-2026Cruise travel agency Captain Cruise has adjusted unsubstantiated sustainability claims regarding cruises on its website. It has done so after ACM had confronted the agency with those claims.
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Energy suppliers cannot adjust contracts with fixed prices when ETS-2 and blending requirement for green natural gas come into effect
Publication News 06-08-2026ACM has informed all energy suppliers via a letter that they cannot increase the fixed supply prices of natural gas in response to the future ETS-2 tax or the blending requirement for green natural gas.
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Dutch online retailer bol makes commitments to ACM that will offer more protection to consumers and sellers
Publication News 03-08-2026Bol has made commitments to ACM that will improve its online platform in the interest of consumers and sellers.
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Going forward, the website CVmaker will be clear about costs for users, following an ACM action
Publication News 30-07-2026After an intervention by the Netherlands Authority of Consumers and Markets (ACM), Dutch company CVmaker B.V. will inform users of the website CVmaker.nl better about the costs and duration of its subscriptions.
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ACM’s response to summons from Dutch foundation Stichting Benadeelden in Actie regarding the bankruptcy of energy supplier Flexenergie
Publication News 21-07-2026Flexenergie was granted a license because it met the statutory requirements. ACM conducted oversight and took enforcement action where necessary.