The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has published draft guidelines in which ACM explains how it interprets the transparency rules of the Platform-to-Business Regulation.
Since the distribution system operators expect to incur high costs connected to grid losses in 2023 as well, ACM plans to give them an advance next year too.
From now on, Wonderbox, distributor of various gift cards such as GiftforYou, will inform consumers more clearly about the businesses where its gift cards can be redeemed.
Dutch transmission system operator TenneT has sufficiently adjusted its investment plans for the land-based high-voltage grids. ACM has given TenneT and Liander the green light to finalize these investment plans.
Sporting goods retail chain Decathlon and clothing retail chain H&M will adjust the sustainability claims on their clothes and websites, so that these will be clear to consumers and not be misleading about sustainability.
Recent rules for the agricultural sector allow farmers, processors, wholesalers, and supermarkets to make more arrangements regarding the production and sale of sustainable products. This has been explained in the ‘Guidelines regarding collaborations between farmers’.
ACM has established that online store Sneakerstad has violated consumer protection rules. That is why ACM has imposed an order subject to periodic penalty payments on the company, forcing it to comply with said rules.
A market study shows that there are competition risks in the cloud services market ACM proposes amendments to the Data Act and will launch a follow-up investigation.
Garden centers will make arrangements about curtailing the use of illegal pesticides. ACM has assessed the arrangements, and has no objections against them.
