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ACM imposes fine on PZEM Energy for violating rules for the wholesale energy market
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has imposed a fine of 150,000 euros on PZEM Energy B.V., a Dutch energy producer, supplier, and trader, because it had failed to comply with the obligation to publish inside information. PZEM is … -
ACM rejects complaints about Amsterdam Airport Schiphol incorporating pandemic-related losses into its charges
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has rejected the complaints regarding the increased charges for airlines that Amsterdam Airport Schiphol had set for the next three years. ACM received complaints from ten airlines and three trade … -
ACM launches market study into the Platform-to-Business Regulation
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) will launch a study into how online platform companies deal with the rules laid down in the Platform-to-Business Regulation (P2B Regulation), and into the problems that businesses that are active … -
ACM study into compliance culture at businesses in regulated markets
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has conducted a behavioral study into the compliance programs and compliance cultures in four regulated businesses. In that study, we did not only examine whether everything was all right ‘on … -
ACM launches investigations into misleading sustainability claims in three sectors
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has launched investigations into misleading sustainability claims in the following sectors: energy, dairy products, and clothes. ACM has chosen these sectors because it had found many potentially … -
ACM has checked whether companies keep their word
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has conducted follow-up checks among approximately 60 companies that were reprimanded last year for violating consumer regulations. Consumers had filed reports with ACM ConsuWijzer, ACM’s consumer … -
Rules of thumb for online platforms
The platform economy is growing. Consumers buy and traders sell more and more over online platforms. That offers consumers opportunities, but it also creates risks. Consumers are able to take advantage of benefits such as new services, a wider selection, … -
Guidelines on the protection of the online consumer
Businesses have become better and better at nudging consumers online in their decision-making processes and purchasing behavior. They deploy all sorts of techniques to influence consumer behavior online. At what point does persuasion turn into deception? … -
Evaluation of ACM’s Guidelines on the collective procurement of prescription drugs
In 2016, the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) published the Guidelines on the collective procurement of prescription drugs. ACM drew up these guidelines to give hospitals and health insurers more clarity about the room that the … -
Health insurers and hospitals leave full potential of collective procurement of prescription drugs untapped
Hospitals and health insurers are not yet taking full advantage of the potential benefits that their collaborations in drug procurement are able to offer, in particular with regard to the strengthening of their bargaining positions. To this end, they can …