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Blog Martijn Snoep: Big companies, big risks
Big companies can bring a lot of value in terms of innovation, employment, investment and career opportunities and tax revenues. But they can also create corporate power, which brings big risks for society and that must be properly addressed at the … -
Fine for cartel by building contractors involving the tender process for a school outdoor area
Two building contractors, Den Ouden and Bloem Infra, secretly exchanged the bid for the construction of the outdoor area of a school in the southern Dutch city of Roermond. As a result of their arrangement, the school in question, Yuverta, received fewer … -
ACM will not conduct follow-up investigations in three cases in the prescription-drug sector, calls on everyone to share information
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has decided that it will not launch follow-up investigations in three cases in the prescription-drug sector. In the first phase of the investigations, insufficient indications of violations were … -
ACM launches investigation into illegal arrangements involving IT devices
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has launched an investigation into potentially illegal arrangements between an internationally operating manufacturer of IT devices and its distributors. In addition, ACM investigates whether the … -
Policy rule ACM’s oversight on sustainability agreements
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has drawn up new rules on sustainability agreements between businesses. ACM does not want competition rules to stand in the way of agreements that contribute towards a more sustainable society. … -
Letter in response to sustainability initiative of waste collectors stimulating recycling
ACM is positive about the sustainability initiative of collectors of commercial waste to collaborate to promote waste-recycling. What do the arrangements entail? Several (competing) collectors of commercial waste wish to agree among themselves to always … -
Businesses can collaborate in order to achieve sustainability goals
Businesses can collaborate in order to achieve sustainability goals. That message is at the core of the new policy rule “ACM’s oversight of sustainability agreements” of the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM). ACM does not want … -
ACM is positive about collaboration waste collectors to stimulate recycling
Collectors of commercial waste are allowed to collaborate to promote waste-recycling. This is the conclusion of the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) in response to questions raised by the Dutch Waste Management Association (DWMA, in … -
ACM fines LG for illegal price-fixing agreements involving television sets
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) imposes a fine of almost 8 million euros on LG Electronics Benelux Sales (LG). From 2015 through 2018, LG concluded illegal price-fixing agreements with seven large retailers on the online retail … -
Fine for illegal bid-rigging involving traffic signs
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has imposed a fine on two companies, Brimos and Agmi, for secretly concluding illegal price-fixing agreements involving four bids for contracts for the manufacturing of distance signs. As a result …