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ACM imposes fines on magazine-pack suppliers for cartel activities
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers & Markets (ACM) has imposed fines on thirteen undertakings totaling more than EUR 6 million for cartel activities in the market of pre-selected magazine packs and has held several executives jointly and severally … -
The Art of Supervision
This Liber Amicorum has been created on the occasion of Pieter Kalbfleisch’s retirement in June 2011 as chairman of the Board of the Netherlands Competition Authority (NMa). The themes of this Liber Amicorum are related to Pieter’s varied interests, both … -
ACM analysis of closing down 5 coal power plants as part of SER Energieakkoord
The members of the trade association of the Dutch energy industry Energie Nederland (EN) plan to close down five coal power plants from the 1980s. EN asked the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) to assess whether this plan can be … -
ACM: deal over closing down coal power plants harms consumers
The agreement between energy companies to close down five coal power plants, as part of the Dutch Energy Agreement, on balance, harms consumers, and offers too few environmental benefits. That is the conclusion of the Netherlands Authority for Consumer … -
ACM fines natural-vinegar manufacturers for cartel agreements
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has imposed fines on two manufacturers of natural vinegar (also known as white or distilled vinegar), which are Kühne and Burg, for having made cartel arrangements. Burg is imposed a fine of EUR … -
InSight 2014
In InSight, the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) covers different social trends that are important to its oversight work such as the trend of reducing red tape, where the government stimulates companies to make arrangements about … -
Speech of Chris Fonteijn on “Multichannel Distribution”
Vertical agreements in e-commerce have both positive and negative effects. That is why regulatory authorities need to exercise restraint in designating such agreements as hardcore violations, according to Chris Fonteijn, Chairman of the Board of ACM, in … -
NMa fines three taxi firms and six executives for cartel activities
Dutch taxi firm RMC together with rival firms IJsselsteden and BIOS engaged with each of them separately in bid-rigging arrangements involving taxi services in the greater Rotterdam area, which, according to the NMa, fall under the cartel prohibition. … -
NMa imposes fines on producers of onion sets for cartel activities
The Netherlands Competition Authority (NMa) has fined seven undertakings that grow, process and trade in first-year onion sets for illegal cartel activities concerning the destruction of sown acreage of onion sets in 2009. According to the NMa, the … -
Please report abuses in the IT industry
On October 2, 2014, Dutch investigative-journalism TV show ZEMBLA aired an episode about possible abuses in public procurement, and the possible involvement of the IT industry therein. The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM), too, has …