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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 … -
Blog Martijn Snoep: Small mergers, big problems
With the Dutch Competition Act having been in force for over 25 years, we can safely draw the conclusion that this law has proven effective in combating most types of competition problems. However, two gaps do exist. The first gap concerns competition … -
ACM rejects Apple’s objections against order subject to periodic penalty payments
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has rejected the objections filed by Apple against the order subject to periodic penalty payments that ACM had previously imposed on the company. In August 2021, ACM imposed this order on Apple for … -
Summary of decision on objection regarding abuse of dominance by Apple
On July 13, 2023, the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) declared the objections filed by Apple Inc and Apple Distribution International Ltd (Apple) against ACM’s penalty payments order of August 24, 2021, unfounded. On August 24, 2021 … -
Blog of Martijn Snoep: More tools to combat market power, please
Opinions may differ on how ACM enforces the competition rules. However, friend and foe alike agree that enforcement should be focused on countering market power. Market power exists where companies (individually or collectively) have such a market … -
Decision on objection against fine on Leadiant for excessive price of prescription drug CDCA
On 1 July 2021, the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) imposed a fine on Leadiant for charging an excessive price for its prescription drug CDCA-Leadiant, thereby abusing its dominant position from June 2017 through December 2019. … -
Speech Martijn Snoep: ‘Plugging gaps’ in Antitrust Enforcement
Prepared remarks on “Plugging Gaps” in Antitrust Enforcement for Conference Antitrust, Regulation & the Political Economy, Brussels, 2 March 2023 Martijn Snoep (Netherlands Authority for Consumers & Markets (ACM)) As times change and markets evolve, so … -
Collaborations among employers on health care labor market cannot harm health care workers
Are employers allowed to collaborate as a way of dealing with the shortages on the health care labor market? Yes, they can, but their collaborations cannot harm the positions of health care workers. The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets … -
ACM guidelines regarding the competition rules for the health care IT market have been well received
The guidelines called ‘Well-functioning markets for health care IT’ clarifies the application of the competition rules for improving the functioning of the market for health care IT systems. In the summer of 2022, the Netherlands Authority for Consumers … -
ACM sets lower access tariffs for KPN and Glaspoort for promoting fast internet
Dutch telecom operator KPN and fiber-optic company Glaspoort have submitted new and improved proposals for tariffs and conditions for access to their fiber-optic networks. That access is meant for broadband providers without networks of their own. The …