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Cooperation agreement rail freight corridor 1
On October 10th, 2013 regulatory bodies situated in the countries on rail freight corridor 1, i.e. The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Italy, agreed to cooperate. Thanks to these arrangements, undertakings that wish to file a capacity request for one of … -
Cooperation agreement rail freight corridor 2
On October 10th, 2013 regulatory bodies situated in the countries on rail freight corridor 2, i.e. The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Italy, agreed to cooperate. Thanks to these arrangements, undertakings that wish to file a capacity request for one of … -
Buma/Stemra promises ACM to offer more options in music copyright management
Dutch copyright collecting society Buma/Stemra will offer composers and songwriters more options in the management of their music copyrights. This has been laid down in a commitment Buma/Stemra made to the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets … -
ACM confirms dawn raids at Dutch Railways NS and its subsidiaries QBuzz/Abellio
Last week, the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) conducted dawn raids at Dutch Railways NS, including its subsidiaries QBuzz/Abellio. These dawn raids were carried out as part of the investigation into possible abuse of dominance and … -
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 closes investigation into AstraZeneca
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has carried out an investigation into the large price difference between the price that international pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca asked for heart burn drug Nexium sold inside hospitals, and … -
No abuse of a dominant position by AstraZeneca
As it has not sufficiently been determined in this case that AstraZeneca enjoyed a dominant position, no violation of the Dutch Competition Act has been established. It could not be established that a sufficiently substantial group of patients that were … -
KPN fined for putting large business customers at a disadvantage
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has imposed a fine of EUR 900,000 on Dutch telecom provider KPN. In 2009, ACM found out that KPN had misled ACM when it provided tariff information in connection with the 2006 tender process of … -
Dutch Railways NS abused its dominant position in regional tender process
Dutch Railways NS abused its dominant position in the 2014 tender process for the public-transport contract in the southern Dutch province of Limburg. The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has imposed a fine of EUR 40,950,000 on NS. … -
Insurers do not distort competition on the auto-body repair market
Many small auto-body repair businesses have trouble staying afloat. This is not the result of anticompetitive conduct by insurers, but it is rather the result of market developments. This has been one of the conclusions of the Netherlands Authority for …