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Consumer welfare central in ACM’s enforcement with regard to vertical agreements
With today’s publication, the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) provides insight into its strategy and enforcement priorities with regard to vertical agreements between suppliers and buyers. In its enforcement actions, ACM particularly … -
Agenda for the Consultation Forum of Regulatory Bodies in 2013
The Consultation Forum of Regulatory Bodies (MTB) is a collaboration between several Dutch regulators that focus (fully or in part) on markets and market-participant behavior. The participating regulators are: The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and … -
Speech of Chris Fonteijn on vertical agreements at VvM seminar
At a seminar held on November 25, 2014 and organized by the Competition Law Association (VvM, Vereniging voor Mededingingsrecht), Chris Fonteijn, Chairman of the Board of the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) and Andreas Mundt, … -
Public consultation on the ad hoc adaption of the capacity calculation to ease the Belgian electrical system during the winter 2014/2015
To avoid load-shedding and make grid operations more reliable, ELIA, RTE and TenneT TSO B.V. (TenneT), in coordination with the German TSOs have developed an ad hoc evolution of the current CWE coordinated capacity calculation, and, consistently, of the … -
2015 Agenda of the Consultation Forum of Regulatory Bodies (MTB)
The Consultation Forum of Regulatory Bodies (MTB) is a collaboration between regulators in the Netherlands that focus on the functioning of markets and the behavior of market participants. Its members are: the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and … -
One step closer to completing the internal European electricity market
Today, the integration of the day-ahead markets for electricity in the Northwest European region has been completed. In the day-ahead market, market participants are able to buy electricity on the day-ahead market for example today and have it delivered … -
TenneT’s help to Belgium: there is room for improvement, says ACM
The Netherlands will help Belgium out if it has too little power this winter. The national regulatory authorities in the countries close to Belgium today decided to work together and put their backs into it (see the joint press release below). The Dutch … -
Henk Don to be Chairman of IRG-Rail in 2015
On behalf of the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM), Henk Don has been elected Chairman of the Independent Regulators Group - Rail (IRG-Rail) from January 1, 2015, for a period of one year. He succeeds Jacques Prost (Luxembourg), who … -
Energy Department Director Remko Bos to be CEER Vice President
From May 2015, Director of ACM’s Energy Department, Remko Bos will also fulfil the position of Vice President of the Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER). In CEER, all European national energy regulators cooperate on a voluntary basis. The aim of … -
Guidelines on collective procurement of prescription drugs: hospitals and health insurers can increase their clout
Purchasing agents of hospitals and health insurers can increase their clout by collectively purchasing prescription drugs for specialist medical care more often. If they do so, the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) believes that they …