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  • Blog Paul de Bijl: Corporate responsibility goes further than merely not violating the law

    Publication Blog 21-02-2024
    Regulation as a delegated responsibility Last year, the Digital Markets Act (DMA) came into force, and on February 17, the Digital Services Act (DSA) went fully in effect, too. The DMA imposes obligations to prevent all-powerful 'gatekeepers' – Alphabet …
  • Blog Martijn Snoep: Small mergers, big problems

    Publication Blog 06-11-2023
    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 …
  • Blog of Martijn Snoep: More tools to combat market power, please

    Publication Blog 29-08-2023
    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 …
  • Blog Paul de Bijl: The broadband market is currently a competitive market

    Publication Blog 01-08-2023
    It was truly a milestone: the draft decision 'market analysis of local internet access', which the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) published for public consultation on July 8, concluded that the broadband market is currently a …
  • Blog Martijn Snoep: Navigating the Online Platform Regulatory Revolution: Charting a New Course for Regulators

    Publication Blog 04-05-2023
    Online platforms are influential digital ecosystems that facilitate interaction and value exchange among users. They leverage network effects and economies of scale to drive their innovative business models, which benefit many of us. However, some of …
  • Panta rhei, everything flows

    Publication Blog 26-01-2023
    Criticism is increasingly heard across the political spectrum about the distribution of products and services through “the market”, which actually means distribution in which the price mechanism of supply-and-demand plays a role. Sometimes, the criticism …
  • ACM’s activities in 2023

    Publication Visions & opinions 26-01-2023
    In 2023, ACM will focus on the following areas: The energy transition: accelerating the transition to sustainable energy for everyone The digital economy: promoting an open and fair digital economy Making the economy more sustainable: moving towards a …
  • Dutch municipality of Hilversum competed unfairly by charging fees for car parks that are too low

    Publication News 26-01-2021
    Three municipal parking garages in the western Dutch town of Hilversum competed unfairly with commercial parking garages and with a parking lot. The rates of the municipal car parks did not include all costs. This has been revealed by a decision of the …
  • Dutch municipality of Vijfheerenlanden must include costs in its rates for RV parks

    Publication News 18-12-2020
    The RV parks (or motorhome campsites) of the municipality of Vijfheerenlanden (which includes the towns of Leerdam and Vianen, and which is located in central Netherlands) compete unfairly with other RV parks in the municipality. The municipality offers …
  • Municipality of Heumen distorts competition between sports centers

    Publication News 27-09-2019
    The eastern Dutch municipality of Heumen does not charge the operator of its sports centers all of the costs. By failing to charge all costs, the municipality violates the Dutch law on competitive neutrality, the Dutch Act on Government and Free Markets. …
 
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