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Royal Netherlands Navy stops unfair competition with wholesalers
The Marcandi Foundation (in Dutch: Stichting Marcandi), which was founded by the Royal Netherlands Navy and is located in the Dutch city of Den Helder, has stopped selling food and non-food items to various buyers outside the Dutch Ministry of Defense. … -
ACM launches investigation into municipal conservators
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) will assess whether the Dutch city of Deventer with its conservatorship policy violates the Dutch law on competitive neutrality, the Dutch Act on Government and Free Markets. Deventer offers, among … -
Municipalities not to make deals about land prices of business parks
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) is warning municipalities that they are not allowed to make agreements among themselves about the prices and the availability of business parks. Several municipalities have been called to account … -
Consumers and businesses say what they want from ACM
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has asked consumers and businesses what they want ACM to do with regard to its most important topics in 2016 and 2017. Everyone was given the opportunity to respond to the ACM Agenda on the … -
ACM Conference 2018 - Presentation David Laibson (Harvard)
Presentation of David Laibson, Professor of behavioral economics at Harvard University, on the topic of Behavioral Economics and Behavior Change during the ACM 2018 conference. … Internet … Internationaal … Markt en … -
ACM upholds violation by municipality of Veenendaal in parking garages case
August 30th, 2019: The District Court of Rotterdam has ruled on appeal in this case. For the complete text of that ruling (in Dutch), please refer to this page . The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) upholds its previous decision … -
ACM Conference 2018 - Presentation José van Dijck (KNAW)
Presentation of José van Dijck, President of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), on the topic of Governing Platform Societies in Europe during the ACM 2018 conference. … Internationaal … Internet … Markt en overheid … … -
Town of Hellevoetsluis must include all costs in berth tariffs
The Dutch municipality of Hellevoetsluis (in the southwestern part of the Netherlands) is competing unfairly with other commercial marinas and berths because it fails to include all related costs in its berth tariffs. As such, Hellevoetsluis violates the … -
Dutch municipality to reimburse costs for commercial conservators
The Dutch city of Deventer must continue to offer residents with low incomes a choice between commercial conservators and municipal conservators. This has been determined by the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) following a complaint … -
Municipality of Heumen distorts competition between sports centers
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. …