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  • Blog: A new phase in competition oversight

    Publication Blog 25-05-2023
    The Netherlands had come a long way when the Dutch Competition Act (In Dutch: Mededingingswet or Mw) went into effect in 1998. This law succeeded the Dutch Economic Competition Act, and contained new rules regarding competition agreements, dominant …
  • Method for calculating the outcome of ACM

    Publication Corporate publications 14-11-2022
    For more than 10 years ACM has assessed each year what its work delivers for consumers and customers: the outcome. The ACM outcome is defined as “the in a simple manner calculated expected effects of ACM's actions on consumer welfare in the short term”. …
  • Agro-Nutri Monitor 2022: the price-formation process of foodstuffs, and the reasons for purchasing organic products

    Publication Studies 20-10-2022
    This third Agro-Nutri Monitor aims to provide insights into price formation in the Dutch agricultural value chain, from farmers through to supermarkets, and to identify any problems in price formation that are impeding progress towards sustainability in …
  • ACM will study the functioning of the municipal-land market for residential construction in greater detail

    Publication News 12-11-2021
    The functioning of the municipal-land market has an effect on the residential-construction market. The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) will launch a study into the municipal-land market. On the basis of a preliminary study, …
  • What is a fair share for consumers in Article 101(3) TFEU?

    Publication Visions & opinions 27-09-2021
    There is an ongoing policy debate among competition authorities on the scope of the fair share requirement under Article 101(3) TFEU in the context of sustainability agreements. This is relevant to the review of the European Commission’s horizontal …
  • ACM sees risks associated with paid ranking for consumers and competition

    Publication News 02-02-2021
    In a study into paid ranking, the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has found that paid ranking (or sponsored ranking) comes with risks for competition and consumers. Paid ranking involves providers paying extra in exchange for a …
  • Sponsored ranking: effects on consumer welfare

    Publication Studies 02-02-2021
    The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has conducted a study into paid ranking (or sponsored ranking). Paid ranking involves providers paying extra in exchange for a higher position in search results on platforms. Many platforms use …
  • Dutch supermarkets offer chicken meat that is more sustainable without any anticompetitive agreements

    Publication News 01-09-2020
    Dutch supermarkets nowadays offer a lot more chicken-meat varieties where the chickens have lived better lives. Virtually all of the chicken meat varieties currently on offer have been produced under animal-friendlier conditions than what the failed joint …
  • Welfare of today’s chicken and that of the ‘Chicken of Tomorrow’

    Publication Studies 01-09-2020
    In 2015, the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) blocked a planned agreement between producers, suppliers, and retailers aimed at improving the welfare of chickens: the ‘Chicken of Tomorrow’. ACM’s study ‘Welfare of today's chicken and …
  • Theon van Dijk will be ACM’s new Chief Economist

    Publication News 02-07-2019
    The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has appointed Theon van Dijk as its new Chief Economist. Mr. Van Dijk will start his new position on October 1, 2019. He will succeed Jarig van Sinderen, who will retire at the end of this year. …
 
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