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Report on auction revenues TenneT 2011/2012
ACM has assessed the spending of auction revenues, also known as congestion rents, by TenneT for the year 2011 and the first half of 2012. ACM concludes that TenneT has spent the congestion rents in line with Regulation nr. 714/2009. … … -
University of Groningen has a new endowed chair focusing on the Regulation of Energy Markets
A new endowed chair at the University of Groningen (RUG) addresses the question of how well energy markets function and what measures governments could take in order to realize improvements. The chair was created on June 1, and is supported by the … -
ACM aims for substantially lower tariffs for consumers
Network operators charge consumers tariffs for the transmission of electricity and natural gas and for being connected to the energy networks. These tariffs will be reduced considerably over the next few years. Households will thus save, on average, … -
Reduced risk of violation of secrecy of correspondence at temporary storage locations of Dutch mail company PostNL
After examining temporary storage locations of Dutch mail company PostNL, the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) sees room for improvement in safeguarding the secrecy of correspondence at these locations. The risk of something happening … -
Annetje Ottow, former acting chairwoman of OPTA, to sit on Board of new British regulator
Annetje Ottow, Ph.D., has been appointed a non-executive Director of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). The CMA will be legally established on October 1, 2013, following the merger of two British competition authorities, the Competition … -
ACM to appeal Court’s ruling against use of wiretap data
The District Court of Rotterdam has prohibited the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) in two cases from using data obtained through wiretaps, which ACM had been provided by the Dutch Public Prosecution Service (OM). In the Court’s … -
Opportunities for collaborations with regard to sustainable development
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) sees room for undertakings to work together in setting up sustainability initiatives. In some cases, the cartel prohibition does not apply on such initiatives, because an initiative hardly affects …