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New hotline is the next step in stimulating large businesses to pay SMEs sooner
If a small or medium-sized business (SME, also known as SMB) is not paid within the agreed upon payment term by a larger business, it can file a report (including anonymously) with the temporary Late-payments Hotline (in Dutch: Meldpunt Achterstallige … -
Guidelines on sustainability agreements are ready for further European coordination
Following their public consultation in late-2020, the draft Guidelines on sustainability agreements have been revised. The new draft guidelines are now ready for further discussions about sustainability and competition rules in the European Union. The … -
Second draft version: Guidelines on Sustainability Agreements – Opportunities within competition law
Agreements between undertakings can help, in an effective manner, towards the realization of public sustainability objectives. Furthermore, these agreements can broaden the support for the efforts that are needed to realize such objectives. The draft … -
Memo concerning the results of the public consultation of the second draft version of the Guidelines on Sustainability Agreements
The draft version of the Guidelines on Sustainability Agreements explains the application of competition law to sustainability agreements between undertakings. The Guidelines show the opportunities that market participants have for making sustainability … -
Technical Report on Sustainability and Competition
This Technical Report, commissioned by the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) and the Greek competition authority, forms the scientific basis for a more open approach to sustainability agreements in competition policy. It described the … -
Guidelines sustainability claims
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has drawn up ‘Guidelines sustainability claims’. These guidelines contain rules of thumb and practical examples that can help businesses when phrasing sustainability claims. Consumers and companies … -
Rules of thumb for sustainability claims have been finalized, serving as basis for ACM’s enforcement
Following a public consultation, the Guidelines regarding sustainability claims of the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) have been finalized. With these Guidelines, ACM explains, using five rules of thumb, how businesses are able to …