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Conclusion CPB and NMa: Room for Improvement in Competition in the Life Insurance Sector
The profit margins on the life insurance market are relatively high, efficiency is moderate and efficient production of policies only results in a larger market share to a limited extent. These are indicators that competition on the life insurance market … -
NMa: Merger housing corporations in Eindhoven cleared
Two housing corporations in Eindhoven have been given permission to merge. After a thorough investigation, the Netherlands Competition Authority (NMa) issued a license for the merger of Woonstichting Hertog Hendrik van Lotharingen (HHvL) and … -
NMa: More room for entry in concert and ticket branch
The Netherlands Competition Authority (NMa) expects the opportunity for entry in the concert and ticket branch to increase. Ticket Service, TicketBox and Mojo have either removed exclusivity clauses from their contracts or promised to do so shortly. … -
NMa Calls for Better and Larger House Auctions
The Netherlands Competition Authority (NMa) has not identified any concrete infringements of the prohibition on cartels with regard to sales under execution of houses. NMa concludes that smaller sales and execution of houses, in particular, are … -
NMa Will Conduct a Further Investigation into the Merger of Housing Corporations in Eindhoven
The Netherlands Competition Authority (NMa) is to conduct a further investigation into the merger of two housing corporations in Eindhoven. According to NMa, a dominant position may arise or be strengthened on the market for social housing, in particular … -
NMa closes investigation into security services sector
The Netherlands Competition Authority (NMa) has closed its probe into possibly anti-competitive practices in the security services sector (turnover of well over EUR 1 billion). The investigation into the sector (focusing on manned guarding in particular) … -
NMa follow-up monitoring: Ticket Service and TicketBox have complied with commitments
Ticket Service Netherlands and TicketBox have removed potentially anti-competitive provisions from contracts, according to follow-up monitoring results put forward by the Netherlands Competition Authority (NMa). Parties involved in ticket pre-sales for … -
NMa clears merger between housing corporations Ymere and Woonmaatschappij
The Netherlands Competition Authority (NMa) has approved the merger between the housing corporations Ymere and Woonmaatschappij. The competition agency has established after investigation that the merger does not substantially impede competition in the … -
NMa: consumer is not always shown lowest bid on Werkspot.nl
Consumers posting their odd jobs on Werkspot.nl, a Dutch website specialized in odd-jobs-related classified ads, are not always shown the lowest bid, even though Werkspot.nl does not inform consumers about these rejected bids during the bidding process. … -
NMa: no further investigation into admission requirements FOCWA
According to the Netherlands Competition Authority (NMa), the admission requirements that FOCWA, the Dutch trade association of vehicle repair companies in the Netherlands, imposes on its prospective members are not in violation of the Dutch Competition …