The General Court recently annulled the European Commission's decision to block UPS's intended acquisition of TNT Express

Not paying attention to incoming emails may have inadvertent consequences.

The Commission has no obligation to publish a cartel decision if it is still engaged in discussions on confidentiality with the parties involved.

Beware of the civil enforcement risks of anti-competitive clauses when in contract negotiations.

In weken 29 en 30 waren er diverse ontwikkelingen op mededingingsrechtelijk gebied.

According to the Trade and Industry Appeals Tribunal, the ACM was wrong to find that the relevant market should be limited to each individual tender project.

The District Court of Amsterdam considered itself competent to rule on the damages claims against the non-Dutch participants of a sodium chlorate cartel.

With two judgements of 13 June 2013 and 11 July 2013, the Rotterdam District Court annulled the decisions of the Dutch competition authority in a constructions cartel and a ship waste cartel.

In a judgement of 23 April 2013, published on 13 June 2013, the Court of Appeal of The Hague held that Difotrust, an IT firm specialised in digital forensic research, should reveal information relating to possible cartel infringers.

In June 2013, the District Court annulled two decisions of the DCA regarding, respectively, a cartel in the construction business and a cartel in the ship waste sector.

In a press release of 21 November 2013, the Dutch Competition Authority (ACM) announced that it would terminate its investigation into a possible price-fixing cartel on the market of mobile telecommunications and accept binding commitments from the three major mobile providers in the Netherlands, T-Mobile, KPN and Vodafone.

Today the Dutch Supreme Court ruled in TenneT/ABB on the application of the passing-on defence in cartel damage cases.

The District Court of The Hague recently clarified that a claimant in a cartel damages action does not have to disclose a settlement agreement with a defendant to the co-defendants.

The District Court of Rotterdam upheld the decision to prohibit the transaction between two rival baking companies due to a high combined market share.

The European Commission issued a revised guidance for the carrying out of dawn raids earlier this year.

In Competition Policy International, Jolling de Pree and Daan Beenders comment on the latest developments in cartel damages in the Netherlands.

Price signalling is back on the agenda of cartel enforcers. ACM concluded its mobile telecommunication sector investigation with no evidence of price-fixing, but nevertheless intends to force mobile operators to refrain from making public announcements on planned price increases.

The District Court of Rotterdam annulled the Dutch Competition Authority's fines for alleged participation in a cartel in the double-glazing market.

The Dutch Supreme Court gave its long-awaited ruling about the legality of the Independent Grid Management Act, better known as the Unbundling Act, on 26 June 2015.

On 26 November 2021, the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets ("ACM") ceased its probe into agreements on wage increases between Dutch supermarkets.