The European Commission has published a report on the progress of renewable energy in the European Union.

On 23 November 2016, the European Commission published proposals for the completion of the banking regulation reform that was initiated after the financial crisis.

Over time, however, the Court of Justice of the EU has formulated specific exceptions to this negative answer.

Creditors will soon be able to obtain a court order allowing them to freeze their debtors' bank balances in other EU member states.

The European Parliament approved the final text of the EU Network and Information Security Directive on 6 July 2016. This marks the final stage of a three-year legislative process on the first EU-wide rules on cybersecurity.

A recent ruling of the Dutch Council of State can make life easier for competitors when they oppose an administrative decision that is favourable to another competitor.

The highest administrative appeal court in the Netherlands recently annulled the decision by the Dutch regulator ACM to prohibit the transaction between two rival industrial bakeries due to a high combined market share in the Dutch rusk market.

Companies should be on their toes when using software tools such as pricing or monitoring algorithms that check and adjust prices automatically.

Losing out on the 10% fine reduction in return for settling isn't the only risk when pulling out of settlement negotiations with the European Commission.

A 2017 priority for Dutch listed companies will be acquainting themselves with the new Dutch Corporate Governance Code and bringing their corporate governance structure...

The Dutch Supreme Court recently delivered an important ruling on the interpretation of contracts.

On 22 December 2015 the First Chamber of the Dutch parliament adopted a bill implementing the revised European transparency directive.

During the financial crisis and the following years, the number of IPOs in the Netherlands was limited.

Ruud Hermans discusses the advantages of the foundation of a Netherlands Commercial Court (‘NCC'), a special court which can settle major international and domestic commercial disputes...

Energy law in brief lists recent developments in Dutch and European energy law (in Dutch only).

A draft bill on the recovery and resolution of insurers was published for public consultation on 13 July 2016. Interested parties may respond to the draft bill until 28 August 2016.

The Dutch Central Bank (DNB) and the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (the AFM) have published a paper describing the next steps in facilitating an adequate supervisory approach...

One hardly needs the gift of prophecy to predict that there will be more amendments of financial markets laws in 2017.

From January 2016, dividends declared on an insurer's ordinary shares must be cancellable on a breach of the Solvency Capital Requirement (SCR) at any time up until payment...

Daan Beenders, Andries Polkerman and Wouter Hofstee have written an article, published in "Maandblad voor Vermogensrecht", focusing on an issue that can be relevant in settlement discussions; ...