The pilot concerns cases involving violations of section 2:80.1 FMSA (acting as an intermediary without a licence) where the offender does not dispute the facts and legal assessment of the facts and cooperates with a fast-track processing of the case.

The Minister of Economic Affairs has informed the Second Chamber about alternative forms of financing.

The Minister of Finance wants to ban commissions for complex and high-impact products from 1 January 2013.

The Dutch Central Bank issued two fines for banking law violations in September 2012.

The Financial Markets Amendment Act 2014 is expected to take effect on 1 January 2014. It introduces a general duty of care for financial services providers, but a less extensive one than originally planned.

A Bill will enter into force on 1 July 2012 amending the current rules regarding the expertise required of day-to-day policy makers and supervisory board members at financial undertakings.

Statutory provisions introducing notification requirements for certain cash-settled instruments came into force on 1 January 2012.

EU Commissioner Michel Barnier has set up a High-Level Expert Group to examine possible reforms to the structure of the EU's banking sector.

1 January 2016 is an important date – one that all insurance companies are familiar with: the new Solvency II regime enters into force.

Draft legislation by the European Commission concerning the European Trademark System was recently leaked.

The Dutch Supreme Court ruled on 18 September 2015 that the State can be liable for issuing national statutes that conflict with EU law.

In an interim judgment, the District Court of The Hague decided that a report of findings prepared by external legal counsel had to be produced to the defendants in the proceedings.

The Dutch act implementing the European directive on consumer rights will enter into effect on 13 June 2014.

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek has advised Royal Philips Electronics on the divestment and lease back of the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, to a Dutch consortium of private investors, and many related legal aspects.

This is the Netherlands Update for The City, an initiative of De Brauw's London office

As part of a regulatory reform programme, the UK Financial Services Authority ("FSA") has begun operating under a new regulatory structure since 2 April 2012: the 'twin peaks' model.

The Serious Fraud Office has reviewed its policies on facilitation payments, business expenditure (hospitality) and corporate self-reporting.

The AFM has imposed a EUR 200,000 fine on the CEO of Schuitema for disclosing inside information in violation of the Financial Markets Supervision Act.

Another court decision upholds that US laws do not automatically apply to foreign conduct. The decision is the latest since Morrison v National Austria Bank.

Allianz SE has agreed to pay USD 12,396,423 to settle charges of violating the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.