05.11.2019 NL law The European Services Directive after Appingedam Seminar - Stibbe, together with Bureau Stedelijke Planning, is organising a seminar on 5 November on the most recent relevant case law following the Appingedam case. Three months after the final judgment, additional case law from the Council of State has been published concerning the significance of the Services Directive for branching rules and other restrictions on establishment. On 10 October, guidelines titled 'How to deal with the Services Directive in spatial retail policy' will also be published. Read more Jan van Oosten Senior Associate Amsterdam
03.10.2019 NL law It's in the details: HSBC fine quashed for insufficient reasoning Short Reads - The General Court annulled the EUR 33.6 million fine imposed on banking group HSBC for its participation in the euro interest rates derivatives cartel. Full annulment was granted based on the Commission's failure to provide sufficiently detailed reasoning for the first step of the fine calculation, establishing the value of sales. As the value of sales could not be established in a straightforward way, the Commission used a proxy. When doing so, the Commission needs to properly explain its reasoning to allow the companies fined to understand how it arrived at the proxy. Read more Team: Floris ten Have, Daria Budurca
15.10.2019 BE law Avis du Maître architecte et organisation d’une réunion de projet. De nouvelles étapes préalables à la demande de permis d’urbanisme. Articles - Une des nouveautés de la réforme du CoBAT adoptée le 30 novembre 2017, publiée au Moniteur belge le 20 avril 2018 et entrée en vigueur le 1er septembre 2019 (pour ce qui concerne les demandes de permis d’urbanisme) porte sur la création de deux nouvelles étapes préalables à l’introduction d’une demande de permis d’urbanisme : l’obtention de l’avis du Maître architecte, d’une part, et l’organisation d’une réunion de projet, d’autre part. Read more Team: France Maussion, Olivier Di Giacomo
03.10.2019 NL law The ACM has to pay: moral damages awarded to real estate traders Short Reads - The Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) needs to cough up a total of EUR 120,000 in moral damages to three real estate traders. The Dutch Trade and Industry Appeal Tribunal (CBb) agreed with the real estate traders that the annulment of the ACM's cartel decisions against them was insufficient compensation for the harm they suffered as a result of the length of the procedure and the press coverage of their cases. Read more Team: Floris ten Have, Stijn de Jong
07.10.2019 NL law Stibbe to attend Expo Real Conference - Expo Real will host its annual property fair from 7 to 9 October 2019; Europe's biggest B2B real estate and investment trade fair. Teams from Stibbe’s offices in Amsterdam and Brussels will be attending. Read more Team: Maarten de Bruin, Matthias Maselis, Boris Cammelbeeck, Johan Vrolijk
03.10.2019 NL law Margrethe Vestager to play matchmaker between enforcement and regulation Short Reads - Current Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager may face even greater challenges in the next European Commission. President-elect Ursula von der Leyen has not only nominated Vestager for a second term as Commissioner for Competition, but has also asked her to coordinate the European Commission's digital agenda. As a result, Vestager may soon be tackling digital issues through competition enforcement whilst also proposing additional regulation to deal with these (and related) issues pre-emptively. Read more Team: Floris ten Have, Simone Evans