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Earlier this year, the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) entered into force to close a loophole in EU regulations aimed at creating a level playing field within the internal market.

On 14 July 2023, the Belgian Competition Authority confirmed its jurisdiction to review M&A transactions between hospitals, regardless of whether these hospitals belong to the same hospital network.

The ink on the Digital Market Act has barely dried, but fast-evolving digital developments already have competition authorities calling for new tools. Is Big Tech not kept in check by the DMA, the antitrust rules and the EU Merger Regulation after all?

While 2022 revolved around new and improved regulatory tools, the focus in 2023 will be on putting these tools to use. More merger-related obligations, digital sector scrutiny and clarity on competition-law and consumer-law aspects is imminent.

Het kabinet kondigde in de Kamerbrief van 27 mei 2021 het vierde noodpakket aan om de economie ten tijde van de coronacrisis te blijven ondersteunen.

Dutch investment screening is rapidly expanding: since June, the proposal for a separate defence regime has been published and the intended expansion of the regime of the Vifo Act to include AI and biotech has been announced. Reason for a quick update!

De termijn voor het indienen van de aanvraag om vaststelling van de NOW-1 subsidie is verlengd tot en met 9 januari 2022.

Er komt een nieuwe NOW-subsidieregeling, de NOW-4. Dit heeft het kabinet aangekondigd in de Kamerbrief van 27 mei 2021.

While skimming through employees’ chat conversations and e-mails, it is not uncommon for competition authorities to stumble across other potential antitrust violations, separate from the initial scope of the search.

Het kabinet heeft aangekondigd dat de NOW-subsidieregeling na maart 2022 niet wordt verlengd omdat de coronamaatregelen vrijwel allemaal zijn opgeheven.

Suppliers and distributors should double-check their agreements. The European Court of Justice has provided guidance for the assessment of exclusive distribution agreements.

The European Court of Justice has confirmed that the essential facilities test is limited to ‘pure’ access cases. Infringement of a regulatory access obligation must be assessed under the general framework for abuse of dominance.