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On 16 January 2019, the European Court of Justice clarified the procedural guarantees the European Commission needs to provide to merging parties during merger reviews.

Eerder schreven wij een blogbericht over de implementatie van het zogenaamde 'Vierde Spoorwegpakket'. In navolging van de Tweede Kamer (9 oktober 2018) heeft de Eerste Kamer het daartoe strekkende wetsvoorstel op 29 januari 2019 aangenomen.

Bij arrest van 17 oktober 2018 stelde het Hof van Beroep te Brussel een belangrijke grens aan de ongebreidelde mogelijkheid tot instellen van een stakingsvordering.

Dans son arrêt du 17 octobre 2018, la Cour d’appel de Bruxelles a fixé une limite importante à la possibilité débridée d’introduire des actions en cessation.

De zaak betrof een geschil tussen G. en haar (voormalige) onderaannemer, en barstte los toen G. de overeenkomst voor bepaalde werkzaamheden beëindigde. De onderaannemer in kwestie zou de werken immers hebben stopgezet.

L’affaire concerne le litige entre G. et son (ancien) sous-traitant, qui a éclaté lorsque G. a mis fin au contrat pour des travaux déterminés. Le sous-traitant question aurait effectivement mis fin aux travaux.

In oktober 2018 vaardigde de Raad voor Reclame aanbevelingen uit voor online influencers. Deze aanbevelingen moet de consument beschermen en online influencers (of anderen die hiervan gebruik maken) helpen om de regels inzake reclame correct na te leven.

En octobre 2018, le Conseil de la publicité a émis des recommandations en matière d’influenceurs en ligne. Ces dernières années, les influenceurs en ligne ont connu un succès grandissant et exercent une grande influence, sur les (jeunes) consommateurs.

The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) recently closed its investigation into a discount scheme by dominant pharma company Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) aimed at preventing the National Health Service (NHS) from switching to competing biosimilars.

The Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets' (ACM) digital inspection guidelines should be on every company's reading list. However, they should not be taken too literally; at least according to the recent ruling from the Court of Appeal in The Hague.

A parent company can be held liable for a subsidiary's anti-competitive conduct if the parent has exercised decisive influence over the subsidiary, because the two are then considered a single undertaking.

The European Court of Justice recently upheld the General Court's order finding that metal production and recycling company Eco-Bat had submitted its appeal outside of the appeal term.

The European Court of Justice recently confirmed that if the EU Damages Directive does not apply, it is up to national rules to enable claimants to effectively claim EU antitrust damages.

On 26 March 2019 the European Parliament approved an amended version of the European Commission's proposal for a Directive on representative actions for the protection of collective interests of consumers, following a debate on 25 March 2019.

On 21 March 2019, Regulation 2019/452/EU was published providing for a framework for the screening of foreign direct investments into the European Union and its Member States. This Regulation shall apply from 11 October 2020.

A Brexit without a deal, or with a deal that does not cover all relevant aspects, is still a potential scenario. We have highlighted a number of unexpected legal consequences of Brexit in such a no deal or incomplete deal scenario.