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Roos Elemans en Simone Evans staan in een artikel voor het Tijdschrift Mededingingsrecht in de Praktijk stil bij de vraag: wel of geen beroep instellen tegen een concentratiebesluit?

De staatssteunrechtelijke bevoegdhedenverdeling tussen de Europese Commissie, de Staat en de rechter houdt de gemoederen bezig. Een voorbeeld hiervan biedt de Micula rechtspraak over investeringsarbitrage. Deze blog bespreekt dergelijke zaken.

The Commission recently published its Draft Guidelines on Exclusionary Abuses of Dominance, which are meant to reflect the EU case law. However, they seem to deviate on important aspects, arguably simplifying the assessment for establishing an abuse.

The Dutch general investment screening regime came into effect in June 2023. Decisions are not yet publicly available. However, three guidance papers list the practical experience gained so far and help to assess whether a transaction is notifiable.

The Dutch Supreme Court handed down a judgment on 15 Dec 2023 clarifying whether agreements entered into by a bankruptcy trustee with the approval of the supervisory judge can be affected by an application under Article 69 of the Dutch Bankruptcy Act.

The Brussels Commercial Court ruled on 18 December 2024 that the sale of cycling television rights in Belgium did not violate EU competition rules despite the lack of a formal tender procedure.

For the first time, the Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets conducted a merger review involving a ‘roll-up strategy’. The outcome of another roll-up strategy merger assessment is pending.

Tom Verdonk has co-edited the book ‘Unfair Trading Practices in the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain’, recently published by Larcier-Intersentia.