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On Friday 11 November 2022 the Dutch Supreme Court ruled that the refurbishment of a former woolen fabrics factory into a retail centre resulted in ‘essentially new constructed real estate’ (in wezen nieuwbouw) for Dutch VAT purposes.

De bouwvrijstelling mag van de Afdeling bestuursrechtspraak van de Raad van State niet meer gebruikt worden om bouwactiviteiten toe te staan zonder stikstofbeoordeling.

The Dutch government announced that the draft legislative proposal to exclude the application of the RETT concurrence exemption on the acquisition of a qualifying share interest in companies owning newly developed real estate will be amended.

Where is the line between openness and protectionism in the European single market? At both EU and national level, more and more protective barriers against foreign investors and acquirers have been created in the international competition.

Beware of the fine line in antitrust investigations between illegal fishing expeditions and accidental discoveries pointing at a separate antitrust infringement.

Op 12 januari 2023 is de Europese Foreign Subsidies Regulation (de “FSR”) in werking getreden.

The Dutch government launched an online consultation on a draft bill to exclude the application of the RETT concurrence exemption as per 1 January 2024 in case of the acquisition of a share interest in companies owning newly developed real estate. 

The Dutch government published the annual Spring Memorandum on Friday 28 April 2023. In this blog post, the policy proposals for tax measures included in the Spring Memorandum that are relevant for real estate investments in the Netherlands are discussed.

In een Kamerbrief van 17 december 2021 bespreekt de toenmalige staatssecretaris van I&W het 'Actieprogramma Verankering milieubescherming na Nevele'.

In the Didam judgment of 26 November 2021 (ECLI:NL:HR:2021:1778) the Supreme Court ruled that public authorities must sell land in a transparent manner that gives all interested parties the opportunity to bid.

Op 24 november 2021 deed de Afdeling bestuursrechtspraak van de Raad van State (‘Afdeling’) tussenuitspraak over de inpassingsplannen voor de Gebiedsontwikkeling Oostelijke Langstraat (‘GOL’).

The Commission’s Communication “A competition policy fit for new challenges” (the “Communication”) identifies key areas in which competition law and policy can support European efforts in dealing with the challenges of the green and digital transitions.

De Europese Commissie zet in op meer staatssteun voor innovatieve ondernemingen en duurzaamheid. Dit blijkt uit de voorgestelde wijziging van de Algemene groepsvrijstellingsverordening waarover tot 8 december a.s. een consultatie loopt.

Anna Collignon en Liesbeth Berkouwer signaleren een uitspraak van de rechtbank Gelderland waarin de toepassing van artikel 5.4 Wnb – en meer in het bijzonder de afwijzing van een intrekkingsverzoek vanwege stikstofdepositie – aan de orde is.

Companies involved in M&A deals falling below the EU and national notification thresholds need to think twice about their deal’s potential impact on competition from now on.

Recent developments gave rise to write this update: the European Parliament has ratified the Climate Law and confirmed the goal of the European Union on climate neutrality by 2050. 

Checking for merger control notification obligations and Foreign Direct Investment screening mechanisms will be on the list for most companies involved in M&A deals.