762 results Commission’s objectives in the digital sector focus on “fairness" On 19 February 2020, the European Commission revealed the first pillars of its strategic and policy objectives in the digital space over the next five years. ECJ confirms: gun jumping is double trouble Companies beware: the European Court of Justice has confirmed the Commission’s practice of imposing two separate fines for gun jumping. International Comparative Legal Guide to Environment & Climate Change Law 2020 - European Union chapter The ICLG to Environment & Climate Change Law 2020 covers common issues in environment and climate change laws and regulations – including environmental policy and its enforcement, environmental permits, liabilities, among others – in 27 jurisdictions. Stibbe advises Floating PV Stibbe acted as a transaction counsel to Floating PV NV, a vehicle set up by Sibelco, Groep Machiels and Luminus to build five hectares of floating solar panels at Sibelco’s Schansheide quarry in Dessel. Verklaring van openbaar nut is geen "project" in de zin van de MER-regelgeving In een recent arrest bevestigt de Raad van State dat "verklaringen van openbaar nut" niet onder het begrip "project" uit de project-MER-regelgeving valt. Stibbe advises Mitsui, Modec and others Stibbe advised Mitsui & Co., Ltd. Modec, Inc., Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. and Marubeni Corporation as sponsors on the offering of US$ 1,100,000,000 senior secured notes by MV24 Capital B.V. Stibbe advises ADNOC Stibbe together with Shearman & Sterling advised the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) on the acquisition of a 10% interest in VTTI BV, the owner and operator of storage terminals in 14 countries. Implementatiewet gewijzigde Kaderrichtlijn afvalstoffen in consultatie tot 3 september 2019 – op naar een circulaire economie? Op 24 juli 2019 is een concept AMvB in consultatie gegaan, die strekt tot wijziging van enkele besluiten ten behoeve van de implementatie van de gewijzigde Kaderrichtlijn afvalstoffen (Richtlijn 2008/98/EG, "Kra", zoals gewijzigd door Richtlijn 2018/851/E Call of duty: Commission must state reasons when straying from its guidelines The European Commission has lost a second battle concerning its EUR 15 million fine imposed upon interdealer broker ICAP, this time before the European Court of Justice. Brand owners beware: Commission tough on cross-border sales restrictions The European Commission recently imposed a EUR 6.2 million fine on Hello Kitty owner Sanrio for preventing its licensees from selling licensed merchandising products across the entire EEA. General court dismisses all five appeals in the optical disk drives cartel The General Court recently upheld a Commission decision finding that suppliers of optical disk drives colluded in bids for sales to Dell and HP by engaging in a network of parallel bilateral contacts over a multi-year period. Dutch national police service liable for unlawful granting of firearms permit In a recent decision (ECLI:NL:HR:2019:1409), the Supreme Court has decided that the Dutch national police force is liable for damage suffered by victims of a shooting which took place in a shopping centre in 2011; an event that shocked the Netherlands. Eerste advies stikstofproblematiek: op korte termijn alles vlot trekken kan niet, maar wel actiepunten en aanbevelingen "Juristen zijn de maatschappelijke ‘verkeersregelaars’. In een democratisch land dat zo intensief wordt gebruikt, zouden op basis van politieke afwegingen alle belangen zorgvuldig geborgd moeten zijn [...]." Informatieplicht voor energiebesparende maatregelen: update en waarschuwing vanwege energie-audits Sinds 1 juli 2019 moeten drijvers van type A en type B inrichtingen het bevoegd gezag verplicht informeren over de energiebesparende maatregelen die zij in de inrichting troffen. Wij schreven eerder een blog bij de introductie van deze informatieplicht. O Legal trend: climate change litigation The Urgenda case against the Dutch government sets a precedent for climate litigation. With similar cases pending, this blog offers updates on climate change litigation. Wanted: fast solutions for fast-growing platforms Dominant digital companies be warned: calls for additional tools to deal with powerful platforms in online markets are increasing. No fine means no reason to appeal? Think again! Whistleblowers who have had their fine reduced to zero may still have an interest in challenging an antitrust decision. ECJ answers preliminary questions on jurisdiction in cartel damage case On 29 July 2019, the ECJ handed down a preliminary ruling concerning jurisdiction in follow-on damages proceedings in what is termed the trucks cartel. Pagination Previous page Page 33 Current page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Next page
Commission’s objectives in the digital sector focus on “fairness" On 19 February 2020, the European Commission revealed the first pillars of its strategic and policy objectives in the digital space over the next five years.
ECJ confirms: gun jumping is double trouble Companies beware: the European Court of Justice has confirmed the Commission’s practice of imposing two separate fines for gun jumping.
International Comparative Legal Guide to Environment & Climate Change Law 2020 - European Union chapter The ICLG to Environment & Climate Change Law 2020 covers common issues in environment and climate change laws and regulations – including environmental policy and its enforcement, environmental permits, liabilities, among others – in 27 jurisdictions.
Stibbe advises Floating PV Stibbe acted as a transaction counsel to Floating PV NV, a vehicle set up by Sibelco, Groep Machiels and Luminus to build five hectares of floating solar panels at Sibelco’s Schansheide quarry in Dessel.
Verklaring van openbaar nut is geen "project" in de zin van de MER-regelgeving In een recent arrest bevestigt de Raad van State dat "verklaringen van openbaar nut" niet onder het begrip "project" uit de project-MER-regelgeving valt.
Stibbe advises Mitsui, Modec and others Stibbe advised Mitsui & Co., Ltd. Modec, Inc., Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. and Marubeni Corporation as sponsors on the offering of US$ 1,100,000,000 senior secured notes by MV24 Capital B.V.
Stibbe advises ADNOC Stibbe together with Shearman & Sterling advised the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) on the acquisition of a 10% interest in VTTI BV, the owner and operator of storage terminals in 14 countries.
Implementatiewet gewijzigde Kaderrichtlijn afvalstoffen in consultatie tot 3 september 2019 – op naar een circulaire economie? Op 24 juli 2019 is een concept AMvB in consultatie gegaan, die strekt tot wijziging van enkele besluiten ten behoeve van de implementatie van de gewijzigde Kaderrichtlijn afvalstoffen (Richtlijn 2008/98/EG, "Kra", zoals gewijzigd door Richtlijn 2018/851/E
Call of duty: Commission must state reasons when straying from its guidelines The European Commission has lost a second battle concerning its EUR 15 million fine imposed upon interdealer broker ICAP, this time before the European Court of Justice.
Brand owners beware: Commission tough on cross-border sales restrictions The European Commission recently imposed a EUR 6.2 million fine on Hello Kitty owner Sanrio for preventing its licensees from selling licensed merchandising products across the entire EEA.
General court dismisses all five appeals in the optical disk drives cartel The General Court recently upheld a Commission decision finding that suppliers of optical disk drives colluded in bids for sales to Dell and HP by engaging in a network of parallel bilateral contacts over a multi-year period.
Dutch national police service liable for unlawful granting of firearms permit In a recent decision (ECLI:NL:HR:2019:1409), the Supreme Court has decided that the Dutch national police force is liable for damage suffered by victims of a shooting which took place in a shopping centre in 2011; an event that shocked the Netherlands.
Eerste advies stikstofproblematiek: op korte termijn alles vlot trekken kan niet, maar wel actiepunten en aanbevelingen "Juristen zijn de maatschappelijke ‘verkeersregelaars’. In een democratisch land dat zo intensief wordt gebruikt, zouden op basis van politieke afwegingen alle belangen zorgvuldig geborgd moeten zijn [...]."
Informatieplicht voor energiebesparende maatregelen: update en waarschuwing vanwege energie-audits Sinds 1 juli 2019 moeten drijvers van type A en type B inrichtingen het bevoegd gezag verplicht informeren over de energiebesparende maatregelen die zij in de inrichting troffen. Wij schreven eerder een blog bij de introductie van deze informatieplicht. O
Legal trend: climate change litigation The Urgenda case against the Dutch government sets a precedent for climate litigation. With similar cases pending, this blog offers updates on climate change litigation.
Wanted: fast solutions for fast-growing platforms Dominant digital companies be warned: calls for additional tools to deal with powerful platforms in online markets are increasing.
No fine means no reason to appeal? Think again! Whistleblowers who have had their fine reduced to zero may still have an interest in challenging an antitrust decision.
ECJ answers preliminary questions on jurisdiction in cartel damage case On 29 July 2019, the ECJ handed down a preliminary ruling concerning jurisdiction in follow-on damages proceedings in what is termed the trucks cartel.