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De bestuursrechtadvocaten van Stibbe in Amsterdam bloggen regelmatig over actuele onderwerpen op het gebied van het bestuursrecht en het omgevingsrecht. In dit e-book zijn voor u de belangrijkste bestuursrechtelijke blogs over 2020 gebundeld.

De Nederlandse overheidsaanpak inzake mensenrechten en bedrijfsleven is aan een herziening toe. Dit kondigde het kabinet in 2019 en 2020 diverse keren aan.

The ICLG to Public Procurement 2021 covers common issues in public procurement laws and regulations – incl. application of the law to entities and contracts, award procedures, exclusions, exemptions, remedies, privatisations, PPPs – in 18 jurisdictions.

The ACM’s list of 2021 focus areas is out. Whereas the digital economy and the energy transition are repeats from last year, the effects of the COVID-19 crisis is a new, although somewhat unsurprising, designated focal point.

The Commission’s cross-border sales crusade seems far from over. The EUR 7.8 million fine imposed on distribution platform owner Valve and five PC video games publishers for geo-blocking practices is the most recent notch in the Commission’s belt.

“De overheid zat fout”. Dit schrijft het kabinet expliciet in de kabinetsreactie van 15 januari 2021 op het rapport ‘Ongekend Onrecht’ van de Parlementaire ondervragingscommissie Kinderopvangtoeslag (hierna: “POK”).

Due to the impact of the booming data centre market, Dutch municipalities and provinces adopt data centre policies and umbrella zoning plans to regulate data centre locations.

De impact van de booming datacentermarkt brengt Nederlandse gemeenten en provincies ertoe datacenterbeleid en paraplubestemmingsplannen vast te stellen om te sturen op vestigingslocaties.

In deze bijdrage gaat Jan van Oosten in op de ontwikkelingen in het ruimtelijk ordeningsrecht in 2020.

De Afdeling oordeelt in een uitspraak van 21 juli 2021 dat schaarse vergunningen met een beperkte geldigheidsduur voor een passende beperkte duur moeten worden verleend.

On 23 June 2021, the Rotterdam District Court rendered two (final) judgments regarding damages claims following the European Commission’s decision on an alleged elevators cartel.

On 6 July 2021, the Amsterdam Court of Appeal had to decide whether the pragmatic approach of the Amsterdam District Court, which had applied Dutch law to all air freight cartel damages claims, could be upheld.

The Court of Justice of the European Union recently further clarified which courts within the EU have jurisdiction to hear follow-on damage claims.

On 30 June 2021, a legislative proposal introducing an investment screening on grounds of national security in the Netherlands was submitted to the House of Representatives.

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.

On 1 July 2021, the Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) imposed a fine of EUR 19.5 million on drug manufacturer Leadiant for excessive pricing of their orphan drug CDCA-Leadiant.

Recent enforcement action shows that companies involved in data sharing and data pooling or sustainability cooperation need to tread carefully.

On 9 July 2021, the Commission published its draft revised Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER) and the accompanying Vertical Guidelines.