1628 results Stibbe advises Seven2 Stibbe advised Seven2 on the acquisition of a majority stake in Zwart Techniek. Jan van Oosten over formatieplannen bezwaar- en beroepsprocedures: 'Weet wat je weggooit' Jan van Oosten was te gast bij BNR Nieuwsradio om te spreken over de plannen van D66 en CDA om te schrappen in bezwaarprocedures tegen bouwprojecten. Stibbe contributes to Chambers Global Practice Guide: ESG 2025 Valérie van 't Lam, Heleen Kersten, Marieke Driessen and Branda Katan contributed to the Chambers Global Practice Guide: ESG 2025 in the chapter about Law and Practice in the Netherlands. Laadpunten langs rijkswegen: van vrije markt naar uitgifte van snellaadkavels en veiling van exploitatievergunningen Vergunningen voor laadpunten langs snelwegen zullen voortaan via periodieke veiling worden verleend, zo beoogt het concept wetsvoorstel Wet marktordening voorzieningen verzorgingsplaatsen. Lees meer over de veranderingen en het overgangsbeleid in ons blog Commission publishes PSD3 and PSR Proposal; a tightening of the regulation of payment services providers in the EU On June 28, 2023, the European Commission published a set of new legislative proposals, including PSD3, aimed at ushering in the digital era for payments and the broader financial sector, with a particular focus on consumers. Pauline van Lingen Senior Associate Amsterdam Belgian Competition Authority confirms jurisdiction for M&A transactions in hospital sector On 14 July 2023, the Belgian Competition Authority confirmed its jurisdiction to review M&A transactions between hospitals, regardless of whether these hospitals belong to the same hospital network. The era of FDI screenings kicks off in Belgium The Belgian screening mechanism for FDIs will enter into force on 1 July 2023. The mechanism is designed to safeguard Belgium's critical infrastructure and to protect sectors crucial to Belgium's public order, national security and strategic interests. Extended access to electronic data for the Belgian Competition Authority The Belgian legislator has amended some competition law provisions in Book IV Code of Economic law. The new provision on access to data of electronic communications operators endows the Belgian Competition Authority with new investigation powers. Omnibus I: clarity on the future of the CSRD and CSDDD The long-awaited clarity on Omnibus I is here: the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union have reached a political agreement on the text. The European Parliament has already adopted the text, and for the Council of the European Union th Omnibus I: duidelijkheid over de toekomst van de CSRD en CSDDD De lang verwachte duidelijkheid over Omnibus I is er, het Europees Parlement en de Raad van de Europese Unie hebben een politiek akkoord bereikt de tekst. Het Europees Parlement heeft de tekst al aangenomen, en voor de Raad van de Europese Unie lijkt dit Upward referral of killer acquisitions: enlightened or one-stop shop flop? 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. The ECN+ Directive implemented in Belgium and introduction of merger filing fees On 7 March 2022, the Act implementing the ECN+ Directive into Belgian law was published in the Belgian Official Gazette. The Act entered into force on 17 March 2022. Second time lucky: Intel’s EUR 1.06 billion loyalty rebate fine quashed Intel’s second round at the General Court was significantly more successful than its first. In the first round, the General Court had failed to analyse whether the loyalty rebates at issue were capable of restricting competition. In the second round, afte Stibbe advises KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Advising KLM on several environmental and planning aspects. ECJ: private enforcement in aviation sector also a national court's game Recently, the ECJ ruled that national courts dealing with private enforcement cases are competent to apply EU competition law to historical behaviour in the aviation sector. Google Shopping: self-preferencing is a form of abuse of dominance On 10 November 2021, the General Court (GC) almost entirely dismissed Google’s action against the European Commission’s Google Shopping decision. Gun jumping: beware, the Commission will take action The Commission has imposed interim measures on Illumina and GRAIL. These measures include the obligation to run GRAIL by independent management. Pagination Previous page Page 74 Current page 75 Page 76 Page 77 Next page
Stibbe advises Seven2 Stibbe advised Seven2 on the acquisition of a majority stake in Zwart Techniek.
Jan van Oosten over formatieplannen bezwaar- en beroepsprocedures: 'Weet wat je weggooit' Jan van Oosten was te gast bij BNR Nieuwsradio om te spreken over de plannen van D66 en CDA om te schrappen in bezwaarprocedures tegen bouwprojecten.
Stibbe contributes to Chambers Global Practice Guide: ESG 2025 Valérie van 't Lam, Heleen Kersten, Marieke Driessen and Branda Katan contributed to the Chambers Global Practice Guide: ESG 2025 in the chapter about Law and Practice in the Netherlands.
Laadpunten langs rijkswegen: van vrije markt naar uitgifte van snellaadkavels en veiling van exploitatievergunningen Vergunningen voor laadpunten langs snelwegen zullen voortaan via periodieke veiling worden verleend, zo beoogt het concept wetsvoorstel Wet marktordening voorzieningen verzorgingsplaatsen. Lees meer over de veranderingen en het overgangsbeleid in ons blog
Commission publishes PSD3 and PSR Proposal; a tightening of the regulation of payment services providers in the EU On June 28, 2023, the European Commission published a set of new legislative proposals, including PSD3, aimed at ushering in the digital era for payments and the broader financial sector, with a particular focus on consumers.
Belgian Competition Authority confirms jurisdiction for M&A transactions in hospital sector On 14 July 2023, the Belgian Competition Authority confirmed its jurisdiction to review M&A transactions between hospitals, regardless of whether these hospitals belong to the same hospital network.
The era of FDI screenings kicks off in Belgium The Belgian screening mechanism for FDIs will enter into force on 1 July 2023. The mechanism is designed to safeguard Belgium's critical infrastructure and to protect sectors crucial to Belgium's public order, national security and strategic interests.
Extended access to electronic data for the Belgian Competition Authority The Belgian legislator has amended some competition law provisions in Book IV Code of Economic law. The new provision on access to data of electronic communications operators endows the Belgian Competition Authority with new investigation powers.
Omnibus I: clarity on the future of the CSRD and CSDDD The long-awaited clarity on Omnibus I is here: the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union have reached a political agreement on the text. The European Parliament has already adopted the text, and for the Council of the European Union th
Omnibus I: duidelijkheid over de toekomst van de CSRD en CSDDD De lang verwachte duidelijkheid over Omnibus I is er, het Europees Parlement en de Raad van de Europese Unie hebben een politiek akkoord bereikt de tekst. Het Europees Parlement heeft de tekst al aangenomen, en voor de Raad van de Europese Unie lijkt dit
Upward referral of killer acquisitions: enlightened or one-stop shop flop? 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.
The ECN+ Directive implemented in Belgium and introduction of merger filing fees On 7 March 2022, the Act implementing the ECN+ Directive into Belgian law was published in the Belgian Official Gazette. The Act entered into force on 17 March 2022.
Second time lucky: Intel’s EUR 1.06 billion loyalty rebate fine quashed Intel’s second round at the General Court was significantly more successful than its first. In the first round, the General Court had failed to analyse whether the loyalty rebates at issue were capable of restricting competition. In the second round, afte
ECJ: private enforcement in aviation sector also a national court's game Recently, the ECJ ruled that national courts dealing with private enforcement cases are competent to apply EU competition law to historical behaviour in the aviation sector.
Google Shopping: self-preferencing is a form of abuse of dominance On 10 November 2021, the General Court (GC) almost entirely dismissed Google’s action against the European Commission’s Google Shopping decision.
Gun jumping: beware, the Commission will take action The Commission has imposed interim measures on Illumina and GRAIL. These measures include the obligation to run GRAIL by independent management.