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The European Commission has designated six Tech Giants (Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta and Microsoft) as gatekeepers for 22 core platform services under the Digital Markets Act (DMA).

The Dutch Investments, Mergers and Acquisitions Security Screening Act (Wet veiligheidstoets investeringen, fusies en overnames – Vifo Act) entered into force on 1 June 2023.

Earlier this year, the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) entered into force to close a loophole in EU regulations aimed at creating a level playing field within the internal market.

Now that the European Commission adopted the revised Horizontal Guidelines (HGs), including the new chapter on sustainability agreements, companies wishing to set up sustainability initiatives finally have more certainty on the applicable guidance.

The MiCAR aims to create a broad EU regulatory framework for the issuance of, intermediating and dealing in, crypto assets. MiCAR entered into force in June 2023. Both ESMA and EBA published consultation papers including draft technical standards.

On Monday July 10, 2023, the European Commission adopted her adequacy decision for the United States, the “EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework”, which has immediate effect.

There is no magical number when it comes to “4-to-3” telecom mergers. On 28/5/2020, the EU’s General Court handed down a landmark judgment annulling a 2016 decision of the European Commission blocking the merger between O2 UK and Three.

In a judgment of 9 February 2023 (C-453/21), the European Court of Justice has further shaped the rules surrounding the independence of a data protection officer (DPO), one of the cornerstones of the GDPR.

This article looks at the aftermath of the UBO case invalidating the general access to UBO data, and looks at what lies ahead for companies and member states, and specifically at Belgium's recent regulatory action.

In the blog below, Jeroen van Eck of our Financial Markets team looks back on, and ahead to, the developments surrounding green bonds in the EU.

On 9 December 2022, Minister Jetten for Climate and Energy presented to the Second Chamber of the House of Representatives his further elaboration of the coalition agreement's intentions on nuclear energy.

On the occasion of World Consumer Rights Day on 15 March, our consumer law experts discuss what legal measures can be taken to reduce the negative impact on climate.

The ECJ overruled the General Court in its CK Telecoms ruling, taking the strict requirements that the GC placed on the Commission when reviewing mergers off the table. This will make it easier for competition authorities to intervene in merger cases.

National courts upheld the approach by two national competition authorities towards indirect information exchange, lowering the standard of proof for collusion by competitors when receiving competitively sensitive information from a buyer (or supplier).

The European Commission recently unveiled its vision for the Metaverse and virtual worlds.

The importance of strategic-level engagement with sustainability matters in response to the CSRD should not be underestimated. This requires a shift in mindset from simply complying with regulations to considering sustainability as a key business issue.

The European Commission recently adopted a package to simplify its procedures for reviewing concentrations under the EU Merger regulation. Under the new rules, more cases can benefit from the simplified procedure.

The EU Court of Justice dismissed Amazon’s claim that the exclusion of Italy from the European Commission’s investigation into its Buy Box feature deprived Amazon of its protection against a parallel investigation by the Italian competition authority.