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The EU Listing Act, which includes updates to the Prospectus Regulation, Market Abuse Regulation, Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation, and to the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive, has been published on 14 November 2024.

After 16 years of court battle, the Brussels Court of Appeal has rejected the EU’s EUR 12 million (+ interest) damage claim against the four lift producers that participated in the lift cartel fined in 2007.

In deze bijdrage, de zevende in de reeks, gaan wij in op een arrest van het Hof van Justitie van de Europese Unie van 25 april 2024 over de vraag of de verplichtingen uit de Kaderrichtlijn Water ook gelden voor kleinere wateren.

The Foreign Subsidies Regulation has celebrated one year of its application. Time for companies to take stock of the lessons learnt from key developments of this first year. However, ambiguities remain and more is yet to come. Watch this space!

The Commission recently published its Draft Guidelines on Exclusionary Abuses of Dominance, which are meant to reflect the EU case law. However, they seem to deviate on important aspects, arguably simplifying the assessment for establishing an abuse.

In its latest market watch, the AFM places a spotlight on notifications of substantial holdings and gross short positions in response to the ongoing public discourse on the issue.

De Wet ter implementatie van de Europese Mobiliteitsrichtlijn (de “wet”) is op 1 september 2023 in werking getreden. Het doel van de Mobiliteitsrichtlijn is het bevorderen van de vrijheid tot vestiging van kapitaalvennootschappen binnen de Europese Unie.

La Cour de justice a examiné la question de savoir si Volkswagen pouvait être condamné à deux amendes pour une pratique commerciale déloyale, dans deux États membres différents. La Cour a clarifié l'application du principe ne bis in idem.

Het Hof van Justitie boog zich over de vraag of Volkswagen voor een oneerlijke handelspraktijk kon worden veroordeeld tot twee boetes, in twee verschillende lidstaten. Het Hof verduidelijkte de toepassing van het ne-bis-idem-principe.

Astrid Helstone en Jeanne Leeman bespreken een recent arrest van het Hof van Justitie van de Europese Unie over de Richtlijn 2006/54/EG inzake gelijke behandeling van mannen en vrouwen in arbeid en beroep.

The Insurance Recovery and Resolution Directive (IRRD) was published in the Official Journal of the EU on 8 January 2025. The IRRD introduces a new regulatory framework aimed at strengthening the stability and resilience of the EU insurance sector.

In this issue of Tax Notes International, Ashley Peeters and Michael Molenaars provide a detailed analysis of recent tax developments in Dutch regulations concerning entity classification and anti-base-erosion rules.

The Brussels Commercial Court ruled on 18 December 2024 that the sale of cycling television rights in Belgium did not violate EU competition rules despite the lack of a formal tender procedure.

Market soundings are a tool for issuers and financial market participants to gauge investor interest in potential transactions before they are publicly announced. These interactions often involve sharing inside information as defined by the MAR.

For the first time, the Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets conducted a merger review involving a ‘roll-up strategy’. The outcome of another roll-up strategy merger assessment is pending.