79 results The honeymoon phase of the Foreign Subsidies Regulation is over! Paperwork, paperwork, paperwork. The industry voices have been clear about the Foreign Subsidies Regulation. But what is the authority’s view? We provide an update on recent developments, including the European Commission’s first policy brief. The European Climate Law explained Co-legislators on the European Climate Law reached a provisional agreement on April 21, 2021. This Climate Law is one of the key elements of the European Green Deal, published by the European Commission in December 2019. Actuele ontwikkelingen in stikstofland. Van de KDW en een NOx-drempelwaarde, tot een Europese Verordening natuurherstel, piekbelasters en PAS-melders Ontwikkelingen op het gebied van stikstof gaan snel. Ook sinds de in ons eerdere blogbericht besproken Kamerbrieven uit november 2022 en februari 2023 is er veel gebeurd. In dit blogbericht geven wij een update van de laatste actualiteiten. No impairment of the EC’s impartiality: ECJ upholds Scania judgment The ECJ upheld the Commission’s fine on Scania for participating in a cartel. The Commission’s impartiality is not necessarily impaired by having the Commission case team in charge of the settlement procedure also deal with the penalty decision. C'est le ton qui fait la musique – The end of employer copyrights? The CJEU decision in the National Orchestra of Belgium decision shakes up employer copyright in the Netherlands. With new consent and compensation requirements, are your employment contracts still airtight? Discover the implications of the decision here. The ECJ’s ruling in Servier: Never Settle For Less Patent settlement agreements between originator pharmaceutical companies and generics manufacturers are a risky business. Originator medicine company Servier and five generic companies rolled the dice and the ECJ largely confirmed their antitrust fines. 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. EU Compass: Boosting competitiveness as North Star Are ‘European champion’ companies walled off from unfair (foreign) competition the future? The European Commission recently presented its Competitiveness Compass to navigate the European Union to strengthened competitiveness. First trip around the sun: FSR – one year in review 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! Mondelēz’s fine takes the biscuit: cross-border trade crusade peaks The European Commission has fined Mondelēz EUR 337.5 million for restricting cross-border trade. Brand owners are advised to double-check their licensing and distribution systems, as well as their commercial conduct, for possible territorial restraints. Regels tegen ontbossing: de werking en inwerkingtreding van de Ontbossingsverordening Ontwikkelingen op het gebied van de nieuwe regelgeving over ontbossing. In dit blog bespreken wij de belangrijkste punten. Commission takes labour market enforcement to the next level Employers beware: the European Commission is strengthening its actions against anticompetitive practices in labour markets. In its recent Competition Policy Brief it takes a tough stance. Companies are well-advised to review their employment practices. The Commission’s ‘killer’ pharma campaign: reason to complain? The European Commission is on the prowl in the pharma sector. Recent cases on alleged disparagement and pipeline drugs-killings show that it is not afraid to show its teeth and, ultimately, bite. Digital antitrust conduct: too elusive to catch? The ink on the Digital Market Act has barely dried, but fast-evolving digital developments already have competition authorities calling for new tools. Is Big Tech not kept in check by the DMA, the antitrust rules and the EU Merger Regulation after all? Hof van Justitie: prejudiciële vragen over gegevensverwerkingen door Meta Op 4 juli 2023 heeft het Europees Hof van Justitie een arrest gewezen in de zaak C-252/21 (Meta e.a. tegen Bundeskartellamt). Meta Platforms Ireland (hierna: Meta) exploiteert onder meer het online sociale netwerk Facebook in de Europese Unie. More sustainability and more investments: what European industry can expect from the Clean Industrial Deal The European Commission wants to make European industry more competitive with the Clean Industrial Deal. This strategy should help the industry. In this blog we will explain how and when this will happen. Verdere verduurzaming en meer investeren: wat de Europese industrie kan verwachten van de Clean Industrial Deal De Europese Commissie wil de Europese industrie concurrerender maken met de Clean Industrial Deal. Deze strategie moet de industrie verder helpen verduurzamen en financiering eenvoudiger maken. Wij vertellen in dit blog hoe en wanneer dat gaat gebeuren. Signaleringsblog week 44: actuele jurisprudentie en ontwikkelingen bestuursrecht en omgevingsrecht In deze blog signaleren wij kort enkele belangwekkende bestuursrechtelijke en omgevingsrechtelijke uitspraken en ontwikkelingen van de afgelopen periode. Pagination Previous page Page 2 Page 3 Current page 4 Page 5 Next page
The honeymoon phase of the Foreign Subsidies Regulation is over! Paperwork, paperwork, paperwork. The industry voices have been clear about the Foreign Subsidies Regulation. But what is the authority’s view? We provide an update on recent developments, including the European Commission’s first policy brief.
The European Climate Law explained Co-legislators on the European Climate Law reached a provisional agreement on April 21, 2021. This Climate Law is one of the key elements of the European Green Deal, published by the European Commission in December 2019.
Actuele ontwikkelingen in stikstofland. Van de KDW en een NOx-drempelwaarde, tot een Europese Verordening natuurherstel, piekbelasters en PAS-melders Ontwikkelingen op het gebied van stikstof gaan snel. Ook sinds de in ons eerdere blogbericht besproken Kamerbrieven uit november 2022 en februari 2023 is er veel gebeurd. In dit blogbericht geven wij een update van de laatste actualiteiten.
No impairment of the EC’s impartiality: ECJ upholds Scania judgment The ECJ upheld the Commission’s fine on Scania for participating in a cartel. The Commission’s impartiality is not necessarily impaired by having the Commission case team in charge of the settlement procedure also deal with the penalty decision.
C'est le ton qui fait la musique – The end of employer copyrights? The CJEU decision in the National Orchestra of Belgium decision shakes up employer copyright in the Netherlands. With new consent and compensation requirements, are your employment contracts still airtight? Discover the implications of the decision here.
The ECJ’s ruling in Servier: Never Settle For Less Patent settlement agreements between originator pharmaceutical companies and generics manufacturers are a risky business. Originator medicine company Servier and five generic companies rolled the dice and the ECJ largely confirmed their antitrust fines.
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.
EU Compass: Boosting competitiveness as North Star Are ‘European champion’ companies walled off from unfair (foreign) competition the future? The European Commission recently presented its Competitiveness Compass to navigate the European Union to strengthened competitiveness.
First trip around the sun: FSR – one year in review 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!
Mondelēz’s fine takes the biscuit: cross-border trade crusade peaks The European Commission has fined Mondelēz EUR 337.5 million for restricting cross-border trade. Brand owners are advised to double-check their licensing and distribution systems, as well as their commercial conduct, for possible territorial restraints.
Regels tegen ontbossing: de werking en inwerkingtreding van de Ontbossingsverordening Ontwikkelingen op het gebied van de nieuwe regelgeving over ontbossing. In dit blog bespreken wij de belangrijkste punten.
Commission takes labour market enforcement to the next level Employers beware: the European Commission is strengthening its actions against anticompetitive practices in labour markets. In its recent Competition Policy Brief it takes a tough stance. Companies are well-advised to review their employment practices.
The Commission’s ‘killer’ pharma campaign: reason to complain? The European Commission is on the prowl in the pharma sector. Recent cases on alleged disparagement and pipeline drugs-killings show that it is not afraid to show its teeth and, ultimately, bite.
Digital antitrust conduct: too elusive to catch? The ink on the Digital Market Act has barely dried, but fast-evolving digital developments already have competition authorities calling for new tools. Is Big Tech not kept in check by the DMA, the antitrust rules and the EU Merger Regulation after all?
Hof van Justitie: prejudiciële vragen over gegevensverwerkingen door Meta Op 4 juli 2023 heeft het Europees Hof van Justitie een arrest gewezen in de zaak C-252/21 (Meta e.a. tegen Bundeskartellamt). Meta Platforms Ireland (hierna: Meta) exploiteert onder meer het online sociale netwerk Facebook in de Europese Unie.
More sustainability and more investments: what European industry can expect from the Clean Industrial Deal The European Commission wants to make European industry more competitive with the Clean Industrial Deal. This strategy should help the industry. In this blog we will explain how and when this will happen.
Verdere verduurzaming en meer investeren: wat de Europese industrie kan verwachten van de Clean Industrial Deal De Europese Commissie wil de Europese industrie concurrerender maken met de Clean Industrial Deal. Deze strategie moet de industrie verder helpen verduurzamen en financiering eenvoudiger maken. Wij vertellen in dit blog hoe en wanneer dat gaat gebeuren.
Signaleringsblog week 44: actuele jurisprudentie en ontwikkelingen bestuursrecht en omgevingsrecht In deze blog signaleren wij kort enkele belangwekkende bestuursrechtelijke en omgevingsrechtelijke uitspraken en ontwikkelingen van de afgelopen periode.