4454 results EU Single-Use Plastics Directive is now in force: brief recap The EU adopted a new directive aiming at tackling marine litter generated from 10 single-use plastic products and from abandoned fishing gear and oxo-degradable plastics. This is called the Single-Use Plastics Directive. ICO to impose record-breaking fines for inadequate security measures and data breaches Though the European data protection authorities have taken their time in enforcing the GDPR two announcements by the ICO in the UK regarding proposed fines for British Airways and Marriott demonstrate that large fines are about to start landing regularly. Minister voor Rechtsbescherming bevestigt: De Awb kent twee vormen van preventieve handhaving Op 21 juni 2019 heeft de Minister voor Rechtsbescherming een aantal Kamervragen beantwoord over preventieve handhaving in het bestuursrecht. Deze Kamervragen gaan over twee vormen van preventieve handhaving. Tax Alert: Dutch implementation of the EU Directive on Tax Dispute Resolution On 9 July 2019, the Senate approved the bill on tax arbitration which implements the EU Directive on tax dispute resolution mechanisms in the European Union ("EU Directive on Tax Dispute Resolution") into Dutch national legislation. The bill will be publi Monitor Wind op Land 2018: Doelstelling voor 2020 naar verwachting niet gehaald, optimistisch over opgesteld vermogen in 2023 De minister van Economische Zaken en Klimaat stuurde op 28 juni 2019 de Monitor Wind op Land 2018 naar de Tweede Kamer vergezeld van een kamerbrief. Niet nemen van een m.e.r.-beoordelingsbesluit kan leiden tot een kennelijk gegrond beroep en een 'kale vernietiging' Een hard gelag voor de gemeenteraad van Rotterdam en de ontwikkelaar: bij uitspraak van 9/7/2019 verklaart de Afdeling bestuursrechtspraak van de Raad van State het beroep tegen het bestemmingsplan "De Nieuwe Wielewaal" zonder zitting kennelijk gegrond. Stibbe represents the bankruptcy trustees of Amsterdam hospital MC Slotervaart in dispute with the City of Amsterdam Stibbe represented the bankruptcy trustees of the Amsterdam hospital MC Slotervaart in proceedings against the City of Amsterdam, centred on the City’s demand that the bankruptcy trustees investigate whether there were any irregularities prior to the ban Stibbe successfully represents Vantage in enforcement of international arbitration ruling Stibbe has represented Vantage Deepwater Drilling Inc. and Vantage Deepwater Company (Vantage) in the enforcement of an arbitral award against Petrobras in the Netherlands. Stibbe worked on this matter in close cooperation with Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Su Testen van zelfrijdende auto's sinds 1 juli 2019 vergemakkelijkt Op 1 juli 2019 is de Experimenteerwet zelfrijdende auto's in werking getreden (Stb. 2019, 240), Het betreft een wijziging van de Wegenverkeerswet 1994 (Wvw) waardoor het testen van zelfrijdende auto's (met besturing op afstand) makkelijker wordt. Kroniek van het ruimtelijke ordeningsrecht 2018 Jan van Oosten schreef samen met Hugo Doornhof voor Bouwrecht de kroniek van het ruimtelijke ordeningsrecht in 2018. Tax Alert: Legislative proposal on Dutch implementation of ATAD 2 (anti-hybrid rules) On 2 July 2019, the Dutch State Secretary of Finance has published a legislative proposal to implement the EU Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive 2 ("ATAD 2") into Dutch domestic legislation (the "Bill"). ATAD 2 provides for minimum standards to neutralize hybri Podcast: Arbeidsrecht en kunstmatige intelligentie Deze aflevering van Stibbe Legal Insights behandelt arbeidsrecht en kunstmatige intelligentie. HR-techexpert Siert Akel van VIE People en Wonderkind en advocaten Marko Jovovic en Jaap van Slooten bespreken AI in de praktijk en juridische uitdagingen. Consultation to extend shareholder notification obligations Stibbe has taken part in the public consultation concerning the draft Act on the extension of substantial holding notification obligations, which was commissioned by the Dutch Minister of Finance. Stibbe wins summary proceedings for energy companies Under the strict sustainability provisions of the Agreement on Energy for Sustainable Growth 2013 (known as the Energy Agreement), coal-fired power plants in the Netherlands are using an increasing proportion of biomass instead of coal. Audit firms and accountant's duty of care towards third parties The Dutch Supreme Court recently decided (ECLI:NL:HR:2019:744) that the standard for audit firms' and accountants' duty of care towards third parties is in essence no different than the general duty of care under Dutch tort law [...]. Prove it or lose it: court sets aside ACM fines in two separate cases The Rotterdam District Court recently confirmed the high bar which has been set for the ACM when proving its case: the court annulled the fines imposed by the ACM in two different cases and, significantly, each for the same reason. No parking! Canon fined EUR 28 million for warehousing transaction structure The European Commission has landed a third strike against gun-jumping, the prohibition to implement a transaction before notification to and clearance by the Commission. Abuse of economic dependence and unfair contract terms in B2B relations: ready for 2020? 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EU Single-Use Plastics Directive is now in force: brief recap The EU adopted a new directive aiming at tackling marine litter generated from 10 single-use plastic products and from abandoned fishing gear and oxo-degradable plastics. This is called the Single-Use Plastics Directive.
ICO to impose record-breaking fines for inadequate security measures and data breaches Though the European data protection authorities have taken their time in enforcing the GDPR two announcements by the ICO in the UK regarding proposed fines for British Airways and Marriott demonstrate that large fines are about to start landing regularly.
Minister voor Rechtsbescherming bevestigt: De Awb kent twee vormen van preventieve handhaving Op 21 juni 2019 heeft de Minister voor Rechtsbescherming een aantal Kamervragen beantwoord over preventieve handhaving in het bestuursrecht. Deze Kamervragen gaan over twee vormen van preventieve handhaving.
Tax Alert: Dutch implementation of the EU Directive on Tax Dispute Resolution On 9 July 2019, the Senate approved the bill on tax arbitration which implements the EU Directive on tax dispute resolution mechanisms in the European Union ("EU Directive on Tax Dispute Resolution") into Dutch national legislation. The bill will be publi
Monitor Wind op Land 2018: Doelstelling voor 2020 naar verwachting niet gehaald, optimistisch over opgesteld vermogen in 2023 De minister van Economische Zaken en Klimaat stuurde op 28 juni 2019 de Monitor Wind op Land 2018 naar de Tweede Kamer vergezeld van een kamerbrief.
Niet nemen van een m.e.r.-beoordelingsbesluit kan leiden tot een kennelijk gegrond beroep en een 'kale vernietiging' Een hard gelag voor de gemeenteraad van Rotterdam en de ontwikkelaar: bij uitspraak van 9/7/2019 verklaart de Afdeling bestuursrechtspraak van de Raad van State het beroep tegen het bestemmingsplan "De Nieuwe Wielewaal" zonder zitting kennelijk gegrond.
Stibbe represents the bankruptcy trustees of Amsterdam hospital MC Slotervaart in dispute with the City of Amsterdam Stibbe represented the bankruptcy trustees of the Amsterdam hospital MC Slotervaart in proceedings against the City of Amsterdam, centred on the City’s demand that the bankruptcy trustees investigate whether there were any irregularities prior to the ban
Stibbe successfully represents Vantage in enforcement of international arbitration ruling Stibbe has represented Vantage Deepwater Drilling Inc. and Vantage Deepwater Company (Vantage) in the enforcement of an arbitral award against Petrobras in the Netherlands. Stibbe worked on this matter in close cooperation with Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Su
Testen van zelfrijdende auto's sinds 1 juli 2019 vergemakkelijkt Op 1 juli 2019 is de Experimenteerwet zelfrijdende auto's in werking getreden (Stb. 2019, 240), Het betreft een wijziging van de Wegenverkeerswet 1994 (Wvw) waardoor het testen van zelfrijdende auto's (met besturing op afstand) makkelijker wordt.
Kroniek van het ruimtelijke ordeningsrecht 2018 Jan van Oosten schreef samen met Hugo Doornhof voor Bouwrecht de kroniek van het ruimtelijke ordeningsrecht in 2018.
Tax Alert: Legislative proposal on Dutch implementation of ATAD 2 (anti-hybrid rules) On 2 July 2019, the Dutch State Secretary of Finance has published a legislative proposal to implement the EU Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive 2 ("ATAD 2") into Dutch domestic legislation (the "Bill"). ATAD 2 provides for minimum standards to neutralize hybri
Podcast: Arbeidsrecht en kunstmatige intelligentie Deze aflevering van Stibbe Legal Insights behandelt arbeidsrecht en kunstmatige intelligentie. HR-techexpert Siert Akel van VIE People en Wonderkind en advocaten Marko Jovovic en Jaap van Slooten bespreken AI in de praktijk en juridische uitdagingen.
Consultation to extend shareholder notification obligations Stibbe has taken part in the public consultation concerning the draft Act on the extension of substantial holding notification obligations, which was commissioned by the Dutch Minister of Finance.
Stibbe wins summary proceedings for energy companies Under the strict sustainability provisions of the Agreement on Energy for Sustainable Growth 2013 (known as the Energy Agreement), coal-fired power plants in the Netherlands are using an increasing proportion of biomass instead of coal.
Audit firms and accountant's duty of care towards third parties The Dutch Supreme Court recently decided (ECLI:NL:HR:2019:744) that the standard for audit firms' and accountants' duty of care towards third parties is in essence no different than the general duty of care under Dutch tort law [...].
Prove it or lose it: court sets aside ACM fines in two separate cases The Rotterdam District Court recently confirmed the high bar which has been set for the ACM when proving its case: the court annulled the fines imposed by the ACM in two different cases and, significantly, each for the same reason.
No parking! Canon fined EUR 28 million for warehousing transaction structure The European Commission has landed a third strike against gun-jumping, the prohibition to implement a transaction before notification to and clearance by the Commission.
Abuse of economic dependence and unfair contract terms in B2B relations: ready for 2020? Belgium adopted a new act prohibiting the abuse of economic dependence, the use of unfair contract terms and unfair market practices in B2B relationships.