715 results Google Android-ruling: Commission flunks AEC test once again The AEC test has likely assumed mythic status at the European Commission with the EU courts striking down its AEC analysis for a third time. Nevertheless, the Commission seems on the right track to tackling abuse of dominance in the digital sector. The dowry in the environment plan In the Omgevingswet (Environment and Planning Act), the dowry contains state rules that no longer regulate activities at state level, but is carried through to local rules. The Foreign Subsidies Regulation’s initial focus on China Although the text of the Foreign Subsidies Regulation is not aimed at specific countries, the European Commission’s initial enforcement actions appear to be targeting Chinese subsidies. The EU Green Bond Standard 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. No reduction order for Shell on appeal: what does this mean? Shell climate case on appeal: no CO2 reduction order. What does this mean for the future? And for other companies? The long and (un)winding road of ‘killer acquisition’ Illumina/Grail Crystal ball gazing into prospective innovation rat races when assessing vertical mergers may soon be all in a day’s work for the European Commission. Innovation was a recurring theme in the Commission’s handling of the Illumina/Grail deal. Proposed amendments in the Dutch 2024 Tax Package related to ESG On Budget Day the Dutch Ministry of Finance published the 2024 Tax Package, including the 2024 Tax Plan. Certain proposals related to ESG that may be relevant to international businesses are addressed in this Tax Alert. PFAS: the latest developments on its legal status and regulation Last summer, PFAS was frequently in the news, including a study by RIVM on PFAS in the blood of the Dutch population. This blog discusses the developments concerning the legal status and regulation of PFAS. The Climate and Energy Memorandum 2025 and the recommendations of the Advisory Division The Advisory Division of the Council of State of the Netherlands is critical of the 2025 Climate and Energy Memorandum. The Netherlands is making little progress in achieving its climate targets for 2030. What recommendations does the Division make? Court of Appeal overturns first instance judgment and establishes that several prestressing steel producers are liable for the potential loss alleged by Deutsche Bahn The Court of Appeal of 's-Hertogenbosch ruled that several producers of prestressing steel are jointly and severally liable for potential loss that Deutsche Bahn may have suffered as a result of an infringement of competition law rules. Private Investigation Act - Unpacking the Scope and Key Requirements This seminar, the first in our 2025 TMT seminar series, examines the new Belgian Private Investigation Act ("Wet tot regeling van de private opsporing" / "Loi réglementant la recherche privée"), which came into effect in December 2024. The impact of Book 7 and the Data Act on IT contracts This seminar, the second in our 2025 TMT seminar series, covers the impact of Book 7 (Special Contracts) and the Data Act on IT contracts. Antiabuse Rules: Changes for Holding Companies Investing in the Netherlands In this issue of Tax Notes International, Ashley Peeters and Michael Molenaars examine two recent Dutch Supreme Court rulings providing more details about antiabuse tests for foreign holding companies that invest in the Netherlands. Current developments in Dutch tax law This Tax Alert provides an update on three relevant tax development. Stibbe ‘Netherlands Tax Firm of the Year 2021’ For the fifth time, Stibbe has been named ‘Netherlands Tax Firm of the Year’ by International Tax Review. Competition law in 2024: putting theory into practice 2023 marked the near finale of the European Commission’s overhaul of its competition policy, leaving only a few loose ends to tie up in 2024/2025. It is now time to watch theory be put into practice by the competition authorities and at the courts. 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? 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. Pagination Previous page Page 37 Page 38 Current page 39 Page 40 Next page
Google Android-ruling: Commission flunks AEC test once again The AEC test has likely assumed mythic status at the European Commission with the EU courts striking down its AEC analysis for a third time. Nevertheless, the Commission seems on the right track to tackling abuse of dominance in the digital sector.
The dowry in the environment plan In the Omgevingswet (Environment and Planning Act), the dowry contains state rules that no longer regulate activities at state level, but is carried through to local rules.
The Foreign Subsidies Regulation’s initial focus on China Although the text of the Foreign Subsidies Regulation is not aimed at specific countries, the European Commission’s initial enforcement actions appear to be targeting Chinese subsidies.
The EU Green Bond Standard 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.
No reduction order for Shell on appeal: what does this mean? Shell climate case on appeal: no CO2 reduction order. What does this mean for the future? And for other companies?
The long and (un)winding road of ‘killer acquisition’ Illumina/Grail Crystal ball gazing into prospective innovation rat races when assessing vertical mergers may soon be all in a day’s work for the European Commission. Innovation was a recurring theme in the Commission’s handling of the Illumina/Grail deal.
Proposed amendments in the Dutch 2024 Tax Package related to ESG On Budget Day the Dutch Ministry of Finance published the 2024 Tax Package, including the 2024 Tax Plan. Certain proposals related to ESG that may be relevant to international businesses are addressed in this Tax Alert.
PFAS: the latest developments on its legal status and regulation Last summer, PFAS was frequently in the news, including a study by RIVM on PFAS in the blood of the Dutch population. This blog discusses the developments concerning the legal status and regulation of PFAS.
The Climate and Energy Memorandum 2025 and the recommendations of the Advisory Division The Advisory Division of the Council of State of the Netherlands is critical of the 2025 Climate and Energy Memorandum. The Netherlands is making little progress in achieving its climate targets for 2030. What recommendations does the Division make?
Court of Appeal overturns first instance judgment and establishes that several prestressing steel producers are liable for the potential loss alleged by Deutsche Bahn The Court of Appeal of 's-Hertogenbosch ruled that several producers of prestressing steel are jointly and severally liable for potential loss that Deutsche Bahn may have suffered as a result of an infringement of competition law rules.
Private Investigation Act - Unpacking the Scope and Key Requirements This seminar, the first in our 2025 TMT seminar series, examines the new Belgian Private Investigation Act ("Wet tot regeling van de private opsporing" / "Loi réglementant la recherche privée"), which came into effect in December 2024.
The impact of Book 7 and the Data Act on IT contracts This seminar, the second in our 2025 TMT seminar series, covers the impact of Book 7 (Special Contracts) and the Data Act on IT contracts.
Antiabuse Rules: Changes for Holding Companies Investing in the Netherlands In this issue of Tax Notes International, Ashley Peeters and Michael Molenaars examine two recent Dutch Supreme Court rulings providing more details about antiabuse tests for foreign holding companies that invest in the Netherlands.
Current developments in Dutch tax law This Tax Alert provides an update on three relevant tax development.
Stibbe ‘Netherlands Tax Firm of the Year 2021’ For the fifth time, Stibbe has been named ‘Netherlands Tax Firm of the Year’ by International Tax Review.
Competition law in 2024: putting theory into practice 2023 marked the near finale of the European Commission’s overhaul of its competition policy, leaving only a few loose ends to tie up in 2024/2025. It is now time to watch theory be put into practice by the competition authorities and at the courts.
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?
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.