492 results From Company Law to “Value Chain Law”: Observations and Dilemmas on the CSDDD Proposal In this special issue of Tijdschrift Ondernemingsrecht on the proposal for the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (#CSDDD proposal), Steven Hijink and Matthijs de Jongh wrote a column named 'From Company Law to "Value Chain Law"'. French supermarket dawn raids down the drain On 9 March 2023, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that the European Commission should properly record interviews if they are used to gather information regarding the subject matter of the investigation. Guidelines vs Guidance: exclusionary abuse Guidelines due by 2025 The European Commission is seeking feedback on the adoption of Guidelines on exclusionary abuses of dominance under Article 102 TFEU. In the meantime, the Commission has amended its 2008 Guidance. De Herziene Corporate Governance Code 2022 In het Maandblad voor Ondernemingsrecht bespreekt Sandra Rietveld de op 20 december 2022 gepubliceerde herziene Nederlandse Corporate Governance Code. Diversiteit Op 1 januari 2022 is de Wet ingroeiquotum en streefcijfers ("Diversiteitswet") in werking getreden. Full Circle – Versnellen naar een circulair systeem Valérie van 't Lam is panellid bij het door Circl Amsterdam georganiseerde event 'Full Circle - Versnellen naar een circulair systeem'. Met andere experts gaat zij in gesprek over de realisatie van de grote circulaire opgave. The ACM’s priorities in 2023: the energy transition, digitalisation, and sustainability On 26 January 2023, the ACM announced that its priorities for 2023 would be the energy transition, the digital economy, and sustainability. This agenda is unsurprising in view of the ACM’s recent policy statements and enforcement actions. Hoe verder na Remkes en Porthos? Minister presenteert stikstofplannen voor de korte en lange termijn Op 25 November 2022 zette minister Van der Wal in een omvangrijke Kamerbrief de stikstofplannen uiteen. In dit blog bespreken wij de hoofdlijnen van de kabinetsaanpak op de korte en lange termijn. Enkele lessen uit recente jurisprudentie voor het sturen op duurzame mobiliteit via het bestemmingsplan Via parkeernormen sturen gemeentes actief op mobiliteit. Uit de jurisprudentie volgt dat het mogelijk is om op deze wijze via een bestemmingsplan bij te dragen aan duurzame mobiliteit. Wel gelden daarbij enkele regels, die wij in dit blog bespreken. The Stibbe Annual Competition Update will take place on 24 January 2023 2023 will be the end game of the European Commission’s competition policy review. Shiny new competition policy tools for dealing with social, digital and vertical aspects as well as foreign investment issues are upcoming, ongoing or being finalised. Stibbe advises RWE on the EU merger control aspects of its acquisition of the Magnum power plant in Eemshaven Stibbe advises RWE on the acquisition from Vattenfall of the state-of-the-art gas-fired power plant Magnum with a capacity of 1.4 gigawatt and a 5.6 megawatts solar plant at Eemshaven, the Netherlands. 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. District Court ruled on the recognition of the res judicata effect of a Turkish judgment and dismissed an antitrust follow on damages claim regarding the cathode-ray tube markets The District Court of Oost-Brabant recognized the res judicata effect of a Turkish court of appeal judgment, in which the Turkish court had dismissed antitrust damages claims brought by Vestel against Philips, Samsung, LGE, Technicolor, TTD and TDP. Verticale prijsbinding: handhaving, boetes en schadeclaims We bespreken de wijze waarop bedrijven hun afnemers ongeoorloofd dwingen tot het rekenen van minimumprijzen en waarom dat niet mag. De ACM handhaaft streng en leveranciers kunnen rekenen op hoge boetes en schadeclaims van gedupeerde consumenten. Commission steers market definition to the 21st century Companies have a new and improved tool for the competitive assessment of their conduct and intended acquisitions. The European Commission has updated its guidance on how to define relevant markets for the purpose of EU competition law enforcement. Enforcement of open, sustainability-oriented CSDDD standards: lessons from administrative law Tom Barkhuysen and Valérie van 't Lam wrote a preliminary opinion for the Koninklijke Vereeniging 'Handelsrecht' on how to enforce the CSDDD's open standards. Handhaving van open, op duurzaamheid gerichte CSDDD-normen: lessen uit het bestuursrecht Tom Barkhuysen en Valérie van 't Lam schreven voor de Koninklijke Vereeniging 'Handelsrecht' een preadvies over de handhaving van de open normen van de CSDDD. Structural sustainability cannot be enforced through liability In her inaugural lecture at Leiden University on 22 March, Branda Katan spoke about enforcing sustainability through liability. The number of civil cases against companies is expected to increase in the coming years. Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Next page
From Company Law to “Value Chain Law”: Observations and Dilemmas on the CSDDD Proposal In this special issue of Tijdschrift Ondernemingsrecht on the proposal for the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (#CSDDD proposal), Steven Hijink and Matthijs de Jongh wrote a column named 'From Company Law to "Value Chain Law"'.
French supermarket dawn raids down the drain On 9 March 2023, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that the European Commission should properly record interviews if they are used to gather information regarding the subject matter of the investigation.
Guidelines vs Guidance: exclusionary abuse Guidelines due by 2025 The European Commission is seeking feedback on the adoption of Guidelines on exclusionary abuses of dominance under Article 102 TFEU. In the meantime, the Commission has amended its 2008 Guidance.
De Herziene Corporate Governance Code 2022 In het Maandblad voor Ondernemingsrecht bespreekt Sandra Rietveld de op 20 december 2022 gepubliceerde herziene Nederlandse Corporate Governance Code.
Diversiteit Op 1 januari 2022 is de Wet ingroeiquotum en streefcijfers ("Diversiteitswet") in werking getreden.
Full Circle – Versnellen naar een circulair systeem Valérie van 't Lam is panellid bij het door Circl Amsterdam georganiseerde event 'Full Circle - Versnellen naar een circulair systeem'. Met andere experts gaat zij in gesprek over de realisatie van de grote circulaire opgave.
The ACM’s priorities in 2023: the energy transition, digitalisation, and sustainability On 26 January 2023, the ACM announced that its priorities for 2023 would be the energy transition, the digital economy, and sustainability. This agenda is unsurprising in view of the ACM’s recent policy statements and enforcement actions.
Hoe verder na Remkes en Porthos? Minister presenteert stikstofplannen voor de korte en lange termijn Op 25 November 2022 zette minister Van der Wal in een omvangrijke Kamerbrief de stikstofplannen uiteen. In dit blog bespreken wij de hoofdlijnen van de kabinetsaanpak op de korte en lange termijn.
Enkele lessen uit recente jurisprudentie voor het sturen op duurzame mobiliteit via het bestemmingsplan Via parkeernormen sturen gemeentes actief op mobiliteit. Uit de jurisprudentie volgt dat het mogelijk is om op deze wijze via een bestemmingsplan bij te dragen aan duurzame mobiliteit. Wel gelden daarbij enkele regels, die wij in dit blog bespreken.
The Stibbe Annual Competition Update will take place on 24 January 2023 2023 will be the end game of the European Commission’s competition policy review. Shiny new competition policy tools for dealing with social, digital and vertical aspects as well as foreign investment issues are upcoming, ongoing or being finalised.
Stibbe advises RWE on the EU merger control aspects of its acquisition of the Magnum power plant in Eemshaven Stibbe advises RWE on the acquisition from Vattenfall of the state-of-the-art gas-fired power plant Magnum with a capacity of 1.4 gigawatt and a 5.6 megawatts solar plant at Eemshaven, the Netherlands.
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.
District Court ruled on the recognition of the res judicata effect of a Turkish judgment and dismissed an antitrust follow on damages claim regarding the cathode-ray tube markets The District Court of Oost-Brabant recognized the res judicata effect of a Turkish court of appeal judgment, in which the Turkish court had dismissed antitrust damages claims brought by Vestel against Philips, Samsung, LGE, Technicolor, TTD and TDP.
Verticale prijsbinding: handhaving, boetes en schadeclaims We bespreken de wijze waarop bedrijven hun afnemers ongeoorloofd dwingen tot het rekenen van minimumprijzen en waarom dat niet mag. De ACM handhaaft streng en leveranciers kunnen rekenen op hoge boetes en schadeclaims van gedupeerde consumenten.
Commission steers market definition to the 21st century Companies have a new and improved tool for the competitive assessment of their conduct and intended acquisitions. The European Commission has updated its guidance on how to define relevant markets for the purpose of EU competition law enforcement.
Enforcement of open, sustainability-oriented CSDDD standards: lessons from administrative law Tom Barkhuysen and Valérie van 't Lam wrote a preliminary opinion for the Koninklijke Vereeniging 'Handelsrecht' on how to enforce the CSDDD's open standards.
Handhaving van open, op duurzaamheid gerichte CSDDD-normen: lessen uit het bestuursrecht Tom Barkhuysen en Valérie van 't Lam schreven voor de Koninklijke Vereeniging 'Handelsrecht' een preadvies over de handhaving van de open normen van de CSDDD.
Structural sustainability cannot be enforced through liability In her inaugural lecture at Leiden University on 22 March, Branda Katan spoke about enforcing sustainability through liability. The number of civil cases against companies is expected to increase in the coming years.