754 results COVID-19: fast-forwarding competition law Competition authorities are temporarily ‘green-lighting’ certain collaboration initiatives to safeguard the supply of essential products in light of the COVID-19 outbreak. ECJ confirms: no shortcut for ‘by object’ antitrust infringements The European Court of Justice has found there is no shortcut for determining whether particular conduct can be held to have the object to restrict competition. ESG: European Commission consults on Renewed Sustainable Finance Strategy While battling the COVID-19 outbreak, the European Commission does not lose sight of the long-term objective to fully embed sustainability in the financial services landscape. Finding your way through the maze of Belgian aid measures available to businesses in times of COVID-19 In order to help companies in these dire times of COVID-19, Belgium’s federal and regional governments have provided an arsenal of aid measures. Sophie Van Besien, Michèle de Clerck and Peter Wytinck provide an overview. ACM played high stakes and lost: no more fixed network access regulation The ACM’s failure to meet the requisite standard of proof has led to the fixed networks of Dutch telecom providers KPN and VodafoneZiggo being free from access regulation. EU competition policy agenda: full to the brim The European Commission’s competition policy agenda stretches to 2024 and contains plans for many new or revised rules and guidelines. ACM geeft bedrijven meer ruimte om samen te werken voor klimaat- en milieudoelen De Autoriteit Consument & Markt (ACM) wil dat Nederlandse bedrijven meer ruimte krijgen om samen te werken op het gebied van duurzaamheid. Stibbe advises Rhône Group and The Chatterjee Group Stibbe advised private equity firm Rhône Group and The Chatterjee Group on the joint acquisition of McDermott International, Inc.’s Lummus Technology Group. Initiatiefnota ter bevordering internationaal maatschappelijk verantwoord ondernemen: komt er een brede due diligence-wetgeving voor bedrijven tegen slavernij en uitbuiting? Op 17 juni 2020 hebben de ChristenUnie, SP, PvdA en GroenLinks een Initiatiefnota “Tegen slavernij en uitbuiting – een wettelijke ondergrens voor verantwoord ondernemen” (“Initiatiefnota”) bij de Tweede Kamer ingediend. European Commission to pull the strings of foreign subsidies The European Commission is adding powers to its toolbox to ensure a level playing field between European and foreign(-backed) companies active on the EU market. Return to sender: Court annuls ministerial unblocking of postal merger The Rotterdam District Court has annulled the Dutch Minister’s very first clearance of a blocked merger (between postal operators PostNL and Sandd), on grounds of public interest. New competition tool: something old, something new, something borrowed Large online platforms may face more regulatory obligations, whilst non-dominant companies’ unilateral conduct may soon be curbed. Nieuwe publicaties van het netwerk van centrale banken en toezichthouders Het Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) benadrukt opnieuw het toenemende belang van klimaatverandering voor centrale banken en toezichthouders. E-book: 'Practical implications of ESG disclosure regulations' As of 10 March 2021, many financial market participants and financial advisers will be subject to new disclosure obligations following the entry into force of the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) on 29 December 2019. Een groene encyclopedie voor de financiële sector Op 22 juni 2020 is de Europese taxonomieverordening (Verordening (EU) 2020/282) gepubliceerd. De verordening wordt gezien als een mijlpaal voor de verduurzaming van de financiële sector. Wetsvoorstel stikstofreductie en natuurverbetering: structurele aanpak voor de stikstofproblematiek? Van 27 mei 2020 tot en met 10 juni 2020 heeft het conceptvoorstel voor de Wet stikstofreductie en natuurverbetering in internetconsultatie voorgelegen. Swifter merger clearance and shorter merger filings in Belgium Companies can expect swifter merger clearance and simpler filing rules in Belgium. The Belgian Competition Authority has published a communication with additional rules concerning the simplified procedure for certain types of concentrations. CBb confirms: no cartel fine, still interest to appeal cartel decision Companies can challenge a decision establishing that they committed a competition law violation, even if no fine was imposed on them. Pagination Previous page Page 13 Current page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Next page
COVID-19: fast-forwarding competition law Competition authorities are temporarily ‘green-lighting’ certain collaboration initiatives to safeguard the supply of essential products in light of the COVID-19 outbreak.
ECJ confirms: no shortcut for ‘by object’ antitrust infringements The European Court of Justice has found there is no shortcut for determining whether particular conduct can be held to have the object to restrict competition.
ESG: European Commission consults on Renewed Sustainable Finance Strategy While battling the COVID-19 outbreak, the European Commission does not lose sight of the long-term objective to fully embed sustainability in the financial services landscape.
Finding your way through the maze of Belgian aid measures available to businesses in times of COVID-19 In order to help companies in these dire times of COVID-19, Belgium’s federal and regional governments have provided an arsenal of aid measures. Sophie Van Besien, Michèle de Clerck and Peter Wytinck provide an overview.
ACM played high stakes and lost: no more fixed network access regulation The ACM’s failure to meet the requisite standard of proof has led to the fixed networks of Dutch telecom providers KPN and VodafoneZiggo being free from access regulation.
EU competition policy agenda: full to the brim The European Commission’s competition policy agenda stretches to 2024 and contains plans for many new or revised rules and guidelines.
ACM geeft bedrijven meer ruimte om samen te werken voor klimaat- en milieudoelen De Autoriteit Consument & Markt (ACM) wil dat Nederlandse bedrijven meer ruimte krijgen om samen te werken op het gebied van duurzaamheid.
Stibbe advises Rhône Group and The Chatterjee Group Stibbe advised private equity firm Rhône Group and The Chatterjee Group on the joint acquisition of McDermott International, Inc.’s Lummus Technology Group.
Initiatiefnota ter bevordering internationaal maatschappelijk verantwoord ondernemen: komt er een brede due diligence-wetgeving voor bedrijven tegen slavernij en uitbuiting? Op 17 juni 2020 hebben de ChristenUnie, SP, PvdA en GroenLinks een Initiatiefnota “Tegen slavernij en uitbuiting – een wettelijke ondergrens voor verantwoord ondernemen” (“Initiatiefnota”) bij de Tweede Kamer ingediend.
European Commission to pull the strings of foreign subsidies The European Commission is adding powers to its toolbox to ensure a level playing field between European and foreign(-backed) companies active on the EU market.
Return to sender: Court annuls ministerial unblocking of postal merger The Rotterdam District Court has annulled the Dutch Minister’s very first clearance of a blocked merger (between postal operators PostNL and Sandd), on grounds of public interest.
New competition tool: something old, something new, something borrowed Large online platforms may face more regulatory obligations, whilst non-dominant companies’ unilateral conduct may soon be curbed.
Nieuwe publicaties van het netwerk van centrale banken en toezichthouders Het Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) benadrukt opnieuw het toenemende belang van klimaatverandering voor centrale banken en toezichthouders.
E-book: 'Practical implications of ESG disclosure regulations' As of 10 March 2021, many financial market participants and financial advisers will be subject to new disclosure obligations following the entry into force of the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) on 29 December 2019.
Een groene encyclopedie voor de financiële sector Op 22 juni 2020 is de Europese taxonomieverordening (Verordening (EU) 2020/282) gepubliceerd. De verordening wordt gezien als een mijlpaal voor de verduurzaming van de financiële sector.
Wetsvoorstel stikstofreductie en natuurverbetering: structurele aanpak voor de stikstofproblematiek? Van 27 mei 2020 tot en met 10 juni 2020 heeft het conceptvoorstel voor de Wet stikstofreductie en natuurverbetering in internetconsultatie voorgelegen.
Swifter merger clearance and shorter merger filings in Belgium Companies can expect swifter merger clearance and simpler filing rules in Belgium. The Belgian Competition Authority has published a communication with additional rules concerning the simplified procedure for certain types of concentrations.
CBb confirms: no cartel fine, still interest to appeal cartel decision Companies can challenge a decision establishing that they committed a competition law violation, even if no fine was imposed on them.