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In this blog, Marieke Driessen and Niek Groenendijk of our Financial Markets team discuss the EU green bonds regulation which will start applying in 2024. 

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.

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?

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.

In het Transformation Forums Magazine gaat Branda Katan in op de effectiviteit van het aansprakelijk stellen van bedrijven voor de impact die ze hebben op mensenrechten, milieu en klimaat, oftewel op duurzaamheid.

Stibbe lawyers Marieke Driessen, Loes van Dijk and Ingrid van der Klooster contributed to the book 'Sustainable Finance in Europe' which was recently published.

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 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.

In deze bijdrage gaan we in op de ontwikkelingen op dit gebied, in het bijzonder op de onderwerpen (i) gelijke beloning, (ii) zwangerschapsdiscriminatie en (iii) gelijke kansen bij werving en selectie.

The rulings by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on the discretionary powers of international sports associations to authorise alternative competitions show that the specifics of sports are no reason to tread lightly when applying EU competition rules.

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.

Since 2021, Dutch rules against unfair trading practices, which implemented an EU Directive, apply to business-to-business relationships in agri-food supply chains. Enforcement by the ACM, initially slow, is now intensifying.

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.

Since to this date no specific legal form for the social enterprise exists in the Netherlands, companies are looking for other ways to demonstrate their commitment to CSR, for instance by aligning with private codes and labels.