The Dutch Public Prosecution Office ("DPPO") has introduced a new policy (aanwijzing), effective 1 January 2025, outlining conditions and fine reductions for self-disclosure, cooperation and self-investigation in corporate...more
In Short -
The Development: On 1 June 2023, the Security Screening of Investment, Mergers and Acquisitions Act (Wet Veiligheidstoets investeringen, fusies en overnames) ("the FDI Act") entered into force, introducing a...more
In December 2018, the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets ("ACM") published guidelines designed to shorten the timeline and reduce the cost of settling cases. The Guidelines clarify ACM's simplified settlement...more
The Ruling: On October 9, 2018, the Hague Court of Appeal upheld the Hague District Court's 2015 first-instance ruling that the Dutch State violated the European Convention on Human Rights ("ECHR") and failed to fulfil its...more
The Ruling: The Dutch competition authority's approval of KPN's acquisition of fiber operator Reggefiber was upheld by the Dutch Trade and Industry Appeals Tribunal in February 2018. In assessing the merger's competitive...more
3/16/2018
/ Acquisitions ,
Antitrust Investigations ,
Competition ,
Competition Authorities ,
EU ,
Global Economy ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
Netherlands ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Telecommunications
The Ruling: The far-reaching retrieval of mobile phone data during dawn raids by the Dutch competition authority is permissible, even if encompassing data of a non-business nature, as affirmed by a recent ruling of the Hague...more