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Insurers do not distort competition on the auto-body repair market
Many small auto-body repair businesses have trouble staying afloat. This is not the result of anticompetitive conduct by insurers, but it is rather the result of market developments. This has been one of the conclusions of the Netherlands Authority for … -
ACM investigates price-fixing agreements between consumer-goods manufacturers and retailers
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has launched an investigation into price-fixing agreements between consumer-goods manufacturers and retailers (including online retailers). ACM is suspecting that some consumer-goods manufacturers … -
ACM symposium on cartels, fines, and consumer damages
How can you compensate consumers for all the harm they suffered from a price-fixing cartel? Nicole Rosenboom of SEO Amsterdam Economics (SEO) argues that current economic models for calculating private damages claims underestimate the actual harm. Ms. … -
ACM Working Paper: Reconciling competition and IP law: the case of patented pharmaceuticals and dominance abuse
Chris Fonteijn, Ilan Akker and Wolf Sauter have written a scientific publication for the book on competition law and intellectual property law to be published later in 2018. The title of their contribution is 'Reconciling competition and IP law: the case … -
Dutch Railways NS abused its dominant position in regional tender process
Dutch Railways NS abused its dominant position in the 2014 tender process for the public-transport contract in the southern Dutch province of Limburg. The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has imposed a fine of EUR 40,950,000 on NS. … -
ACM conference Impact Assessment 2016: presentation Duso
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers & Markets (ACM) organised a conference on “Impact Assessment of Interventions of Competition and Consumer Authorities”, to pay tribute to the ten-year anniversary of the ACM’s (former NMa’s) Chief Economist Office. … -
ACM confirms dawn raids at Dutch Railways NS and its subsidiaries QBuzz/Abellio
Last week, the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) conducted dawn raids at Dutch Railways NS, including its subsidiaries QBuzz/Abellio. These dawn raids were carried out as part of the investigation into possible abuse of dominance and … -
ACM closes investigation into AstraZeneca
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has carried out an investigation into the large price difference between the price that international pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca asked for heart burn drug Nexium sold inside hospitals, and … -
No abuse of a dominant position by AstraZeneca
As it has not sufficiently been determined in this case that AstraZeneca enjoyed a dominant position, no violation of the Dutch Competition Act has been established. It could not be established that a sufficiently substantial group of patients that were … -
KPN fined for putting large business customers at a disadvantage
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has imposed a fine of EUR 900,000 on Dutch telecom provider KPN. In 2009, ACM found out that KPN had misled ACM when it provided tariff information in connection with the 2006 tender process of …