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Proposal GTS for tariffs 2019 gas transmission system
Gasunie Transport Services (GTS) submitted a proposal for the tariffs that it wants to charge in 2019 to the Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM). The ACM judges this proposal and expects to set the tariffs in May 2018. The timing of the yearly … -
Special edition: Assessing the impact of competition and regulatory policies
Dutch journal De Economist has published a special edition about the impact of antitrust enforcement and sector-specific regulation. Impact assessment helps justify the actions taken by regulators, and it helps regulators learn from its actions. This … -
Information about Dutch 097-numbers for non-Dutch providers
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM), the Dutch telecom regulator, has received reports that Dutch 097-numbers (or +31-97 with the international code for the Netherlands) in other European countries can be poorly reached. Several … -
Bundeskartellamt closes investigation in towage sector with settlements
On December 18, 2017, the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) announced that the German competition authority, the Bundeskartellamt, had reached settlements with three undertakings and their executives in connection with their … -
Clear safety standards for new low-voltage grids
New low-voltage grids must comply with carefully specified safety standards. This has been laid down in a decision that the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has published. This decision contains the safety standards that grid … -
ACM proposes to regulate KPN’s and VodafoneZiggo’s fixed networks
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers & Markets (ACM) wants to ensure competition by enabling market participants without fixed and mobile networks of their own to continue to offer services to end-users. In that way, sufficient competition will remain … -
Draft version of market analysis decision on access to fixed telecom networks (Wholesale Fixed Access)
KPN and VodafoneZiggo must grant competitors access to their fixed telecom networks. ACM proposes this in the draft market analysis decision on Fixed Access (WFA). This will solve competition problems that are the result of the collective dominance of KPN … -
Downloadable program 2018 ACM Conference
Download the full program of the 2018 ACM Conference. … -
Urged by European regulators, social-media platforms Google+, Facebook and Twitter adjust terms and conditions
Google, Facebook and Twitter will adjust the general terms and conditions of their social-media platforms Google+, Facebook and Twitter. This means that consumers, when using these online platforms, will be faced with general terms and conditions that are … -
Flour producer Dossche Mills cleared to acquire rival Meneba
Belgian flour producer Dossche Mills has been cleared to acquire its Dutch rival Meneba. Sufficient competition will remain in the flour sector after this concentration. Competitive pressure from the German mills, which now already serve 30% of the …