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Articles by Roos Elemans
Navigating access refusals after the ECJ’s Google Android Auto-ruling
Big Tech faces significant challenges when denying third parties access to their open platforms. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that a dominant company’s refusal to make its open platform compatible with a third-party app can constitute an abuse of a dominant position if granting interoperability would make the third-party app more attractive to consumers.
Rolling the dice on roll-up strategies
For the first time, the Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has cleared an acquisition based on a ‘roll-up strategy’ assessment. The outcome of another roll-up strategy merger assessment is pending. Meanwhile, the Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs is considering how to fill the gap in the ACM’s powers to assess roll-up strategies. Companies will have to wait and see how the dice roll when considering serial acquisitions.
You win some, you lose some: Google AdSense decision annulled
The judgment in the Google AdSense case confirms that the bar for proving anticompetitive conduct under Article 102 TFEU is high. The General Court (GC) has annulled the EUR 1.49 billion fine imposed on Google for anticompetitive contracts related to online advertising. According to the GC, the European Commission had not properly assessed the lock-in effect of contractual restrictions imposed by Google’s AdSense for Search (“AdSense”) service on online publishers.
Wet veiligheidstoets investeringen, fusies en overnames
De Wet veiligheidstoets investeringen, fusies en overnames (Wet Vifo) is op 1 juni 2023 in werking getreden, gelijktijdig met de publicatie van: (i) een besluit dat specificeert welke sensitieve technologieën onder de Wet Vifo vallen en welke daarvan als zéér sensitief kwalificeren (het Besluit toepassingsbereik sensitieve technologie, Besluit TST), (ii) een besluit dat een aantal technische aspecten regelt die noodzakelijk zijn voor het uitvoeren van de Wet Vifo (het Besluit veiligheidstoets...
Foreign Subsidies Regulation
Op 12 januari 2023 is de Europese Foreign Subsidies Regulation (de “FSR”) in werking getreden. De EU Europese Unie (“EU”) heeft al sinds lange tijd instrumenten om toezicht te houden op concurrentieverstorende steunmaatregelen van EU-overheden (op basis van de EU-staatssteunregels), maar ten aanzien van concurrentieverstorende steun verstrekt door niet-EU-overheden kon de EU nog niet effectief optreden.
Wet veiligheidstoets investeringen, fusies en overnames
De Wet Vifo beoogt risico's voor de nationale veiligheid te beheersen. Het gaat daarbij met name om de volgende risico's: (i) het ontstaan van ongewenste strategische afhankelijkheden, (ii) de aantasting van de continuïteit en weerbaarheid van vitale processen, en (iii) de aantasting van de integriteit en exclusiviteit van kennis en informatie.
Wet Vifo: bescherming van bedrijven in kritieke sectoren
Click here to listen to the audio De Nederlandse wet Veiligheidstoets investeringen, fusies en overnames (Vifo), die vanaf 1 juni 2023 van kracht is, introduceert verplichtingen die ertoe moeten leiden dat bedrijven in kritieke sectoren beschermd zijn tegen overnames die raken aan de nationale veiligheid.
Levelling the playing field in 2023: new tools and hurdles
While 2022 mainly revolved around new and improved regulatory tools, the main focus in 2023 will likely be on putting these tools to use. New tools are either in place or on the horizon for levelling the playing field in antitrust issues, M&A transactions and consumer-law enforcement.
Foreign investment developments in 2022
2022 marks the second year of the EU Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Regulation, and the year in which legislators haven been busy shaping the Dutch national security screening regime and the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation, which will enter into force in 2023. Get ready for more action! FDI EU FDI regimes in the EU have been an increasing topic of discussion in recent years. Recent numbers show that 25 of the 27 EU member states have an FDI regime in place or are in the process of creating one.
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