Martijn Snoep

Healthcare providers, such as general practitioners, pharmacists, physiotherapists, providers of exceptional medical care under the Exceptional Medical Expenses Act, hospitals and convalescent centres are undertakings. The same applies to suppliers of medical aids, pharmaceutical wholesalers (...)

Healthcare providers, such as general practitioners, pharmacists, physiotherapists, providers of exceptional medical care under the Exceptional Medical Expenses Act, hospitals and convalescent centres are undertakings. The same applies to suppliers of medical aids, pharmaceutical wholesalers (...)

The NMa has launched a public consultation on its draft revised guidelines for remedies. The draft guidelines anticipate the upcoming amendment of the Dutch Competition Act (“DCA”). In addition, the revision is used to update the current (2002) guidelines with the experience gained in remedies (...)

Dutch Competition Authority (Nederlandse Mededingingsautoriteit), 20 April 2007, Decision n° 5703, Cosun-CSM In a second phase decision, the Dutch Competition Authority (NMa) has approved the concentration between the only two sugar producers in the Netherlands : CSM and Cosun. The NMa’s (...)

In December 2006, a bill on media concentrations was presented. The bill proposes a plurality check for media concentrations, irrespective of merger control thresholds. In order to safeguard the plurality of the media, the bill prohibits media concentrations which : amount to a (...)

The acquisition by Nuon of Reliant was originally cleared by the NMa in December 2003 after a phase II investigation. The activities of Nuon and Reliant mainly overlap in regard of the production and wholesale of electricity. The NMa defined the relevant market as the market for the production (...)