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Net neutrality: Dutch courage

  • Dentons
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  • European Union, Netherlands
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  • May 31 2012

While others are still dithering on the issue of net neutrality, the Dutch have boldly decided to intervene by adopting explicit net neutrality legislation, but what this means in practice and whether others will follow remains to be seen

Dawn raids at mobile operators attract media and political attention

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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  • European Union, Netherlands
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  • January 19 2012

On December 6 2011 the Competition Authority raided the premises of mobile operators KPN, Vodafone and T-Mobile on suspicions of collusion in regard to "mobile telecommunications offerings on the Dutch consumer market" and "the division of independent sales channels"

A round-up of developments

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, Netherlands, United Kingdom
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  • July 4 2011

This e-bulletin summarises recent developments

Opinion of the ECJ Advocate General on injunctions against ISPs to filter P2P traffic

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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  • European Union, Netherlands
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  • April 15 2011

The Advocate General Cruz Villalón delivered his Opinion on 14 April 2011, in case C-7010 (ScarletSabam

Human rights convention and the ECJ’s T-Mobile ruling

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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  • European Union, Netherlands
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  • September 30 2010

After the preliminary ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in the T-Mobile case, the NMa needs to reexamine the decision in which it imposed fines on a number of mobile operators for a one-off exchange of information on reductions in dealer bonuses for sales of post-paid mobile telephone subscriptions

Unlawful competition interpretation of concerted practice

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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  • European Union, Netherlands
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  • November 11 2009

In the case NMa v Dutch mobile operators (C- 808), regarding fines imposed by the Netherlands Competition Authority (NMa) on such operators for reasons of concerted practice, the Trade and Industry Appeals Tribunal (College van Beroep voor het Bedrijfsleven) referred three questions on the interpretation of article 81(1) EC to the ECJ for a preliminary ruling

Top EU court rules that single meeting between competitors can be breach of European antitrust laws

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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  • European Union, Netherlands
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  • August 12 2009

On June 4, 2009, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) gave judgment on a reference from the Dutch courts on the interpretation of Article 81 of the EC Treaty and ruled that a single meeting between five Dutch mobile phone operators in which the companies had discussed the reduction of commission payments made to dealers for the sale of mobile phone contracts to consumers was sufficient to establish a breach of the EU's competition rules

Single meeting held to be concerted practice

  • Nabarro LLP
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  • European Union, Netherlands
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  • July 13 2009

On 4 June 2009, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a single meeting between Dutch mobile phone operators could result in anti-competitive collusion in breach of Article 81(1) EC

ECJ rules that a single meeting between competitors may constitute a cartel

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union, Netherlands
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  • June 12 2009

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that a single meeting between five Dutch mobile phone operators, in which the companies discussed cutting the fees paid to phone dealers for subscriptions, is sufficient to establish a concerted practice in breach of competition rules

Information exchange: once could be enough

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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  • European Union, Netherlands
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  • February 28 2009

EC Advocate General Kokott recently gave her opinion on a reference for a preliminary ruling by the Dutch Trade and Industry Appeals Tribunal in the further appeal against fines imposed by the NMa for an alleged concerted practice between four Dutch mobile telephone operators