April 19, 2012
The association in which regional transport undertakings in the Netherlands that transport students are organized, VSS, does not give any information in advance on revenues and settlement of costs of the student public-transport smart card to transport undertakings when preparing bids for regional-transport contracts. Such information is of great value to transport undertakings in order for them to be able to make competitive bids. VSS allocates funds from the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science to transport undertakings transporting students. Information that VSS provides to the contracting authorities is cur... Read more
April 13, 2012
After conducting a preliminary investigation in the notification phase, the Netherlands Competition Authority (NMa) has concluded that Dutch telecom provider KPN’s acquisition plans of four fiber-optic providers of Reggeborgh (Edutel, XMS and Concepts ICT, KickXL) require a merger license. At the same time, the NMa has given the green light to the acquisition of three of Reggefiber’s units that are active in the fiber-optic market: Lijbrandt, Glashart Media and Reggefiber Wholesale. Read more
April 12, 2012
The acquisition of Dutch baking company A.A. ter Beek (with its flagship brand Bolletje) by rival baking company Continental Bakeries may impede competition in the rusk market and in the private-label spiced rye bread market. That is why the Netherlands Competition Authority (NMa) has ruled that this acquisition requires a license first. If parties indeed file a license application, the NMa will investigate the acquisition’s impact on competition in further detail. Read more
