door Eric Janssen | 12 dec 2021 | Mededinging & Marktregulering
In a judgment of 26 November 2021, the Dutch Supreme Court ruled that public authorities must provide competitive space and be transparent when selling scarce real estate. The case The Dutch municipality of Monfertland (Municipality) is planning to refurbish the...
door Eric Janssen | 24 okt 2019 | Staatssteun
In a judgment dated 11 June 2019 (only in Dutch), the Amsterdam Court of Appeal (Court of Appeal) ruled that the Dutch Municipality of Heerlen (Municipality) does not act as an undertaking by leasing part of its town hall to the UWV. The lease is therefore not...
door Eric Janssen | 12 sep 2019 | Staatssteun, Mededinging & Marktregulering
In a judgement of 9 July 2019, the Amsterdam Court of Appeal ruled that a guarantee provided by the Port of Rotterdam Authority (PRA) in favour of Commerzbank Nederland (Commerzbank) is nuIl and void on the grounds that it infringes State aid rules. The case On 5...
door Eric Janssen | 17 aug 2018 | Staatssteun
The municipality of Zwolle (Municipality) is of the opinion that outdoor advertising giant JCDecaux pays too little for the concession to exploit advertising objects in the outdoor space in Zwolle. In its interlocutory judgements of March 14, 2018 and July 18, 2018...
door Eric Janssen | 24 feb 2016 | Staatssteun
In a decision of 15 January 2016, the European Commission (Commission) concluded that the municipality of Leidschendam-Voorburg (Municipality) had not granted unlawful State aid to project developer Schouten De Jong (SJB). The Commission had to reassess the case...