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No Approved Health Claims For Kéfir

A general health claim is in principle permitted, but only if it is immediately and clearly supported by a specific authorized health claim.

Netherlands Media & IT

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Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

Awareness Campaign On Digital Services Act Launched By The Netherlands Authority For Consumers And Markets

The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has launched an information campaign to raise awareness in respect of the rights users enjoy under the European Digital Services Act (DSA).

Netherlands Consumer

LL

Loyens & Loeff

Greenwashing: Liability And Litigation Risks In The Netherlands

Over the past decade, businesses have generally increased the use of green claims1 in their marketing materials as society's focus on topics such as sustainability and climate change has increased.

Netherlands Media & IT

LL

Loyens & Loeff

ESG Newsflash: Green Claims Directive Heading Towards Its End?

The EU institutions are no longer continuing with the negotiations to find an agreement on the proposal for a Green Claims Directive, following a series of announcements...

European Union Environment

LL

Loyens & Loeff

De Strijd Tegen Namaak: Inzichten Uit Het USTR Rapport

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Novagraaf Group

Productveiligheid en -aansprakelijkheid – Europese ontwikkelingen

European Union Consumer

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Buren

Duurzaamheidsclaims In De Levensmiddelensector: Helaas Pindakaas!

Netherlands Healthcare

TW

Taylor Wessing

Sustainability Claims In The Food Industry

Netherlands Healthcare

TW

Taylor Wessing

ACM Starts Enforcement Of Sustainability Claims In Food Sector

Netherlands Healthcare

GA

Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

Price Information Hidden In The Small Print

Netherlands Media & IT

GA

Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

The New Product Liability Directive: What Do You Need To Know

Netherlands Consumer

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Buren

Balancing Rationality And Reality: Insights From The CJEU's Compass Banca Judgment

European Union Consumer

GA

Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

Court Of Justice Clarifies Discount Communication

Netherlands Media & IT

GA

Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

Preliminary Questions On Online Shopping: What Does The Dutch Supreme Court Say?

Netherlands Media & IT

GA

Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

Banaal of bekend: de rol van het onderscheidend vermogen in het merkenrecht

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Novagraaf Group

Prinsjesdag 2025: de gevolgen voor het Nederlandse familiebedrijf

Netherlands Real Estate

LL

Loyens & Loeff

Restructuring Of Selecta Through A Share Pledge Enforcement

Netherlands Insolvency

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Buren

Sunkist Wint Van Kist

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Novagraaf Group

Update: New Technical Standards And Guidelines IRRD – Open For Consultation

Netherlands Insurance

LL

Loyens & Loeff

Dutch Airline Found To Have Breached EU Law And Misled Consumers With Vague Sustainability Advertisements

The Green Claims Directive ("GCD") proposal was adopted by the European Commission in March 2023 and is expected to commence in the latter part of 2024. A more detailed note on the GCD can be found here.

Netherlands Transport

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McCann Fitzgerald

De Aansluit- En Transportplicht Van TenneT Bij Een Interconnector

Partijen die een geschil hebben met de netbeheerder over de wijze waarop deze zijn taken en bevoegdheden op grond van de Elektriciteitswet 1998 ("E-wet") uitoefent kunnen een dergelijk geschil voorleggen aan de Autoriteit Consument en Markt ("ACM").

Netherlands Energy

TRIP Advocaten Notarissen

TenneT's Connection And Transportation Obligation Involving An Interconnector

Parties who have a dispute with the system operator on how the system operator exercises its duties and powers under the Electricity Act 1998 ("E-Act") can submit such a dispute to the Authority for Consumers and Markets ("ACM").

Netherlands Energy

TRIP Advocaten Notarissen

Playing It Straight – Video Games And Online Choice Architecture

Kachenka Pribanova, Maarten Rijks and Annemijn Schipper look at regulatory scrutiny of harmful online choice architecture in the UK and the EU.

European Union Media & IT

TW

Taylor Wessing

Cable Poolen Met Batterij Afgeschoten… Of Toch Niet?

Netherlands Energy

LL

Loyens & Loeff

Europe, The First Fully Climate-neutral Continent – Wish Or Necessity?

European Union Environment

AI

ACG International

Komt Er Een Stopknop Bij Alle Online Verkoop?

Netherlands Finance

DG

DMCC Group

Fake Reviews; Really Misleading

Netherlands Media & IT

HH

Hoogenraad & Haak advocaten

ACC Provides Legal Background On '0.0'

Netherlands Media & IT

HH

Hoogenraad & Haak advocaten

Chewing Gum Argument: Natural Gum Or Not?

Netherlands Media & IT

HH

Hoogenraad & Haak advocaten

The Netherlands Authority For Consumers And Markets (ACM) - RTL's Takeover Of Media Company Talpa Leads To Dominant Position

Netherlands Consumer

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Nazali

Authority For Consumers & Markets Proposes A New Take On Fairness And Efficiency To Combat The Effects Of Climate Change

Netherlands Anti-trust

BB

Bird & Bird

Competition Authorities Hold The Key To Avoid The Drastic Consequences Of Climate Change, According To Chairman Dutch ACM

Netherlands Anti-trust

BB

Bird & Bird

Dutch Consumer Watchdog Clamps Down On ‘Influencers' Buying Fake Likes And Followers

Netherlands Media & IT

OC

Osborne Clarke

The Netherlands Authority For Consumers And Markets (ACM) - RTL's Takeover Of Media Company Talpa Leads To Dominant Position

Acording to The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) the merged entity of RTL and Talpa will become too powerful in the areas of television advertising and the distribution...

Netherlands Consumer

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Nazali

Authority For Consumers & Markets Proposes A New Take On Fairness And Efficiency To Combat The Effects Of Climate Change

On 16 June 2022 the chairman of the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets, Martijn Snoep, spoke at the XVth Treviso Antitrust Conference.

Netherlands Anti-trust

BB

Bird & Bird

Competition Authorities Hold The Key To Avoid The Drastic Consequences Of Climate Change, According To Chairman Dutch ACM

Although the Proposed Guidelines mean a ‘big step in the right direction', according to Snoep, they stop short of providing sufficiently precise guidance.

Netherlands Anti-trust

BB

Bird & Bird

Dutch Consumer Watchdog Clamps Down On ‘Influencers' Buying Fake Likes And Followers

Enforcement activity highlights the need to vet influencers before the roll-out of marketing campaigns...

Netherlands Media & IT

OC

Osborne Clarke

Dutch ACM Welcomes Commission's Draft Guidance On Sustainability But Remains Critical

Netherlands Anti-trust

BB

Bird & Bird

Food Choice Logos Under Full Development

The blue and green tick marks on food packaging.

Netherlands Healthcare

GA

Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

Collective Redress In Europe: Developments In Key Jurisdictions—The Netherlands

The Netherlands has a comprehensive system for collective actions and the collective settlement of claims but currently, there is no possibility to seek monetary damages in collective actions.

Netherlands Consumer

JD

Jones Day

Cosmetics Ad For Biodermal 60+ Cream

It's OK to use 'ad-speak' in advertising, certainly with cosmetics. Consumers are fully aware that they'll often see advertising hyperbole at work. But factual descriptions of effects have to be true.

Netherlands Media & IT

GA

Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

Icy Cold Bubbles For The New Year

We know that champagne growers are (rightly) proud of their sparkling wine. Nothing gets their hackles up more than when some "fizz" is produced from a region other than Champagne, or in a different way.

Netherlands Consumer

GA

Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

The Sugar Monster Must Be Curbed, Even To The Detriment Of Dextro Enercy

Netherlands Healthcare

GA

Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

Why Collective Settlements Are Not Always Achieved In Mass Damages Suits

Netherlands Litigation

DB

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek N.V.

Stricter Rules For Web Shops As Of 13 June 2014

Netherlands Privacy

DB

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek N.V.

Strengere Regels Voor Webwinkels Per 13 Juni 2014

Netherlands Commercial

DB

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek N.V.

Incorporation Of The Market Practices Act Into The New Commercial Code: What's New?

Netherlands Commercial

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NautaDutilh

ECJ: Causal Link Between Professional Website And Consumer Contract Not Required

European Union Consumer

DB

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek N.V.

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