door Eric Janssen | 20 mrt 2025 | Staatssteun
Several years ago, Spain was ordered by the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) to pay compensation to two Dutch undertakings. Although the arbitral award had become final, the Amsterdam District Court (District Court) ruled in a judgment dated 5 February 2025...
door Eric Janssen | 11 apr 2023 | Staatssteun
In a judgment of 7 December 2022 (in Dutch only), the Rotterdam District Court (District Court) rejected a claim to provide copies of various documents in a dispute concerning allegedly unlawful state aid. This ruling provides the reason to describe the disclosure...
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 | 21 apr 2020 | Staatssteun
In a final judgement dated 5 February 2020 (Dutch only), the District Court of Overijssel (Court) ruled that JCDecaux did not receive any unlawful State aid in connection with an outdoor advertising concession granted by the municipality of Zwolle (Municipality). 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...