The Digital Markets Act (DMA) has been in force since 1 November 2022. Two and a half years later, the European Commission issued its first two non-compliance decisions, fining Apple and Meta for breaching the DMA. These landmark decisions open the door for injured parties to initiate follow-on damage proceedings. This blog explores how such private enforcement can take place in the Netherlands.

On 1 June 2023, the Dutch Act on security screening of investments, mergers and acquisitions (“Vifo Act”) entered into force. The Vifo Act provides the Dutch government with a tool to review transactions in certain sectors.

In one of the most prominent abuse of dominance cases pending in the Netherlands, the Amsterdam Court of Appeal last week reversed a judgment of the Amsterdam District Court.

On 24 November 2020, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that the German hotel Wikingerhof, which used the Booking.com platform, may bring proceedings based on an abuse of a dominant position before the courts of Germany, although defendant Booking.com was domiciled in the Netherlands.