Berichten Door: Marcus Wagemakers

Euro Interest Rate Derivatives cartel: European Commission corrects insufficient reasoning in decisions and imposes fines.

The European Commission adopted two decisions regarding the Euro Interest Rate Derivatives cartel, by which several European banks allegedly manipulated interest rates, such as the Euribor, for derivative products, which the Commission deemed contrary to Article 101 TFEU. The Commission initiated an investigation in 2008 following a request for a fine exemption by a bank…. Lees meer »

Open dag Hoge Raad

Hoge Raad

De jaarlijkse open dag van de Hoge Raad vindt dit jaar plaats op zaterdag 18 september 2021. Het programma van de open dag bestaat onder meer uit lezingen van en gesprekken met president Dineke de Groot en procureur-generaal Edwin Bleichrodt (in functie per 1 september 2021). Hierop aansluitend vindt een ontmoeting plaats met respectievelijk een… Lees meer »

Jaarverslag Hoge Raad 2020

De Hoge Raad heeft zijn jaarverslag over 2020 uitgebracht. De totale instroom van civiele zaken was in 2020 439 (2019: 421). De 439 zaken betroffen in 254 gevallen vorderingszaken, 177 verzoekschriften en 8 zaken waarin prejudiciële vragen van rechtbanken en gerechtshoven werden gesteld aan de Hoge Raad. De uitstroom uitspraken bedroeg in 2020 393 (2019:… Lees meer »

AG Bobek: Takeover Directive precludes res judicata decisions imposing administrative penalties to parties not part of the proceedings

Advocate General Bobek rendered his Opinion in Adler Real Estate and Others  (Cases C-546/18 andC-605/18). He argues that Articles 4 and 17 of the Takeover Directive, in conjunction with Article 47 of the Charter, preclude national law provisions that provide for a decision with res judicata effects from imposing, in a subsequent administrative procedure, sanctions on parties who were… Lees meer »

Third AML Directive does not preclude national legislation which provides that the person who commits the act which constitutes the offence of money laundering, may be the same person as the person who commits the predicate offence.

The referring court was the Court of Appeal, Brașov, Romania. In the referring court’s view, the same person cannot be guilty both of the money-laundering offence, in one or other of its forms, and also of the predicate offence. The referring court notes that such an interpretation would derive not only from the preamble, but… Lees meer »

Advocate General Hogan: a third State may have legal standing in an action for annulment of restrictive measures adopted by the Council against that State

On 13 November 2017, the Council of the European Union adopted Regulation (EU) 2017/2063 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Venezuela. On 6 February 2018, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela brought an action before the General Court for annulment against the Regulation, in so far as its provisions concern it. In its… Lees meer »