Netherlands Competition Authority

Netherlands Competition AuthorityNederlandse Mededingingsautoriteit

Agency overview
Jurisdiction|  Netherlands government
Agency executive|

* Chairman of Committee

The Netherlands Competition Authority (Dutch: Nederlandse Mededingingsautoriteit, NMa) was the competition regulator for the Netherlands.[1][2] After a merger with the Consumentenautoriteit and Onafhankelijke Post en Telecommunicatie Autoriteit on 1 April 2013, it became the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (Dutch: Autoriteit Consument en Markt).[3] The Netherlands Competition Authority monitored all Dutch markets, to ensure fair competition.[4]

The "Dutch office of Energy Regulation" (Energiekamer) was part of the Netherlands Competition Authority and committed to making energy markets work as effectively as possible.

## Tasks

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The main goal for the Netherlands Competition Authority was to ensure fair competition between Dutch companies. In order to do so, it focused on 3 main tasks:[5][6]

* To fight cartel-deals
* To prevent the abuse of economic strength, for example in virtual monopoly or oligopoly situations
* To check on the concentrations and spread of companies

## See also

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* Cartel

## References

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1. ^ "De Autoriteit Consument & Markt - ACM.nl". www.acm.nl (in Dutch).
2. ^ "Nederlandse Mededingingsautoriteit (NMa)". www.parlement.com (in Dutch).
3. ^ "The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets". ACM.nl. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
4. ^ Markt, Autoriteit Consument &. "Autoriteit Consument & Markt". www.acm.nl.
5. ^ "Ban on abuse of a dominant position". business.gov.nl.
6. ^ "Merger Control in The Netherlands | InfoPAK sponsored by Practical Law" (PDF). Association of Corporate Counsel. 2017-05-04. Retrieved 2022-01-15.

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