Netherlands: Authority for Consumers and Markets' investigation into international software supplier over alleged abuse of dominant position

Progress

Current status

concluded

01 May 2026 concluded

30 Sep 2025 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers

Netherlands

Policy Area

Competition

Policy Instrument

Unilateral conduct regulation

Regulated Economic Activity

software provider: other software

Government Branch

executive

Government Body

competition authority

Implementation Level

national

Timeline of events

01 May 2026

concluded

Authority for Consumers and Markets closes investigation into international software supplier over alleged abuse of dominance

On 1 May 2026, the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) closed its investigation into a large, internationally operating software supplier in the Dutch market. The ACM had investigated whether the company was abusing its dominant ec…

Source

Event type investigation

Action type closure

Government branch executive

Government body competition authority

30 Sep 2025

under deliberation

Authority for Consumers and Markets announced investigation into international software supplier over alleged abuse of dominance

On 30 September 2025, the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) announced an investigation into a large, internationally operating software supplier over alleged abuse of dominant position in the Dutch market. The ACM is investigatin…