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According to the reports of the Dutch Minister of Economics, Vincent Carreman, the structure of management and management of the National competition of the Netherlands is ineffective in working with social, political, political and organizational events.
According to reports, the powers for consumers and markets (ACM), which is currently part of the National Ministry of Economics, should become an independent body that makes autonomous decisions.
One of the reports says that “Roles and responsibilities – overly interlocutors” With the ministry and that there are too many dependencies.
Another PWC came to the conclusion that there are problems with the business activity of ACM, which led to “In some areas, it will not be observed or to a lesser extent by the relevant standards or the national context.”
ACM controls various markets in the Netherlands, such as energy, telecommunications, healthcare, transport and postal services- compliance with regulatory requirements and protection of consumer interests.
With the introduction of more and more digital legislation in recent years, the ACM mandate has currently expanded and also controls compliance with companies with the EU legislation in digital markets (DMA) and the Law on Digital Services (DSA), and the rules that ensure legal competition for competition on the Internet, and on the Internet.
Martiyan SPU, the head of ACM, said to EURONEWS last December that his service is “well equipped” for new duties, saying that the regulatory authorities plan to have clear priorities of application.
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Currently, the Minister of Finance appoints the president and other members of ACM. But the organization fully controls the organization and civilian personnel regarding the rest of the employees.
The regulatory body also lacks financial freedom, which, according to reports, leads to a “lack of flexibility”.
“This is obvious, for example, in areas of energy and digital markets, which will lead to many new responsibilities and related expenses on ACM in the near future, as a supervisory authority and (in particular) as regulatory authorities,” are regulatory authorities. ” Report reports.
In a recent letter, ACM said that supervision of mergers and acquisitions “is currently inappropriate and effective.” In addition, in 2024, fewer surveys began compared to the previous year, which can be explained by a significant capacity available for research, which began in 2023 and continued in 2024.
“In 2024, the number of fines imposed slightly increased slightly, but over the past three years has decreased sharply compared to previous years. A significant decrease in competition is especially noticeable. Minister Carremants reports in his letter to parliament.
The letter says that ACM began the process of improving its business activity.
Carremants, a member of the outgoing government, said that his successor must decide to reconsider the organizational structure of ACM. Parliamentary elections will be held in the Netherlands on October 29.