Cyriel Ruers was a guest on BNR's Nieuws Top 150 to talk about the enforcement of competition law by authorities in 2024. The broadcast looked back at, among other things, the billion-dollar fine imposed on Apple for abusing its dominant position, the effects of the passage of the Digital Markets Act and the U.S. Department of Justice's request to spin off Google's Chrome browser.
“The DMA is in a sense a tightening of the rules, where you have a specific set of rules for a select number of companies that are very strong in their market. Instead of there being a general prohibition against abusing a dominant position, there are specific rules that these gatekeepers have to abide by, including the prohibition against anti-steering.”
“Certainly in competition law where the stakes are incredibly high, where there is a lot of money involved, parties will always have discussions about what is or is not according to the rules.”
You can listen to the episode here.
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