Supervisors may take samples of products, substances, food etc. during their investigation to determine whether it complies with the applicable rules. If these samples are found to be non-compliant, the…
read moreAn acquittal by a criminal court may have consequences for administrative enforcement. This follows from the ruling of the Central Appeals Tribunal of 1 December 2020. The Tribunal revoked the…
read moreIn its judgment of 29 May 2020 (ECLI:NL:HR:2020:973), the Supreme Court devoted an interesting consideration to how the tax court should assess the proportionality of administrative penalties. The Supreme Court…
read moreIn its decision of 28 October 2020, the Administrative Jurisdiction Division provides the assessment framework for the reconsideration of objections by administrative authorities that must decide on decisions to impose remedial…
read moreIn its judgment of 30 June 2020 (ECLI:NL:HR:2020:1155), the Supreme Court confirmed that the use of supervisory powers under administrative law is not permitted if the investigation by investigating officers…
read moreIn his opinion of 11 March 202, advocate general Wattel states that when an administrative authority is reconsidered whether it must (still) take enforcement action by imposing remedial sanctions, it…
read moreThe Act establishing the Netherlands Authority for Consumers & Markets (Act) obliges the ACM to publish a decision in which a serious infringement (such as infringement of the prohibition on…
read moreAdministrative judge is obliged to caution the (legal) person on whom a fine is imposed at a hearing
In its judgment of 15 November 2019, the Supreme Court (Tax Division) ruled that in administrative penalty cases, the administrative judge is obliged to always caution a person on whom…
read moreCompanies that are confronted with supervision are obliged, in principle, to provide all information at the request of a supervisor. With the arrival of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR),…
read moreThe Lower House of Parliament is currently debating the legislative proposal to amend the General Administrative Law Act (GAL) and some other laws in connection with the new environmental law…
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