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Claims of environmental merger benefits need critical eye, Dutch enforcer says

By Andrew Boyce ( March 5, 2026, 15:26 GMT | Insight) -- Competition authorities should take a “critical” view of claims by merging companies that their deals should be approved because they would bring environmental benefits, according to Martijn Snoep, the head of the Dutch antitrust watchdog. “We have to remain critical of the evidence that's being put forward to us,” the ACM chief said, because “people, documents and statistics do lie from time to time.”Competition authorities should take a “critical” view of claims by merging companies that their deals should be approved because they would bring environmental benefits, according to the head of the Dutch antitrust watchdog....

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