The paper analyses the recent European Commission Proposal for a Digital Markets Act which will regulate the digital gatekeepers in order to increase market contestability and fairness in the European digital economy. First, the paper summarizes the main elements of the Commission proposal:...

The December 2020 Commission's proposal for a Digital Markets Act (DMA) reached a compromised text with the Council and the Parliament on March 24, 2022. While the text that will impose obligations and prohibition rules on large online platforms acting as "gatekeepers" before any wrongdoing...

The co-legislators adopted the Digital Markets Act (DMA) in July 2022. The text is landmark legislation that imposes a list of ex-ante obligations and interdictions on large online platforms acting as “gatekeepers” in some core platform services (CPS). Yet, the DMA also imposes an obligation...

Large digital platforms acquired 1149 firms in various economic sectors between 1987 and July 2022. The European Commission reviewed only 21 of these mergers as most did not meet the European Union merger control turnover threshold. This suggests under-enforcement, with some problematic mergers...

Large online platforms are intermediaries between end-users and business users. They sometimes propose their own products and services alongside those of rivals. This can lead to platforms promoting their offers over those of competitors in so-called self-preferencing.The European Union Digital...

This brief policy paper highlights three issues related to the complementary nature of the Digital Markets Act and the EU antitrust rules. These include (i) practical considerations on the choice of enforcement tool on the part of the European Commission and national competition authorities,...

Large online platforms are intermediaries between end-users and business users. They sometimes propose their own products and services alongside those of rivals. This can lead to platforms promoting their offers over those of competitors in so-called self-preferencing. The European Union Digital...

Large digital platforms acquired 1149 firms in various economic sectors between 1987 and July 2022. The European Commission reviewed only 21 of these mergers as most did not meet the European Union merger control turnover threshold. This suggests under-enforcement, with some problematic mergers...

In October 2022, the European Union will introduce an ex ante regulatory system to control the conduct of companies that will be known as “digital gatekeepers”. This will take the form of an EU Regulation and will be called the “Digital Markets Act” (DMA). The system is heavily inspired...