Description

Issued Commission order designating six gatekeepers under the Digital Markets Act (DMA)

On 6 September 2023, the European Commission designated the companies offering core platform services that have the gatekeeper status under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The companies classified as such are Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta …

Scope

Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Unilateral conduct regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content, platform intermediary: e-commerce, software provider: app stores, search service provider, software provider: other software, platform intermediary: other
Implementation Level
supranational
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government

Complete timeline of this policy change

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2023-07-04
under deliberation

On 4 July 2023, the European Commission announced it had received notification from Alphabet, Amazo…

2023-09-06
adopted

On 6 September 2023, the European Commission designated the companies offering core platform servic…

2024-03-07
in force

On 7 March 2024, the designated gatekeepers are required to comply with the Digital Markets Act (D…