Description

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

On 7 March 2024, the designated gatekeepers are required to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) obligations, such as interoperability and data handling requirements. The companies classified as such are Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta and Microsoft. The Commission identified 22 core platform services. Meta was designated as the gatekeeper based on the social networks Facebook and Instagram, the intermediation platform Meta Marketplace, the advertising platform Meta and the communication services WhatsApp and Messenger. ByteDance was designed based on the social network TikTok. Microsoft is considered a gatekeeper based on the social network Linkedin and operating system Windows PC OS. Amazon provides 2 core services, the intermediation service Amazon Marketplace and the advertising platform Amazon. Apple was designated based on the intermediation platform App Store, the browser platform Safari and the operating system IOS. Alphabet was designated based on the core intermediation services are Google Maps, Google Playa and Google Shopping, the advertising platform Google, the operating system Google Android, the video sharing platform YouTube, the browser Chrome and the search engine Google Search.

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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

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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…