European Union: Council adopts DMA including interoperability requirement
Description
Council adopts DMA including interoperability requirement
On 18 July 2022, the Council of the European Union adopted the Digital Markets Act (DMA) outlining interoperability requirements. The DMA states that "gatekeepers" would provide free of charge access to and interoperability with the same operating s…
Scope
Policy Area
Design and testing standards
Policy Instrument
Interoperability requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Implementation Level
supranational
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
Complete timeline of this policy change
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2020-12-15
under deliberation
2021-11-25
under deliberation
2021-12-15
under deliberation
2022-03-24
under deliberation
2022-07-05
under deliberation
2022-07-18
adopted
2022-11-01
in grace period
2023-05-02
in force
Key regulatory dimensions
Regulated subjects
The businesses, government agencies or individuals affected by this policy or regulatory change.
producer / supplier
1
Type
Private organisation
Economic activity
platform intermediary: e-commerce,platform intermediary: other,platform intermediary: user-generated content,search service provider,software provider: app stores,online advertising provider,other service provider,streaming service provider,messaging service provider,infrastructure provider: cloud computing, storage and databases,infrastructure provider: other,software provider: other software
Category
All
2
Type
Private organisation
Economic activity
cross-cutting
Category
All
3
Type
Private organisation
Economic activity
cross-cutting
Category
All
Policy change by business practice
The detailed activities within the scope of this policy or regulatory change.
service (digitally delivered): sale
Regulatory tool
Portability or interoperability requirement
Technical standard adherence
Sanctions
Fine
Regulated subjects
1 2 3