Description

EU Parliament passes DMA including regulatory categorisation of "gatekeeper"

On 5 July 2022, the European Parliament passed the Digital Markets Act outlining the thresholds for "gatekeepers" classification. The Act defines “gatekeepers” as companies providing “a core platform service” (such as browsers, messengers or social media) that operate in three or more member states and have more than 45 million monthly “end users” and 10'000 “business users”. Furthermore, such companies must have a local annual turnover of over EUR 7.5 billion or at least EUR 75 billion of market capitalisation. When a company meets all such criteria, it must notify the EU Commission, submit information on its " gatekeeper " position and provide an audited description of any implemented techniques of consumer profiling.

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Scope

Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Unilateral conduct regulation
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

On 15 December 2020, the European Commission submitted the Digital Markets Act (DMA) proposal to th…

2021-11-25
under deliberation

On 25 November 2021, the EU Council adopted its general approach on the Digital Markets Act (DMA) p…

2021-12-15
under deliberation

On 15 December 2021, the European Parliament approved its amended text for the Digital Markets Act …

2022-03-24
under deliberation

In a final trilogue on 25 March 2022, the European Parliament and the European Council agreed on a …

2022-07-05
under deliberation

On 5 July 2022, the European Parliament passed the Digital Markets Act outlining the thresholds fo…

2022-07-18
adopted

On 18 July 2022, the Council of the European Union adopted the Digital Markets Act (DMA) outlining …

2022-11-01
in grace period

On 1 November 2022, the Digital Markets Act (DMA) outlining thresholds for the designation of compa…

2023-05-02
in force

On 2 May 2023, the Digital Markets Act (DMA) outlining thresholds for the designation of companies…

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
Regulator notification requirement
Regulator reporting requirement
Sanctions
Fine
Regulated subjects
1 2 3
all goods (physical or digital): sale
Regulatory tool
Regulator notification requirement
Regulator reporting requirement
Sanctions
Fine
Regulated subjects
1 2 3
service (any type): sale
Regulatory tool
Regulator notification requirement
Regulator reporting requirement
Sanctions
Fine
Regulated subjects
1 2 3

Policy change by business practice

The detailed activities within the scope of this policy or regulatory change.

service (digitally delivered): sale

all goods (physical or digital): sale

service (any type): sale