Signed into law by the European Parliament and Council on 14 September 2022, entering into force 1 November 2022 and applicable from 2 May 2023, the Digital Markets Act aims to ensure a level playing field for all digital companies regardless of size by regulating large online platforms designated as gatekeepers. Gatekeeper status is triggered by objective thresholds of EEA turnover or market capitalization combined with large numbers of monthly active users and business users. The first gatekeepers, Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta and Microsoft, were designated on 6 September 2023, facing obligations including bans on combining personal data across services without consent and mandated interoperability.
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Era2022 CE, applicable 2023 3 Promulgated ByEuropean Parliament and Council of the European Union 3 Jurisdiction ScopeEuropean Union, large digital gatekeeper platforms operating in the EU 2 Regulatory DomainTechnology and digital-market competition 2 Classification
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Jurisdiction Scope (category) Era
Era (category)21st Century (2000-Present) 3 Connections
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both are part of the European tradition of competition and market-dominance regulation
The Digital Markets Act supplements the European Union's existing competition-law toolkit, including merger control under the EU Merger Regulation, with ex-ante obligations on gatekeeper platforms.
In Legal System
European Union regulation, applied across member states whose domestic systems are predominantly civil law.
Source Major Legal Systems in the World TodayRene David and John E.C. Brierley
Sources
1. EUR-Lex (Publications Office of the European Union): Regulation (EU) 2022/1925 (Digital Markets Act)
EUR-Lex (Publications Office of the European Union)Article 54, Entry into forceQuote, Article 54, Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
2. About the Digital Markets Act (European Commission)
European Commission
3. EU Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act Explained (European Parliament)
European ParliamentQuote
Entered into force: November 1, 2022... Rules began applying: May 2, 2023.
Major Legal Systems in the World Today
Rene David and John E.C. Brierley, Stevens and Sons, 1985In Legal System: Civil Law
Digital Markets Act (Wikipedia)
In Group: Competition Law Outside the United States, Introduction, sentence 3Quote, In Group: Competition Law Outside the United States, Introduction, sentence 3
The DMA aims to ensure a higher degree of competition in European digital markets by preventing large companies from abusing their market power and by allowing new players to enter the market.
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