Digitalisation is driving fundamental change in the economy as a whole. It is facilitating data-driven, innovative business models and disrupting traditional economic sectors. Platforms and digital gatekeepers pose new competitive challenges for competition law.
The German legislator has sought to adapt competition law to meet these challenges, by introducing the German Act against Restraints on Competition Digitalisation Act (GWB-Digitalisierungsgesetz). A central element of the digitalised antitrust law is the modernisation of abuse supervision of large digital platforms. New claims to data access under competition law are intended to uphold and fuel competition in digital markets.
At EU level, the Digital Markets Act (DMA), adopted in July 2022, is intended to ensure fairness in digital markets and open them up to competition. Digital gatekeepers must adhere to strict dos and don'ts for their core platform services, including data use, relationships with third-party providers, how they structure their services and in terms of granting access to services. The EU is now leading the way in regulating large online platforms worldwide.
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