The Council and the Parliament have reached an agreement agreement on a Digital Markets Act (DMA) that " aims to make the digital sector fairer and more competitive".

The Digital Markets Act introduces rules for platforms that act as " gatekeepers " in the digital sector.

The Digital Marketplace Act aims to prevent "gatekeepers from imposing unfair conditions on businesses" (such as prohibiting them "from accessing their own data when operating on these platforms") or consumers " locked into a particular service and who have limited options to switch to alternative services."

It will only apply to large companies that are identified as "gatekeepers" according to objective criteria. "These are companies that play a particularly important role in the internal market because of their size and their importance as gateways for business users to reach their customers.

The Digital Markets Act (DMA) establishes a series of obligations that platforms will need to implement in their day-to-day operations to ensure fair and open digital markets.

It gives the Commission the power to conduct market surveys " that will ensure that the obligations set forth in the regulation are updated in the ever-changing reality of digital markets."

The agreement is now subject to formal approval by the European Parliament and Council.

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