Follow‑up to answer E-000215/2021 on the Digital Markets Act and the possibility for the Commission to impose behavioural or structural remedies
12.4.2021
Question for written answer E-001941/2021
to the Commission
Rule 138
Carmen Avram (S&D)
In answer E‑000215/2021[1], Commissioner Breton confirmed that under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) proposal[2], the Commission has the option to impose behavioural or structural remedies on gatekeeper platforms.
He confirmed that in the event of repeated violation of Articles 5 and 6 of the DMA[3], structural remedies can be applied by the Commission.
Can the Commission clarify who is responsible for proposing and taking this decision? Is it the Directorate‑General for Competition[4] that will initiate it and will ultimately be responsible for this process, or will it be initiated by the services of the Directorate‑General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology[5]?
Commissioner Breton also confirmed[6] that ‘in the context of the Commission’s ongoing monitoring of the effectiveness of the remedies implemented by Google following the Google Android Decision of 18 July 2018, the Commission will take into account the arguments put forward by market players, including the FairSearch organisation’.
Can the Commission explain how the DMA proposal will be linked to and affect ongoing anti‑trust digital cases?
How are the structural remedies proposed in the DMA different from the existing options available to Directorate‑General for Competition services?
- [1] https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-9-2021-000215-ASW_EN.html
- [2] https://ec.europa.eu/info/strategy/priorities-2019-2024/europe-fit-digital-age/digital-markets-act-ensuring-fair-and-open-digital-markets_en
- [3] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:52020PC0842&from=en
- [4] https://ec.europa.eu/dgs/competition/index_en.htm
- [5] https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/communications-networks-content-and-technology_en
- [6] https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-9-2021-000215-ASW_EN.html