DSA and DMA: supervisor wanted

With the approval of the European Parliament, the Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act passed the final hurdle in the legislative process yesterday. This marks the end of the days when the major platforms could be „too big to care,“ announced Commissioner for the Internal Market Breton. But for that to happen, the new rules will have to be enforced effectively. How the Commission intends to carry out its tasks becomes clearer the day after the parliamentary decision.

In the future, the EU Commission will bear the main burden of supervising digital companies. Under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), it will first designate which companies are to be classified as gatekeepers and then ensure that they comply with the specific rules of conduct. In addition, under the Digital Services Act (DSA), the European Parliament and member states entrusted the Brussels authority with the designation and supervision of very large online platforms (VLOPs) – something the authority initially did not intend.

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