Brussels, 7 March 2025
The gatekeepers designated on 6 September 2024, Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta, and Microsoft, have to submit, by today, reports on their updated compliance measures under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), outlining the changes they have implemented and measures they have taken during the past year. By today, the gatekeepers also need to submit to the Commission updated independently audited reports on consumer profiling techniques.
The public versions of the updated compliance reports will be accessible via the Commission’s dedicated DMA webpage, here.
The non-confidential summaries of the updated consumer profiling reports will be accessible via the Commission’s dedicated DMA webpage, here.
The Commission will carefully analyse the reports and assess whether the updated compliance measures are effective in achieving the objectives of the relevant obligations under the DMA. The Commission’s assessment will also be informed by the input of interested third parties.
Gatekeepers need to comply with the obligations laid down in Articles 5, 6 and 7 DMA within 6 months after their designation. Within the same deadline, they need to provide the Commission with a report describing in a detailed and transparent manner the measures they have implemented to ensure compliance with these obligations, and to publish a non-confidential summary of such reports. Both the report and the non-confidential summary must be updated at least annually. The Commission makes a link to these summaries available on its website under Article 11 DMA.
List of Gatekeepers
Gatekeepers need to comply with the obligations laid down in Articles 5, 6 and 7 DMA within 6 months after their designation. Within the same deadline, they need to provide the Commission with a report describing in a detailed and transparent manner the measures they have implemented to ensure compliance with these obligations, and to publish a non-confidential summary of such reports. Both the report and the non-confidential summary must be updated at least annually. The Commission makes a link to these summaries available on its website under Article 11 DMA.
Alphabet Inc.
Amazon.com, Inc.
Apple Inc.
Booking Holdings Inc
ByteDance Ltd.
Meta Platforms, Inc.
Microsoft Corporation
Consumer profiling reports
Gatekeepers are required under Article 15 DMA to share with the Commission an independently audited report that describes any techniques of profiling of consumers that the gatekeeper applies to or across its designated core platform service. In addition, the gatekeeper must make a non-confidential summary of the profiling report publicly available. Both the profiling report and the non-confidential summary of the profiling report must be updated at least annually.
Amazon.com, Inc.
Apple Inc.
Booking Holdings Inc
ByteDance Ltd.
Meta Platforms, Inc.
Microsoft Corporation
Fourth meeting of the Digital Markets Act High-Level Group on the DMA first anniversary
Today, the High-Level Group for the Digital Markets Act (High-Level Group) convenes for the fourth time in Brussels, with a keynote speech by Executive Vice-President Ribera. The meeting marks the first anniversary of the start of application of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) obligations, as well as two years from the decision to establish the High-Level Group.
The High-Level Group reaffirms its strong commitment to supporting the effective implementation of the DMA, by promoting a consistent approach across different regulatory instruments.
The discussions entail several focus areas, including exchanges around the most recent DMA monitoring and enforcement developments since the last meeting of the High-Level Group in May 2024. The meeting of today also covers an overview of the latest meetings of the High-Level Group thematic sub-groups on data-related obligations, interoperability and artificial intelligence. Topics of discussion also include the joint work of the Commission with the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) on guidance related to the interplay between the DMA and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the interplay with the enforcement of the Digital Services Act (DSA).
Background
The DMA aims to ensure contestable and fair markets in the digital sector. It regulates gatekeepers, which are large digital platforms that provide an important gateway between business users and consumers, whose position can grant them the power to create a bottleneck in the digital economy.
The High-Level Group is composed by nominated representatives from the Body of the European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC), the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), the European Competition Network (ECN), the Consumer Protection Cooperation Network (CPC Network), and the European Board for Media Services (EBMS).
The High-Level Group may provide the Commission with advice and expertise to ensure that the Digital Markets Act and other sectoral regulations applicable to gatekeepers are implemented in a coherent and complementary manner. It may also provide expertise in market investigations into emerging services and practices, to help ensure that the Digital Markets Act is future proof.
For more information, visit the Digital Markets Act policy page and the Register of Commission expert groups and other Similar entities.
Source – EU Commission