Digital Markets Act: what it means for Technology & Digital
The Digital Markets Act is part of the EU rulebook for technology & digital. Its subject matter covers digital markets — core to the sector.
Digital Markets Act is on the Technology & Digital rulebook because its official title matches digital markets. Source: EUR-Lex and the European Parliament procedure file; company-specific applicability still depends on your activities.
What the act does
to ensure the proper functioning of the internal market by promoting effective competition in digital markets and in particular a fair and contestable online platform environment (Digital Markets Act). PROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council. ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the European Parliament decides in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure and on an equal footing with the Council. BACKGROUND: digital services cover a wide range of daily activities including online intermediation services, such as online marketplaces, online social networking services, online…
Why it matters for Technology & Digital
Digital and software companies are squarely in scope of the EU's new tech rulebook — AI, platform regulation, cybersecurity and data. These are the EU acts that most often apply.
Digital Markets Act sits in that rulebook because its subject matter covers digital markets. Whether — and how — it applies to a given business depends on that business’s activities, products and markets.
The rest of the Technology & Digital rulebook
Every other EU file in scope for Technology & Digital.
- Council Regulation (EU) 2024/1732 of 17 June 202432024R1732
- Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Artificial Intelligence Act)32024R1689
- Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 on a Single Market For Digital Services (Digital Services Act)32022R2065
- Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 on horizontal cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements (Cyber Resilience Act)32024R2847
- Regulation (EU) 2022/868 on European data governance (Data Governance Act)32022R0868
- Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 on harmonised rules on fair access to and use of data (Data Act)32023R2854
Primary sources
The act’s summary is the European Parliament’s own procedure record; the sector connection is the act’s stated subject matter. Lex shows the law and the grounded connection — not legal advice. Data © European Union (Decision 2011/833/EU). Methodology.
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