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Digital Competition
Digital and Competition Policies for Better Innovation
7
Designated firms
10
Investigations
€700 million
Fines
Step 1: Designation phase
The Commission must designate a firm as a gatekeeper in a core platform service based on quantitative and qualitative criteria.
Company | Core Platform Services | Status | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|
Alphabet | Google Maps; Google Play; Google Shopping; Youtube; Google Ads; Google Search; Google Chrome; Google Android | Designated | No appeal |
Amazon | Amazon AWS | Under investigation | Not applicable |
Amazon | Amazon Marketplace; Amazon Ads | Designated | No appeal |
Apple | Apple iMessage | Not designated | Appeal iMessage (T-1079/23) |
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Step 2: Compliance phase
The Commission monitors that gatekeepers comply with the list of positive and negative obligations. The Commission can impose behavioural and structural remedies if a gatekeeper does not comply. The firm cannot support its practice with objective justifications.
Firms | Investigation | Start date investigation | End date investigation | Compliance measure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alphabet | Access conditions to publishers | 13/11/2025 | N/A | Ongoing investigation | |
Alphabet | self-preferencing | 25/03/2024 | N/A | Ongoing (preliminary findings) | |
Alphabet | anti-steering | 25/03/2024 | N/A | Ongoing (preliminary findings) | |
Alphabet | Interoperability and search data access | 27/01/2026 | Ongoing investigation |
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