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Digital Competition

Digital and Competition Policies for Better Innovation

🇪🇺 European Digital Competition Regime

Tracking enforcement actions under the Digital Markets Act.

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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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