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🇩🇪 German Digital Competition Regime

Tracking enforcement actions under Section 19a GWB.

📜 Read the Section 19a GWB🏛 Official Section 19a website

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Designated firms 

7

Investigations

€59 million

Fines

Step 1: Designation phase

The German competition authority must first designate a firm as having paramount significance across markets based on qualitative criteria.

Company
Start date designation
end date designation
Status
Alphabet
25/05/2021
05/01/2022
Completed
Amazon
18/05/2021
06/07/2022
Completed
Apple
21/06/2021
05/04/2023
Completed
Meta
28/01/2021
04/05/2022
Completed
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Step 2: Compliance phase

The German competition authority can prevent designated firms from engaging in certain conduct under a list of interdictions. Designated firms can prove that their behaviours have positive effects by bringing objective justifications.

Company
Investigation
Start date investigation
End date investigation
Compliance measure
Status
Alphabet
Google Maps
21/06/2022
09/04/2025
Commitment
Closed
Alphabet
Google Data processing terms and conditions
25/05/2021
05/10/2023
Commitment
Closed
Alphabet
Google News Showcase
04/06/2021
21/12/2022
Commitment
Closed
Amazon
Amazon brandgating
14/11/2022
Ongoing
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