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State of Play of the German Digitalisation Act

Christophe Carugati

1 October 2024

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Three years after its implementation, the Act has been slow in designating companies and has had a limited
impact on the German economy by restricting specific business practices.

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Christophe Carugati

Dr. Christophe Carugati is the founder of Digital Competition. He is a renowned and passionate expert on digital and competition issues with a strong reputation for doing impartial, high-quality research. After his PhD in law and economics on Big Data and Competition Law, he is an ex-affiliate fellow at the economic think-tank Bruegel and a lecturer in competition law and economics at Lille University.

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