Digital Competition - Section 19a GWB

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Section 19a GWB

A tracker of enforcement actions under Section 19a of the German Competition Act.

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Step 1: Designation phase

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

Designated firm	Start date designation	End date designation	Status
Meta	28/01/2021	04/05/2022	Completed
Amazon	18/05/2021	06/07/2022	Completed
Alphabet	25/05/2021	05/01/2022	Completed
Apple	21/06/2021	05/04/2023	Completed
Microsoft	28/03/2023		Ongoing

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Step 2: Compliance phase

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

AlphabetAmazonAppleMeta

Designated firm	Investigation	Start date investigation	End date investigation	Compliance measure	Status
Meta	Meta/Oculus	28/01/2021			Ongoing
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
Apple	Apple App Tracking Transparency	14/06/2022			Ongoing
Alphabet	Google Maps	21/06/2022			Ongoing
Amazon	Amazon brandgating	14/11/2022			Ongoing
Amazon	Amazon price control algorithms	14/11/2022			Ongoing

Source: Christophe Carugati (last updated December 2023).

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A tracker of enforcement actions under the Digital Markets Act.

A tracker of enforcement actions under Section 19a of the German Competition Act.

Section 19a GWB

Step 1: Designation phase

Step 2: Compliance phase

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