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Section 19a GWB

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

Publications

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
30/09/2024
Completed
Publications

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.

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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