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German Section 19a Tracker

A tracker of enforcement actions under section 19a German Competition Act

Step 1: Designation phase

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

Step 2: Compliance phase

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

Designated firm
Investigation
Start date investigation
End date investigation
Compliance measure
Status
Link
Meta
Meta/Oculus
28/01/2021
ongoing
https://www.bundeskartellamt.de/SharedDocs/Meldung/EN/Pressemitteilungen/2022/23_11_2022_Facebook_Oculus.html
Amazon
Amazon brandgating
14/11/2022
ongoing
https://www.bundeskartellamt.de/SharedDocs/Meldung/EN/Pressemitteilungen/2022/14_11_2022_Amazon_19a.html
Amazon
Amazon price control algorithms
14/11/2022
ongoing
https://www.bundeskartellamt.de/SharedDocs/Meldung/EN/Pressemitteilungen/2022/14_11_2022_Amazon_19a.html
Alphabet
Google Maps
21/06/2022
Ongoing
https://www.bundeskartellamt.de/SharedDocs/Meldung/EN/Pressemitteilungen/2022/21_06_2022_Google_Maps.html
Apple
Apple App Tracking Transparency
14/06/2022
Ongoing
https://www.bundeskartellamt.de/SharedDocs/Meldung/EN/Pressemitteilungen/2022/14_06_2022_Apple.html
Alphabet
Google News Showcase
04/06/2021
21/12/2022
Adjustments by the undertaking of the practice
closed
https://www.bundeskartellamt.de/SharedDocs/Meldung/EN/Pressemitteilungen/2022/21_12_2022_Google_News_Showcase.html
Alphabet
Google Data processing terms and conditions
25/05/2021
ongoing (statement of objections)
https://www.bundeskartellamt.de/SharedDocs/Meldung/EN/Pressemitteilungen/2023/11_01_2023_Google_Data_Processing_Terms.html

Source: Christophe Carugati (last updated September 2023)

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