The EU’s Digital Markets Act: Regulatory Reform, Relapse or Reversal?

Q1 Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Ralf Boscheck
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Abstract As of 7 March 2024, the EU Commission began to enforce its controversial Digital Markets Act (DMA). This article sheds light on the recent debate. It lists the dos and don’ts of the DMA as well as stakeholder reactions to them before tracing some of the underlying motivations and reasoning that emerge from the EU’s current policy reversal with reference to dealing with abuse of dominant positions in line with Article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. Following this, the paper reviews economic aspects of digital platforms, concerns about market foreclosure and essential facility as well as appropriate remedies before closing with a discussion of the challenges in stipulating and enforcing efficient rules to govern digital platforms. It is argued that the DMA ought to be rewritten to stipulate clear and cogent legal standards, return to a strengthened system of ex post control and provide platforms with the opportunity to deliver efficiency defenses as part of corporate self-regulation.
欧盟数字市场法案:监管改革、旧病复发还是倒退?
摘要 自 2024 年 3 月 7 日起,欧盟委员会开始执行其备受争议的《数字市场法》(DMA)。本文揭示了近期的争论。文章列举了《数字市场法》的 "应做 "和 "不应做 "以及利益相关者的反应,然后追溯了欧盟当前政策逆转的一些根本动机和推理,即根据《欧盟运作条约》第 102 条处理滥用支配地位问题。随后,本文回顾了数字平台的经济方面、对市场垄断和基本设施的担忧以及适当的补救措施,最后讨论了制定和执行有效规则来管理数字平台所面临的挑战。本文认为,应重写《数字市场管理法》,以规定明确而有力的法律标准,回归强化的事后控制体系,并为平台提供机会,使其在企业自律的过程中提供效率辩护。
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Intereconomics
Intereconomics Economics, Econometrics and Finance-Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)
CiteScore
5.00
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0.00%
发文量
66
审稿时长
16 weeks
期刊介绍: Intereconomics publishes papers dealing with economic and social policy issues in Europe respectively in Euroland. The journal consists of the sections editorial, forum and articles. The editorial section contains brief comments on current questions of economic policy in Europe or effecting Europe. In the forum, several authors (researchers, politicians, representatives of trade unions and of employers associations etc.) voice their opinions on one particular current economic policy problem effecting Europe. The articles deal with economic policy issues and trends in Europe. They are mostly written by researchers in economics. Officially cited as: Intereconomics
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