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- Article 1 Subject matter and scope
- Article 2 Definitions
- Article 3 Designation of gatekeepers
- Article 4 Review of the status of gatekeeper
- Article 5 Obligations for gatekeepers
- Article 6 Obligations for gatekeepers susceptible of being further specified under Article 8
- Article 7 Obligation for gatekeepers on interoperability of number-independent interpersonal communications services
- Article 8 Compliance with obligations for gatekeepers
- Article 9 Suspension
- Article 10 Exemption for grounds of public health and public security
- Article 11 Reporting
- Article 12 Updating obligations for gatekeepers
- Article 13 Anti-circumvention
- Article 14 Obligation to inform about concentrations
- Article 15 Obligation of an audit
- Article 16 Opening of a market investigation
- Article 17 Market investigation for designating gatekeepers
- Article 18 Market investigation into systematic non-compliance
- Article 19 Market investigation into new services and new practices
- Article 20 Opening of proceedings
- Article 21 Requests for information
- Article 22 Power to carry out interviews and take statements
- Article 23 Powers to conduct inspections
- Article 24 Interim measures
- Article 25 Commitments
- Article 26 Monitoring of obligations and measures
- Article 27 Information by third parties
- Article 28 Compliance function
- Article 29 Non-compliance
- Article 30 Fines
- Article 31 Periodic penalty payments
- Article 32 Limitation periods for the imposition of penalties
- Article 33 Limitation periods for the enforcement of penalties
- Article 34 Right to be heard and access to the file
- Article 35 Annual reporting
- Article 36 Professional secrecy
- Article 37 Cooperation with national authorities
- Article 38 Cooperation and coordination with national competent authorities enforcing competition rules
- Article 39 Cooperation with national courts
- Article 40 The high-level group
- Article 41 Request for a market investigation
- Article 42 Representative actions
- Article 43 Reporting of breaches and protection of reporting persons
- Article 44 Publication of decisions
- Article 45 Review by the Court of Justice
- Article 46 Implementing provisions
- Article 47 Guidelines
- Article 48 Standardisation
- Article 49 Exercise of the delegation
- Article 50 Committee procedure
- Article 51 Amendment to Directive (EU) 2019/1937
- Article 52 Amendment to Directive (EU) 2020/1828
- Article 53 Review
- Article 54 Entry into force and application
CHAPTER I
SUBJECT MATTER, SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS
CHAPTER II
GATEKEEPERS
CHAPTER III
PRACTICES OF GATEKEEPERS THAT LIMIT CONTESTABILITY OR ARE UNFAIR
CHAPTER IV
MARKET INVESTIGATION
CHAPTER V
INVESTIGATIVE, ENFORCEMENT AND MONITORING POWERS
CHAPTER VI
FINAL PROVISIONS
- gatekeeper
- core platform service
- information society service
- digital sector
- online intermediation services
- online search engine
- online social networking service
- video-sharing platform service
- number-independent interpersonal communications service
- operating system
- web browser
- virtual assistant
- cloud computing service
- software application stores
- software application
- payment service
- technical service supporting payment service
- payment system for in-app purchases
- identification service
- end user
- business user
- ranking
- search results
- data
- personal data
- non-personal data
- undertaking
- control
- interoperability
- turnover
- profiling
- consent
- national court
- General
- Active end users
- Active business users
- Submission of information
- Specific definitions
- regulation 10
- gatekeepers 6
- article 5
- undertakings 5
- shall 5
- rules 4
- union 4
- national 4
- obligations 4
- states 3
- member 3
- communications 3
- this 3
- defined 3
- established 3
- prejudice 3
- without 3
- markets 3
- services 2
- related 2
- from 2
- point 2
- directive eu / 2
- directive 2
- application 2
- articles 2
- than 2
- further 2
- authorities 2
- and 2
- decisions 2
- prohibiting 2
- competition 2
- irrespective 2
- electronic 2
- commission 2
- apply 2
- contestable 2
- fair 2
- market 2
- internal 2
- ensuring 2
- business_users 2
- end_users 2
- purpose 2
- core_platform_services 2
- scope 2
- provided 2
- status 1
- under 1
Article 1
Subject matter and scope
1. The purpose of this Regulation is to contribute to the proper functioning of the internal market by laying down harmonised rules ensuring for all businesses, contestable and fair markets in the digital_sector across the Union where gatekeepers are present, to the benefit of business_users and end_users.
2. This Regulation shall apply to core_platform_services provided or offered by gatekeepers to business_users established in the Union or end_users established or located in the Union, irrespective of the place of establishment or residence of the gatekeepers and irrespective of the law otherwise applicable to the provision of service.
3. This Regulation shall not apply to markets related to:
| (a) | electronic communications networks as defined in Article 2, point (1), of Directive (EU) 2018/1972; |
| (b) | electronic communications services as defined in Article 2, point (4), of Directive (EU) 2018/1972, other than those related to number-independent_interpersonal_communications_services. |
4. With regard to interpersonal communications services as defined in Article 2, point (5) of Directive (EU) 2018/1972, this Regulation is without prejudice to the powers and responsibilities granted to the national regulatory and other competent authorities by virtue of Article 61 of that Directive.
5. In order to avoid the fragmentation of the internal market, Member States shall not impose further obligations on gatekeepers by way of laws, regulations or administrative measures for the purpose of ensuring contestable and fair markets. Nothing in this Regulation precludes Member States from imposing obligations on undertakings, including undertakings providing core_platform_services, for matters falling outside the scope of this Regulation, provided that those obligations are compatible with Union law and do not result from the fact that the relevant undertakings have the status of a gatekeeper within the meaning of this Regulation.
6. This Regulation is without prejudice to the application of Articles 101 and 102 TFEU. It is also without prejudice to the application of:
| (a) | national competition rules prohibiting anti-competitive agreements, decisions by associations of undertakings, concerted practices and abuses of dominant positions; |
| (b) | national competition rules prohibiting other forms of unilateral conduct insofar as they are applied to undertakings other than gatekeepers or amount to the imposition of further obligations on gatekeepers; and |
| (c) | Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (23) and national rules concerning merger control. |
7. National authorities shall not take decisions which run counter to a decision adopted by the Commission under this Regulation. The Commission and Member States shall work in close cooperation and coordinate their enforcement actions on the basis of the principles established in Articles 37 and 38.
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