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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
- shall 20
- article 16
- commission 15
- group 14
- european 12
- high-level 12
- pursuant 11
- the 10
- implementing 8
- referred 8
- arrangements 7
- details 6
- form 6
- protection 6
- content 6
- gatekeeper 5
- description 5
- data 5
- practical 5
- and 5
- expertise 4
- regulation 4
- procedure 4
- audited 4
- provided 4
- regulatory 4
- paragraph 3
- articles 3
- provide 3
- market 3
- members 3
- advice 3
- paragraph 3
- bodies 3
- order 3
- within 3
- between 3
- report 3
- across 3
- submit 3
- board 3
- recommendations 2
- network 2
- such 2
- cooperation 2
- networks 2
- authorities 2
- draft 2
- number 2
- national 2
Article 15
Obligation of an audit
1. Within 6 months after its designation pursuant to Article 3, a gatekeeper shall submit to the Commission an independently audited description of any techniques for profiling of consumers that the gatekeeper applies to or across its core_platform_services listed in the designation decision pursuant to Article 3(9). The Commission shall transmit that audited description to the European Data Protection board.
2. The Commission may adopt an implementing act referred to in Article 46(1), point (g), to develop the methodology and procedure of the audit.
3. The gatekeeper shall make publicly available an overview of the audited description referred to in paragraph 1. In doing so, the gatekeeper shall be entitled to take account of the need to respect its business secrets. The gatekeeper shall update that description and that overview at least annually.
CHAPTER IV
MARKET INVESTIGATION
Article 40
The high-level group
1. The Commission shall establish a high-level group for the Digital Markets Act (‘the high-level group’).
2. The high-level group shall be composed of the following European bodies and networks:
| (a) | Body of the European Regulators for Electronic Communications; |
| (b) | European Data Protection Supervisor and European Data Protection board; |
| (c) | European Competition Network; |
| (d) | Consumer Protection Cooperation Network; and |
| (e) | European Regulatory Group of Audiovisual Media Regulators. |
3. The European bodies and networks referred to in paragraph 2 shall each have an equal number of representatives in the high-level group. The maximum number of members of the high-level group shall not exceed 30.
4. The Commission shall provide secretariat services to the high-level group in order to facilitate its work. The high-level group shall be chaired by the Commission, which shall participate in its meetings. The high-level group shall meet upon request of the Commission at least once per calendar year. The Commission shall also convene a meeting of the group when so requested by the majority of the members composing the group in order to address a specific issue.
5. The high-level group may provide the Commission with advice and expertise in the areas falling within the competences of its members, including:
| (a) | advice and recommendations within their expertise relevant for any general matter of implementation or enforcement of this Regulation; or |
| (b) | advice and expertise promoting a consistent regulatory approach across different regulatory instruments. |
6. The high-level group may, in particular, identify and assess the current and potential interactions between this Regulation and the sector-specific rules applied by the national authorities composing the European bodies and networks referred to in paragraph 2 and submit an annual report to the Commission presenting such assessment and identifying potential trans-regulatory issues. Such report may be accompanied by recommendations aiming at converging towards consistent transdisciplinary approaches and synergies between the implementation of this Regulation and other sectoral regulations. The report shall be communicated to the European Parliament and to the Council.
7. In the context of market investigations into new services and new practices, the high-level group may provide expertise to the Commission on the need to amend, add or remove rules in this Regulation, to ensure that digital markets across the Union are contestable and fair.
Article 46
Implementing provisions
1. The Commission may adopt implementing acts laying down detailed arrangements for the application of the following:
| (a) | the form, content and other details of notifications and submissions pursuant to Article 3; |
| (b) | the form, content and other details of the technical measures that gatekeepers shall implement in order to ensure compliance with Article 5, 6 or 7; |
| (c) | operational and technical arrangements in view of implementing interoperability of number-independent_interpersonal_communications_services pursuant to Article 7; |
| (d) | the form, content and other details of the reasoned request pursuant to Article 8(3); |
| (e) | the form, content and other details of the reasoned requests pursuant to Articles 9 and 10; |
| (f) | the form, content and other details of the regulatory reports delivered pursuant to Article 11; |
| (g) | the methodology and procedure for the audited description of techniques used for profiling of consumers provided for in Article 15(1); when developing a draft implementing act for this purpose, the Commission shall consult the European Data Protection Supervisor and may consult the European Data Protection board, civil society and other relevant experts; |
| (h) | the form, content and other details of notifications and submissions made pursuant to Articles 14 and 15; |
| (i) | the practical arrangements of the proceedings concerning the market investigations pursuant to Articles 17, 18 and 19, and proceedings pursuant to Articles 24, 25 and 29; |
| (j) | the practical arrangements for exercising rights to be heard provided for in Article 34; |
| (k) | the practical arrangements for the terms of disclosure provided for in Article 34; |
| (l) | the practical arrangements for the cooperation and coordination between the Commission and national authorities provided for in Articles 37 and 38; and |
| (m) | the practical arrangements for the calculation and extension of deadlines. |
2. The implementing acts referred to in paragraph 1, points (a) to (k), and point (m) of this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 50(2).
The implementing act referred to in paragraph 1, point (l), of this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 50(3).
3. Before the adoption of any implementing act pursuant to paragraph 1, the Commission shall publish a draft thereof and invite all interested parties to submit their comments within a time limit, which may not be less than one month.
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