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- 1 Article 1 Subject matter and scope
- 1 Article 39 Cooperation with national courts
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 16
- commission 9
- shall 9
- article 7
- gatekeepers 6
- application 6
- without 5
- national_courts 5
- undertakings 5
- obligations 4
- under 4
- decision 4
- rules 4
- states 4
- national 4
- prejudice 4
- union 4
- member 3
- communications 3
- defined 3
- established 3
- also 3
- decisions 3
- which 3
- purpose 3
- markets 3
- this 3
- observations 3
- proceedings 3
- written 3
- copy 2
- necessary 2
- national_court 2
- request 2
- authorities 2
- in 2
- avoid 2
- judgment 2
- further 2
- counter 2
- from 2
- adopted 2
- relevant 2
- articles 2
- and 2
- cooperation 2
- competition 2
- prohibiting 2
- they 2
- directive 2
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.
Article 39
Cooperation with national_courts
1. In proceedings for the application of this Regulation, national_courts may ask the Commission to transmit to them information in its possession or its opinion on questions concerning the application of this Regulation.
2. Member States shall forward to the Commission a copy of any written judgment of national_courts deciding on the application of this Regulation. Such copy shall be forwarded without delay after the full written judgment is notified to the parties.
3. Where the coherent application of this Regulation so requires, the Commission, acting on its own initiative, may submit written observations to national_courts. With the permission of the court in question, it may also make oral observations.
4. For the purpose of the preparation of their observations only, the Commission may request the relevant national_court to transmit or ensure the transmission to the Commission of any documents necessary for the assessment of the case.
5. National courts shall not give a decision which runs counter to a decision adopted by the Commission under this Regulation. They shall also avoid giving decisions which would conflict with a decision contemplated by the Commission in proceedings it has initiated under this Regulation. To that effect, the national_court may assess whether it is necessary to stay its proceedings. This is without prejudice to the possibility for national_courts to request a preliminary ruling under Article 267 TFEU.
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