The European Parliament's Committees on Legal Affairs (JURI) and Industry (ITRE) both suggest that parity clauses that allow intermediation platforms to require their user companies not to offer more advantageous offers elsewhere should be prohibited to some extent. This is what emerges from their respective opinions, adopted on Tuesday 20 November for JURI and on 21 November for ITRE.
As a reminder, the proposed regulation requires platform intermediaries and search engines to be...