The ‘gatekeepers’ designated under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) will have to return to the Commission between the end of June and the beginning of July to present the various measures they have taken to comply with the text, the Commission announced on Tuesday 13 May.
With the exception of Booking, all the gatekeepers - Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta and Microsoft - are affected.
The aim of these ‘working groups’ is to enable external stakeholders to “give their point of view on specific problems and questions that may arise in relation to the measures put in place” by the companies.
In their updated compliance report for the year 2025, Apple and Meta had openly criticised the Commission’s approach, one stating that its report “should not be taken as a statement of Apple’s position on the validity, scope and correct application of the provisions of the DMA”, the other accusing the EU of having “additional requests that fall outside the strict framework of the DMA” (see EUROPE 13596/10). (Original version in French by Isalia Stieffatre)