What can Member States do with the Digital Markets Act?
Speakers
George Gryllos
Legal Secretary, Court of Justice of the European Union
Elodie Vandenhende
Deputy head of the digital economy unit, French Competition Authority
Agenda
Check-in and lunch
12:30-13:00Agenda
Kick-off presentations
13:00-13:20- Chair: Christophe Carugati
- George Gryllos, Legal Secretary, Court of Justice of the European Union
- Elodie Vandenhende, Deputy head of the digital economy unit, French Competition Authority
Agenda
Roundtable discussion
12:20-14:30The Digital Markets Act (DMA) grants the Commission the sole power to regulate the behaviours of some large online platforms in Europe. Member States can still play a role in digital markets in complement to the DMA by enforcing European and national competition laws and assisting the Commission with the DMA. In response, several Member States, such as Germany, have already opened some antitrust investigations in complement to the DMA and proposed legislations to grant powers to their national competition authorities to help the Commission with the DMA. But the regulation imposes several limitations and obligations on Member States. The panel will explore what Member States can and cannot do considering the Court of Justice case laws and their economic implications.