Digital Markets Act: Prohibition of Self-Preferencing in Ranking

The pro­hi­bi­ti­on of most-favou­­red-nati­on prac­ti­ces under Artic­le 5(3) of the DMA is a com­pe­ti­ti­ve prac­ti­ce that rest­ricts the free­dom of action of com­mer­cial cus­to­mers out­side the plat­form. Howe­ver, most-favou­­red-nati­on tre­at­ment is not to be con­fu­sed with self-pre­­fe­­ren­­ti­al tre­at­ment, which is the sub­ject of this artic­le today. For the sake of cla­ri­ty, here is the full text of…