Where to Litigate Under the DMA: Jurisdictional Considerations in Private Enforcement

A key ques­ti­on in the con­text of pri­va­te enforce­ment under the Digi­tal Mar­kets Act (DMA) is: Whe­re can I bring a cla­im? The first step is to deter­mi­ne inter­na­tio­nal juris­dic­tion — that is, in which coun­try pro­cee­dings may be initia­ted. This ques­ti­on is gover­ned by the Brussels Ia Regu­la­ti­on (also refer­red to Regu­la­ti­on (EU) No. 1215/2012). In most cases,…

Article 39 DMA: Judicial Cooperation and Coherence in Private Enforcement

Artic­le 39 of the Digi­tal Mar­kets Act (DMA) con­ta­ins spe­ci­fic pro­vi­si­ons on the coope­ra­ti­on bet­ween the Euro­pean Com­mis­si­on and natio­nal courts in the con­text of pri­va­te enforce­ment. The­se rules draw inspi­ra­ti­on from the expe­ri­ence gai­ned under Regu­la­ti­on 1/2003 in the field of anti­trust enforce­ment. The over­ar­ching aim is to ensu­re con­sis­tent appli­ca­ti­on of the DMA and…

Bundeskartellamt issues preliminary assessment of Amazon’s price control mechanisms

Last week, the Ger­man Fede­ral Car­tel Office (Bun­des­kar­tell­amt, BKar­tA) published a press release out­lining its preli­mi­na­ry legal assess­ment of Amazon’s cur­rent pri­ce con­trol prac­ti­ces. Accor­ding to the aut­ho­ri­ty, the con­duct could amount to an abu­se both under the spe­cial rules for lar­ge digi­tal plat­forms pur­su­ant to Sec­tion 19a(2) of the Ger­man Com­pe­ti­ti­on Act (GWB) and under…