Digital Markets Act — In with regulation, out with regulation

The draft Digi­tal Mar­kets Act (DMA) is inten­ded to enable sec­­tor-spe­ci­­fic mar­ket regu­la­ti­on of so-cal­­led gate­kee­pers. Gate­kee­pers are com­pa­nies that ope­ra­te cen­tral plat­form ser­vices and ther­eby exceed the legal­ly defi­ned thres­holds. Spe­ci­fic con­duct obli­ga­ti­ons are posi­tively impo­sed on the­se com­pa­nies. Howe­ver, the strict stan­dard of Art. 5 and 6 DMA does not app­ly uncon­di­tio­nal­ly. This is because…