- Volume 5 (2021), Issue 2
- Vol. 5 (2021), No. 2
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- Pages 90 - 101
- pp. 90 - 101
The Digital Markets Act:
Improving Its Institutional Design
The Digital Markets Act (DMA) is a major policy initiative to regulate platform gatekeepers in a more systematic manner than under competition law. This paper reflects on the institutional set-up in the Commission proposal. While the DMA is well-designed, this paper recommends improvement in the following aspects: (i) matching the DMA’s objectives with obligations imposed on gatekeepers; (ii) facilitating a regulatory dialogue; (iii) streamlining the enforcement pyramid; (iv) emphasising the role of private enforcement; (iv) clarifying the role of competition law when the DMA applies.
Keywords: Digital Markets Act, DMA, responsive regulation, private enforcement