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Adopted text 2026-04-30

Enforcement of the Digital Markets Act

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Parliament's resolution on enforcing the Digital Markets Act reaffirms the need for effective, timely and consistent enforcement and calls on the Commission to use all available tools, address specific gatekeeper practices, and ensure the DMA keeps pace with AI and cloud developments.

Key points

  1. Reaffirms that effective, timely and consistent enforcement of the DMA is essential for the single market and tangible benefits for consumers, business users and innovators.
  2. Expresses concern over political pressure from third countries to weaken the DMA and stresses that obligations apply equally to all gatekeepers irrespective of origin.
  3. Calls on the Commission to use all enforcement instruments, including market investigations, inspections, interim measures, fines and periodic penalty payments.
  4. Stresses the need for structured cooperation with national competition authorities and other public bodies to support enforcement.
  5. Calls for concluding non-compliance proceedings without undue delay, respecting deadlines, and keeping Parliament informed of enforcement progress.
  6. Urges prioritising enforcement of interoperability, data access, portability, anti-steering and anti-self-preferencing obligations, including where harm arises from defaults or ecosystem design.
  7. Expresses grave concern about Google's self-preferencing practices and AI integration, urging the Commission to address them.
  8. Notes concerns about Apple's fees and conditions for alternative app stores and steering, and about TikTok's consent screens, urging Commission assessment.
  9. Calls for monitoring compliance by Microsoft, Booking.com and Meta, and for action on connected TV and other platforms.
  10. Calls for consistent application of the DMA to AI and cloud services, and for complementarity with the Data Act and AI Act.
  11. Regrets that first non-compliance decisions are limited in scope and fines modest, and calls for deterrence and sufficient resources.
  12. Expects the DMA review to be transparent and evidence-based, focusing on strengthening effectiveness without reopening core objectives unless justified.

Who is affected

  • Designated gatekeepers such as Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta, Microsoft and Booking.com face continued scrutiny and potential enforcement actions.
  • Business users and end users in the EU are to benefit from stronger enforcement and better mechanisms to exercise their rights.
  • Cloud service providers like Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure may be assessed for gatekeeper designation.
  • Developers of AI and digital services may face fewer barriers if enforcement addresses self-preferencing and data access.

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