On 22 June 2021, the heads of the national competition authorities (“NCAs”) published a joint position paper entitled How national competition authorities can strengthen the DMA (“NCA Paper”). The NCA Paper argues that NCAs are well placed to assist the European Commission (“Commission”) – and specifically, as the NCA Paper suggests, the Directorate-General for Competition (“DG COMP”) – with the enforcement of the Digital Markets Act (“DMA”). As the DMA is going through the legislative process and is currently under review by the European Parliament, there is a clear risk that its enforcement could end up centralised in the hands of the Commission. This policy line would leave little to no responsibilities to NCAs. As its title suggests, the NCA Paper advocates for a more favourable outcome for
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The European Competition Network publishes a joint position paper on how national competition authorities can strengthen the Digital Markets Act
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