In the 63rd supplementary edition of the Handbook of EU Economic Law, edited by Markus Ludwigs, several new sections on data law in the European Union have been published. The practical handbook covers all aspects of EU commercial law and explains how it interacts with national law. The loose-leaf system guarantees up-to-date information at all times and provides the necessary overview of regulations, directives and decisions. This is guaranteed by experienced specialists from academia and practice.
Section 39, written by Prof. Dr. David Bartlitz and notary Alexander Gräfe for the 63rd EL, offers a systematic presentation and analysis of the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which has been in force in the EU since May 2023. Digital Markets Act (DMA). The new regulations - together with the Digital Services Act (DSA) - the EU's Digital Services Act Package and respond to the specific power structures of digital platform markets. This first edition recognises the DMA as an instrument similar to antitrust law but with a structural policy thrust and places its regulatory mechanisms in an economic and legal context. Particular attention is paid to the paradigm shift away from traditional competition law towards a value-orientated regulatory framework for gatekeeper companies.
The full text of the DMA commentary by Bartlitz and Gräfe is available via the database beck-online database free of charge.
