Chapter VINVESTIGATIVE, ENFORCEMENT AND MONITORING POWERS
- Article 20Opening of proceedings
1. Where the Commission intends to open proceedings with a view to the possible adoption of decisions pursuant to Articles 8 , 29 and 30 , it shall…
- Article 21Requests for information
1. In order to carry out its duties under this Regulation, the Commission may, by simple request or by decision, require from undertakings and associations of undertakings to…
- Article 22Power to carry out interviews and take statements
1. In order to carry out its duties under this Regulation, the Commission may interview any natural or legal person which consents to being interviewed, for the purpose…
- Article 23Powers to conduct inspections
1. In order to carry out its duties under this Regulation, the Commission may conduct all necessary inspections of an undertaking or association of undertakings. 2. The officials…
- Article 24Interim measures
In case of urgency due to the risk of serious and irreparable damage for business users or end users of gatekeepers, the Commission may adopt an implementing act…
- Article 25Commitments
1. If, during proceedings under Article 18 , the gatekeeper concerned offers commitments for the relevant core platform services to ensure compliance with the obligations laid down in…
- Article 26Monitoring of obligations and measures
1. The Commission shall take the necessary actions to monitor the effective implementation and compliance with the obligations laid down in Articles 5 , 6 and 7 and…
- Article 27Information by third parties
1. Any third party, including business users, competitors or end-users of the core platform services listed in the designation decision pursuant to Article 3(9) , as well as…
- Article 28Compliance function
1. Gatekeepers shall introduce a compliance function, which is independent from the operational functions of the gatekeeper and composed of one or more compliance officers, including the head…
- Article 29Non-compliance
1. The Commission shall adopt an implementing act setting out its finding of non-compliance (‘the non-compliance decision’) where it finds that a gatekeeper does not comply with one…
- Article 30Fines
1. In the non-compliance decision, the Commission may impose on a gatekeeper fines not exceeding 10 % of its total worldwide turnover in the preceding financial year where…
- Article 31Periodic penalty payments
1. The Commission may adopt a decision imposing on undertakings, including gatekeepers where applicable, and associations of undertakings periodic penalty payments not exceeding 5 % of the average…
- Article 32Limitation periods for the imposition of penalties
1. The powers conferred on the Commission by Articles 30 and 31 shall be subject to a 5 year limitation period. 2. Time shall begin to run on…
- Article 33Limitation periods for the enforcement of penalties
1. The power of the Commission to enforce decisions taken pursuant to Articles 30 and 31 shall be subject to a limitation period of 5 years. 2. Time…
- Article 34Right to be heard and access to the file
1. Before adopting a decision pursuant to Article 8 , Article 9(1) , Article 10(1) , Articles 17 , 18 , 24 , 25 , 29 and 30…
- Article 35Annual reporting
1. The Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and to the Council an annual report on the implementation of this Regulation and the progress made towards achieving…
- Article 36Professional secrecy
1. The information collected pursuant to this Regulation shall be used for the purposes of this Regulation. 2. The information collected pursuant to Article 14 shall be used…
- Article 37Cooperation with national authorities
1. The Commission and Member States shall work in close cooperation and coordinate their enforcement actions to ensure coherent, effective and complementary enforcement of available legal instruments applied…
- Article 38Cooperation and coordination with national competent authorities enforcing competition rules
1. The Commission and the national competent authorities of the Member States enforcing the rules referred to in Article 1(6) shall cooperate with each other and inform each…
- Article 39Cooperation with national courts
1. In proceedings for the application of this Regulation, national courts may ask the Commission to transmit to them information in its possession or its opinion on questions…
- Article 40The high-level group
1. The Commission shall establish a high-level group for the Digital Markets Act (‘the high-level group’). 2. The high-level group shall be composed of the following European bodies…
- Article 41Request for a market investigation
1. Three or more Member States may request the Commission to open a market investigation pursuant to Article 17 because they consider that there are reasonable grounds to…
- Article 42Representative actions
Directive (EU) 2020/1828 shall apply to the representative actions brought against infringements by gatekeepers of provisions of this Regulation that harm or may harm the collective interests of…
- Article 43Reporting of breaches and protection of reporting persons
Directive (EU) 2019/1937 shall apply to the reporting of all breaches of this Regulation and the protection of persons reporting such breaches.
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Text as at 19 September 2026.
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