AD Article
Digital Markets Act
Following several trilogues (informal tripartite meetings), the Council of the European Union and the Europe-an Parliament have reached a political agreement on the Digital Markets Act (“DMA”). The main points of divergence that were clarified concern the thresholds for a platform to qualify as a gate-keeper. The European Parliament managed to persuade the Council to impose interoperability requirements on messaging services, which means that large platforms such as WhatsApp, Facebook, Messenger or iMes-sage will have to open up and interoperate with smaller messaging platforms.