Obligations in scope
Article 14 — gatekeeper
A gatekeeper shall inform the Commission of any intended concentration where merging entities or targets provide core platform services or digital sector services, prior to implementation and following the conclusion of the agreement, announcement of public bid, or acquisition of controlling interest. Action required: inform. Deadline: prior to implementation and following the conclusion of the agreement, the announcement of the public bid, or the acquisition of a controlling interest.
Article 14 — gatekeeper
The gatekeeper shall provide information describing the undertakings concerned, their turnovers, fields of activity, transaction value, summary of the concentration, and for relevant core platform services, their Union annual turnovers, yearly active business users, and monthly active end users. Action required: provide.
Article 14 — gatekeeper
If additional core platform services individually meet the thresholds in Article 3(2) following a concentration, the gatekeeper shall inform the Commission thereof and provide the information referred to in Article 3(2). Action required: inform. Deadline: within 2 months from the implementation of the concentration.
Article 19 — Commission
The Commission shall publish its findings in a report within 18 months from the date referred to in Article 16(3), point (a). Action required: publish. Deadline: 18 months from the date referred to in Article 16(3), point (a).
Article 19 — Commission
The Commission shall submit the report to the European Parliament and to the Council. Action required: submit. Deadline: 18 months from the date referred to in Article 16(3), point (a).
Article 19 — Commission
Where appropriate, the Commission shall accompany the report with a legislative proposal to amend the Regulation or a draft delegated act. Action required: accompany. Deadline: 18 months from the date referred to in Article 16(3), point (a).
Practical steps
What the obligations on this page actually require you to do, ordered by article. Use this as a starting checklist; verify each item against the underlying article text before treating it as legal advice.
- Art 14 — inform (gatekeeper)
- Art 14 — provide (gatekeeper)
- Art 19 — publish (Commission)
- Art 19 — submit (Commission)
- Art 19 — accompany (Commission)
Obligation reference table
| Article | Obligated entity | Deadline | Penalty |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art 14 | gatekeeper | prior to implementation and following the conclusion of the agreement, the announcement of the public bid, or the acquisition of a controlling interest | — |
| Art 14 | gatekeeper | — | — |
| Art 14 | gatekeeper | within 2 months from the implementation of the concentration | — |
| Art 19 | Commission | 18 months from the date referred to in Article 16(3), point (a) | — |
| Art 19 | Commission | 18 months from the date referred to in Article 16(3), point (a) | — |
| Art 19 | Commission | 18 months from the date referred to in Article 16(3), point (a) | — |
Penalty exposure
None of the 6 obligations on this page carry an explicit penalty figure in the DMA text itself — the fine ceiling is set elsewhere in the regulation and applies by reference. Refer to DMA's general penalties article (or the diagnostic below) to estimate exposure before signing off on a compliance programme.
Cross-regulatory conflicts
DMA interacts with other EU regulations in ways that can pull compliance teams in opposite directions. The most concrete conflicts in the Fontvera corpus involving this regulation:
- AI Act Art 18 ↔ DMA Art 5 (medium) — [entity affected: Gatekeeper/Provider] AI Act requires providers to keep technical documentation and logs for 10 years, while DMA requires gatekeepers to provide real-time access to data and algorithms, potentially creating tension between long-term data retention for compliance and immediate data portability/access rights.
- DMA Art 1 ↔ GDPR Art 6 (medium) — [entity affected: Member States] DMA prohibits Member States from imposing further obligations on gatekeepers to ensure contestable markets, which may conflict with GDPR's allowance for Member States to introduce specific provisions for lawful processing under public interest or legal obligations.
- DMA Art 1 ↔ DSA Art 10 (high) — [entity affected: gatekeeper] DMA Art 1 prohibits Member States from imposing further obligations on gatekeepers, while DSA Art 10 allows Member States to issue orders for information, potentially creating a conflict if a gatekeeper is also a DSA entity.
- DMA Art 1 ↔ Data Act Art 14 (high) — [entity affected: Member States] DMA Art 1 prohibits Member States from imposing further obligations on gatekeepers, while Data Act Art 14 imposes specific data sharing obligations on data holders (which may include gatekeepers) for public interest tasks, potentially creating a conflict if interpreted as a 'further obligation' under DMA.
- DMA Art 1 ↔ ePrivacy Directive Art 15 (high) — [entity affected: Member States] DMA prohibits Member States from imposing further obligations on gatekeepers to ensure contestable markets, while ePrivacy allows Member States to restrict rights for national security or public security, potentially creating overlapping or contradictory enforcement scopes for gatekeepers.
Related Fontvera pages
- dma obligations electronic communications
- dma obligations online advertising
- dma vs dora comparison
- dma vs dsa comparison
Check your full compliance exposure with the 5-minute Fontvera diagnostic →