§ Digital Markets Act · Article 14
DMA Article 14: Obligations, Deadlines & Penalties
At a glance
Article 14 of the DMA imposes 6 obligations on Commission, gatekeeper. At least one obligation carries an explicit compliance deadline.
§ Obligations
All obligations under Article 14
Obligation 1
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.
Regulation (EU) 2022/1925, Article 14, Article 14
- Obligated entity
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gatekeeper
- Sector scope
- digital sector
- Action required
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inform
- Deadline
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prior to implementation and following the conclusion of the agreement, the announcement of the public bid, or the acquisition of a controlling interest
- Penalty
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Obligation 2
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.
Regulation (EU) 2022/1925, Article 14, Article 14
- Obligated entity
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gatekeeper
- Sector scope
- digital sector
- Action required
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provide
- Deadline
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—
- Penalty
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—
Obligation 3
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).
Regulation (EU) 2022/1925, Article 14, Article 14
- Obligated entity
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gatekeeper
- Sector scope
- digital sector
- Action required
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inform
- Deadline
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within 2 months from the implementation of the concentration
- Penalty
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—
Obligation 4
The Commission shall inform the competent authorities of the Member States of any information received pursuant to paragraph 1.
Regulation (EU) 2022/1925, Article 14, Article 14
- Obligated entity
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Commission
- Action required
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inform
- Deadline
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—
- Penalty
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—
Obligation 5
The Commission shall publish annually the list of acquisitions of which it has been informed by gatekeepers pursuant to paragraph 1.
Regulation (EU) 2022/1925, Article 14, Article 14
- Obligated entity
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Commission
- Action required
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publish
- Deadline
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annually
- Penalty
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Obligation 6
The Commission shall take account of the legitimate interest of undertakings in the protection of their business secrets when handling information.
Regulation (EU) 2022/1925, Article 14, Article 14
- Obligated entity
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Commission
- Action required
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take account
- Deadline
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—
- Penalty
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§ Cross-regulatory issues
Conflicts, overlaps and gaps
OVERLAP (unreviewed)
low
DMA Art. 14
↔
DSA Art. 10
[entity affected: gatekeeper / provider of intermediary services] Both regulations require entities to inform authorities about specific events or data, such as concentrations (DMA) or receipt of information orders (DSA).
§ Frequently asked
Questions about Article 14
Who must comply with Article 14 of the DMA?
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Commission, gatekeeper.
What does Article 14 of the DMA require?
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inform provide publish
What is the compliance deadline for DMA Article 14?
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annually; prior to implementation and following the conclusion of the agreement, the announcement of the public bid, or the acquisition of a controlling interest; within 2 months from the implementation of the concentration