DMA Article 6: Obligations, Deadlines & Penalties

Comply with all obligations set out in Article 6 with respect to each of its core platform services listed in the designation decision. Regulation (EU) 2022/1925, Article 6, Article 6

Not use, in competition with business users, any data that is not publicly available that is generated or provided by those business users in the context of their use of the relevant core platform services. Regulation (EU) 2022/1925, Article 6, Article 6

Allow and technically enable end users to easily un-install any software applications on the operating system, except for essential applications that cannot be offered standalone by third parties. Regulation (EU) 2022/1925, Article 6, Article 6

Allow and technically enable end users to easily change default settings on the operating system, virtual assistant, and web browser that direct users to gatekeeper products. Regulation (EU) 2022/1925, Article 6, Article 6

Prompt end users at first use of online search engine, virtual assistant, or web browser to choose from a list of main available service providers for default settings. Regulation (EU) 2022/1925, Article 6, Article 6

Allow and technically enable the installation and effective use of third-party software applications or software application stores using or interoperating with its operating system. Regulation (EU) 2022/1925, Article 6, Article 6

Allow third-party software applications or stores to be accessed by means other than the relevant core platform services of the gatekeeper. Regulation (EU) 2022/1925, Article 6, Article 6

Not prevent downloaded third-party software applications or stores from prompting end users to set them as default, and technically enable end users to carry out that change easily. Regulation (EU) 2022/1925, Article 6, Article 6

Not treat more favourably, in ranking and related indexing and crawling, services and products offered by the gatekeeper itself than similar services or products of a third party. Regulation (EU) 2022/1925, Article 6, Article 6

Apply transparent, fair and non-discriminatory conditions to ranking and related indexing and crawling. Regulation (EU) 2022/1925, Article 6, Article 6

Not restrict technically or otherwise the ability of end users to switch between, and subscribe to, different software applications and services accessed using the core platform services. Regulation (EU) 2022/1925, Article 6, Article 6

Allow providers of services and hardware, free of charge, effective interoperability with, and access for the purposes of interoperability to, the same hardware and software features accessed via the operating system or virtual assistant. Regulation (EU) 2022/1925, Article 6, Article 6

Allow business users and alternative providers of services, free of charge, effective interoperability with, and access for the purposes of interoperability to, the same operating system, hardware or software features. Regulation (EU) 2022/1925, Article 6, Article 6

Provide advertisers and publishers, upon request and free of charge, with access to performance measuring tools and data necessary for independent verification of advertisements inventory. Regulation (EU) 2022/1925, Article 6, Article 6

Provide end users and authorised third parties, at their request and free of charge, with effective portability of data provided by or generated through the activity of the end user. Regulation (EU) 2022/1925, Article 6, Article 6

Provide business users and authorised third parties, at their request and free of charge, with effective, high-quality, continuous and real-time access to, and use of, aggregated and non-aggregated data generated in the context of use of core platform services. Regulation (EU) 2022/1925, Article 6, Article 6

Provide access to personal data only where directly connected with end user use of business user products and when end users opt in by giving consent. Regulation (EU) 2022/1925, Article 6, Article 6

Provide to any third-party undertaking providing online search engines, at its request, access on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms to ranking, query, click and view data. Regulation (EU) 2022/1925, Article 6, Article 6