by Kevin Coates | May 13, 2021 | General
The Italian competition authority’s decision into Google’s refusal to allow interoperability between Android and a third party app is published here. Simonetta Vezzosa (@wavesblog) has done a mammoth twitter thread, translating key parts, and pausing only...
by Kevin Coates | Feb 3, 2021 | General
Caveat: this is a judgement exercise. The links I’ve made may be wrong and / or incomplete. Recitals without a specific Article: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 34, 35, Articles without a specific recital: 1 (subject matter and scope), 14 (opening of market investigation),...
by Kevin Coates | Feb 3, 2021 | General
[Note this is just a reference sheet of the regulated services and the obligations.] Article 2(2)(a) online intermediation services; Article 2(2)(b) online search engines; Article 2(2)(c) online social networking services; Article 2(2)(d)...
by Kevin Coates | Feb 3, 2021 | General
“I would draw your attention to the curious treatment of Article 25 in the recitals.” “But the recitals say nothing about Article 25.” “That is the curious treatment.” (With apologies to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.) Remedies for...
by Kevin Coates | Feb 2, 2021 | General
As with all EU legislation, you need to read the DMA’s articles alongside the recitals which often provide useful context. And as with all EU legislation, that can lead to a lot of scrolling up and down when you’re trying to understand what’s going...
