Overview   Digital Markets Act

The European Commission published a summary and the individual contributions received in response to the consultation on the ongoing review of the Digital Markets Act (DMA). 
The assessment of these contributions will feed into the Commission's review report to be presented by 3 May 2026 to the European Parliament, the Council, and the European Economic and Social Committee. The regular review of the DMA every three years is a legal requirement, mandated by the regulation itself, to ensure that the DMA meets its objectives and maintains its effectiveness in the evolving landscape of digital markets.

The European Commission acknowledges Meta's undertaking to offer users in the EU an alternative choice of Facebook and Instagram services that would show them less personalised ads, to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA). This is the first time that such a choice is offered on Meta's social networks. Meta will give users the effective choice between: consenting to share all their data and seeing fully personalised advertising, and opting to share less personal data for an experience with more limited personalised advertising. Meta will present these new options to users in the EU in January 2026.

On 27 November 2025, the Commission received notifications from Apple indicating that its core platform services, Apple Ads and Apple Maps, meet the Digital Markets Act (DMA) thresholds. 

The European Commission opened three market investigations on cloud computing services under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). Two market investigations will assess whether Amazon and Microsoft should be designated as gatekeepers for their cloud computing services, Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure, under the DMA, in other words whether they act as important gateways between businesses and consumers, despite not meeting the DMA gatekeeper thresholds for size, user number and market position. The third market investigation will assess if the DMA can effectively tackle practices that may limit competitiveness and fairness in the cloud computing sector in the EU. 

Today, the European Commission has formally launched proceedings to assess whether Google applies fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory conditions of access to publishers' websites on Google Search, which is an obligation under the Digital Markets Act (DMA).

The European Commission and the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) have launched a public consultation to gather feedback on draft guidelines on the interplay between the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). 

The DMA and the GDPR are independent regulatory frameworks with complementary objectives and several points of intersection. To ensure the coherent and effective application of the two sets of rules, the Commission and the EDPB decided to issue Joint Guidelines on the interplay between the DMA and the GDPR (Joint Guidelines). The Joint Guidelines provide guidance to gatekeepers on how to interpret and comply with the two sets of rules, ensuring that the distinct competences of the Commission and the EDPB are respected.
The objective of the consultation is to gather feedback on the draft Joint Guidelines. The Commission and the EDPB will carefully review all submissions before adopting the final Joint Guidelines, in 2026.
See also the Commission's press release.

The European Commission seeks to utilise the contractor’s software and technological expertise in order to obtain comprehensive technical assistance in the implementation of Article 6(7) of the Digital Markets Act, including the monitoring of the implementation of the Specification Decision for Case DMA.100203 – Article 6(7) – Apple – iOS – SP – Features for Connected Physical Devices. On an exceptional basis, the call for tenders shall be open to economic operators established in in a EU Member State or a third country which has a special agreement with the European Union in the field of public procurement on the conditions laid down in that agreement.
this is not a call for tenders but a publication announcing the contracting authority’s intention to publish a future negotiated low or middle value procedure.
Deadline for expression of interest: 26/09/2025

The European Commission is seeking feedback on how the Digital Markets Act (DMA) can support fair and contestable digital markets, including the Artificial Intelligence (AI) sector.
To that end, the Commission published yesterday a call for evidence with additional information on the DMA review process and the public consultation launched on 3 July, as well as an AI questionnaire.
See also the Commission's press release.

Today, Director-General of DG CNECT Roberto Viola and Director-General of DG COMP Olivier Guersent, representing the European Commission services responsible for the implementation of the Digital Markets Act (DMA), have signed a first of its kind Cooperation Arrangement with the Japan Fair Trade Commission, responsible for the implementation of Japan’s Mobile Software Competition Act, represented by Secretary-General Hiroo Iwanari. The Arrangement is signed in the context of the EU-Japan Digital Partnership.

The objective of the consultation is to gather feedback and evidence on the effectiveness of the DMA so far in achieving its objectives of ensuring contestable and fair digital markets.
The Commission will use this stakeholder feedback, as well as other inputs, to prepare a report assessing the impact of the DMA so far and whether any measures are necessary following this assessment.
All citizens, companies and organisations are welcome to contribute to this consultation. Contributions are sought particularly from business users (especially SMEs) and end users of the gatekeepers’ digital services in scope of the DMA and associations representing these users.
Interested parties have until 24 September 2025 to submit their views.

The European Commission is organizing a series of compliance workshops with interested third parties to receive their views on specific issues and questions that may arise in relation to the measures that Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Bytedance, Meta and Microsoft have put in place to ensure effective compliance of their core platforms services with the DMA.
These compliance workshops are scheduled as follows:

• Microsoft: 20 June 2025
• Amazon: 23 June 2025
• Apple: 30 June 2025
• Alphabet: 1 July 2025
• ByteDance: 2 July 2025
• Meta: 3 July 2025

The European Commission is organizing a series of compliance workshops with interested third parties to receive their views on specific issues and questions that may arise in relation to the measures that Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Bytedance, Meta and Microsoft have put in place to ensure effective compliance of their core platforms services with the DMA.
First two 2025 workshops in Brussels: Microsoft, on Friday 20 June 2025, 09:00 - 13:10 (CEST), followed by Amazon, on 23 June 2025.
See also the Commission's press release.

To support businesses active in Europe, the Commission clarified how Apple must make iOS and iPadOS more interoperable with non-Apple devices and apps. This will open new opportunities for device makers and app developers to bring innovative products to iPhone and iPad users, expanding choice and improving the user experience.
With these decisions, the DMA is bringing real change. Any iOS or iPadOS developer can seize the opportunities that these changes bring about. Learn more in our new factsheet.
See also Interoperability (Questions and Answers).

As this was already the case in March 2024, the Commission will again hold technical workshops with interested third parties to receive their views on specific issues and questions that may arise in relation to the measures that Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Bytedance, Meta and Microsoft have put in place to ensure effective compliance of their core platforms services with the DMA.

The Commission adopted today its second Digital Markets Act (‘DMA') annual report.
The report describes the measures taken from January to December 2024 to ensure effective enforcement of the DMA and achieving fairness and contestability in the internal market's digital sector.

The European Commission found that Apple breached its anti-steering obligation under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), and that Meta breached the DMA obligation to give consumers the choice of a service that uses less of their personal data. Therefore, the Commission has fined Apple and Meta with €500 million and €200 million respectively.

Following a constructive dialogue with Apple, the Commission has decided to close its investigation into Apple's user choice obligations under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The Commission has also informed Apple of its preliminary view that Apple's contract terms concerning alternative app distribution breach the DMA.

Today, the European Commission sent two sets of preliminary findings to Alphabet for failing to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA), regarding two services for which it has been designated as a gatekeeper.

Today, the European Commission adopted two decisions under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) specifying the measures that Apple has to take to comply with certain aspects of its interoperability obligation.