Interim relief

Data protection, Designation Decision, Digital, Digital competition, Digital economy, Digital markets, Digital Markets Act, European Commission, General Court of the European Union, Interim measures, Interim relief

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TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, has not managed to suspend the effects of the European Commission’s designation decision (for comment on the designation decisions, see here). However, the appeal that ByteDance directed at the designation decision will be given the benefit of an expedited procedure. This is the first time that the General Court uttered a…

Digital competition, Digital economy, Digital markets, Digital Markets Act, General Court of the European Union, Interim measures, Interim relief

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TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, is currently bluffing before the EU Courts in the face of its gatekeeper designation decision issued by the Commission last September (the Decision). On 15 November 2023, ByteDance confirmed that it was appealing the Decision before the General Court, and a couple of days after that, the Court of Justice acknowledged…

Advertising, Amazon, Digital competition, Digital economy, Digital Services Act, General Court of the European Union, Interim relief

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On September 27, 2023, the European General Court (GC or the Court), for the first time, issued a decision related to the new set of rules for the digital space introduced by the Digital Services Act (DSA) in Case Amazon v Commission, T-367/23 R. The Court granted Amazon interim measures concerning the application of the…

Abuse of dominance, Apple, Digital economy, Digital markets, Interim relief, Netherlands

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On 24 December 2021, the Dutch Authority for Consumers & Markets (ACM) published a summary decision finding an abuse of a dominant position by Apple. The decision dates back to 24 August 2021 but was published only last month following an injunction proceeding aimed at suspending the effects of the ACM’s decision as well as…