…Search provides beta access in the US to its Search Generative Experience where generative AI integrates with its legacy service. The self-preferencing prohibition under Article 6(5) DMA does not exclusively…
…In any case, the Google Shopping case should not be misunderstood as a precedent to any self-preferencing cases, because the special feature of this case, the combination of self-preferencing with…
…specific practices set out in Section 19a(2) ARC (e.g., self-preferencing, etc.). The designation has two conditions: (i) the company must be active to a significant extent in multi-sided markets referred…
…complexity of digital markets the director general expressed some doubts about whether the Digital Markets Act (DMA) with its self-enforcing nature will successfully tackle pertaining issues. She underlined that also…
…102 is applied in a predictable and transparent manner to enhance legal certainty and help undertakings self-assess whether their conduct constitutes an exclusionary abuse under Article 102 TFEU, and to…
…for violations falling within the scope of both Article 6 of Competition Act and Article 6/A. For example, self-preferencing behaviour of dominant undertakings constitutes an abuse under Article 6 of…
…rebates that are not subject to exclusive purchase or supply requirements, multi-product rebates, self-preferencing, and access restrictions different from refusal to supply. Assessment of objective justifications and efficiencies The…
…digital markets often present competition problems beyond conventional theories of harm, such as self-preferencing, blocking access to data, preventing interoperability, excessive data collection, and imposing unfair conditions. Fifthly, the ex-post…
…happened with self-preferencing in the Google Search case, where the Commission laid down its theory of harm in the decision, but then the General Court clarified these conditions later on…
…their own services over those of competitors, with uncertainty persisting as to what constitutes the abuse of self-preferencing. Abuse via self-preferencing occurs when a dominant platform favours its own products…
