EU countries have agreed that the European Commission will be the sole enforcer of new tech rules, with a limited role for national antitrust watchdogs instead of the wider powers sought for them, reported Reuters.
EU ministers will formally ratify the agreement on Nov. 25 as part of the bloc’s common position ahead of negotiations with EU lawmakers and the Commission on the draft rules known as the Digital Markets Act (DMA) before they can become law.
EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager last year proposed the DMA which aims to curb the powers of Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon with a list of dos and don’ts.
Related: Will the Digital Markets Act Kill Innovation in Europe?
“The Commission is the sole authority empowered to enforce this Regulation,” said an EU document agreed by a working group of the EU Council and seen by Reuters. German and French antitrust watchdogs and their counterparts in the other 25 EU countries in a joint letter in June argued for a bigger role in enforcing the DMA and cited their expertise in digital cases.
“In order to support the Commission, member states may empower competent authorities enforcing competition rules to conduct investigative measures into possible infringements of obligations for gatekeepers,” the document said.
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