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Digital Markets Competition Regulation

The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 establishes a new regulatory framework for large digital platforms with significant market power, enforced by the Competition and Markets Authority. The regime includes alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, technology transfer rules, and competition safeguards, with implementing regulations being finalised. The policy is active with secondary legislation and guidance in development.

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9 May 2025 | Consultation outcome Competition and Markets Authority linked

SMS investigations into Apple and Google’s mobile ecosystems — outcome published

How to share your views on the Strategic Market Status (SMS) investigations into Apple’s and Google’s mobile ecosystems.

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK · ↓ Invitation to comment (34pp)
+46 more
↓ App Developer (3pp) ↓ Apple (11pp) ↓ BBC (7pp) ↓ BT (4pp) ↓ Center for Cybersecurity Policy and Law (15pp) ↓ Chamber of progress (Apple) (8pp) ↓ Chamber of Progress (Google) (8pp) ↓ Coalition for App Fairness (9pp) ↓ CODE (6pp) ↓ Company A (3pp) ↓ Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) (7pp) ↓ Consumer Choice Center (6pp) ↓ DMG Media (6pp) ↓ Epic (31pp) ↓ eyeo (6pp) ↓ FCA - PSR (2pp) ↓ Financial services firm A (9pp) ↓ Financial services firm B (28pp) ↓ Google (5pp) ↓ ICMP - Apple (5pp) ↓ ICMP - Google (5pp) ↓ Individual responses (32pp) ↓ International Center for Law & Economics (16pp) ↓ Japan Association of New Economy (JANE) (5pp) ↓ Juul Labs (2pp) ↓ Match Group (2pp) ↓ Meta (6pp) ↓ Mobile UK (3pp) ↓ Movement for an Open Web (10pp) ↓ Mozilla (22pp) ↓ Online Dating and Discovery Association (2pp) ↓ Open Web Advocacy (47pp) ↓ Proton AG (3pp) ↓ Qoria (4pp) ↓ Radiocentre (6pp) ↓ Samsung (7pp) ↓ Santander (10pp) ↓ Sony (1pp) ↓ Spotify (14pp) ↓ The App Association (8pp) ↓ The App Fair Project (1pp) ↓ The European Publishers Council (11pp) ↓ Three (3pp) ↓ Virgin Media O2 (7pp) ↓ Vivaldi (7pp) ↓ Vodafone (4pp)
12 Feb 2025 | Consultation outcome Competition and Markets Authority linked

SMS investigations into Apple and Google’s mobile ecosystems — consultation closed

How to share your views on the Strategic Market Status (SMS) investigations into Apple’s and Google’s mobile ecosystems.

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK · ↓ Invitation to comment (34pp)
+46 more
↓ App Developer (3pp) ↓ Apple (11pp) ↓ BBC (7pp) ↓ BT (4pp) ↓ Center for Cybersecurity Policy and Law (15pp) ↓ Chamber of progress (Apple) (8pp) ↓ Chamber of Progress (Google) (8pp) ↓ Coalition for App Fairness (9pp) ↓ CODE (6pp) ↓ Company A (3pp) ↓ Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) (7pp) ↓ Consumer Choice Center (6pp) ↓ DMG Media (6pp) ↓ Epic (31pp) ↓ eyeo (6pp) ↓ FCA - PSR (2pp) ↓ Financial services firm A (9pp) ↓ Financial services firm B (28pp) ↓ Google (5pp) ↓ ICMP - Apple (5pp) ↓ ICMP - Google (5pp) ↓ Individual responses (32pp) ↓ International Center for Law & Economics (16pp) ↓ Japan Association of New Economy (JANE) (5pp) ↓ Juul Labs (2pp) ↓ Match Group (2pp) ↓ Meta (6pp) ↓ Mobile UK (3pp) ↓ Movement for an Open Web (10pp) ↓ Mozilla (22pp) ↓ Online Dating and Discovery Association (2pp) ↓ Open Web Advocacy (47pp) ↓ Proton AG (3pp) ↓ Qoria (4pp) ↓ Radiocentre (6pp) ↓ Samsung (7pp) ↓ Santander (10pp) ↓ Sony (1pp) ↓ Spotify (14pp) ↓ The App Association (8pp) ↓ The App Fair Project (1pp) ↓ The European Publishers Council (11pp) ↓ Three (3pp) ↓ Virgin Media O2 (7pp) ↓ Vivaldi (7pp) ↓ Vodafone (4pp)
23 Jan 2025 | Consultation outcome Competition and Markets Authority linked

SMS investigations into Apple and Google’s mobile ecosystems — consultation opened

How to share your views on the Strategic Market Status (SMS) investigations into Apple’s and Google’s mobile ecosystems.

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK · ↓ Invitation to comment (34pp)
+46 more
↓ App Developer (3pp) ↓ Apple (11pp) ↓ BBC (7pp) ↓ BT (4pp) ↓ Center for Cybersecurity Policy and Law (15pp) ↓ Chamber of progress (Apple) (8pp) ↓ Chamber of Progress (Google) (8pp) ↓ Coalition for App Fairness (9pp) ↓ CODE (6pp) ↓ Company A (3pp) ↓ Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) (7pp) ↓ Consumer Choice Center (6pp) ↓ DMG Media (6pp) ↓ Epic (31pp) ↓ eyeo (6pp) ↓ FCA - PSR (2pp) ↓ Financial services firm A (9pp) ↓ Financial services firm B (28pp) ↓ Google (5pp) ↓ ICMP - Apple (5pp) ↓ ICMP - Google (5pp) ↓ Individual responses (32pp) ↓ International Center for Law & Economics (16pp) ↓ Japan Association of New Economy (JANE) (5pp) ↓ Juul Labs (2pp) ↓ Match Group (2pp) ↓ Meta (6pp) ↓ Mobile UK (3pp) ↓ Movement for an Open Web (10pp) ↓ Mozilla (22pp) ↓ Online Dating and Discovery Association (2pp) ↓ Open Web Advocacy (47pp) ↓ Proton AG (3pp) ↓ Qoria (4pp) ↓ Radiocentre (6pp) ↓ Samsung (7pp) ↓ Santander (10pp) ↓ Sony (1pp) ↓ Spotify (14pp) ↓ The App Association (8pp) ↓ The App Fair Project (1pp) ↓ The European Publishers Council (11pp) ↓ Three (3pp) ↓ Virgin Media O2 (7pp) ↓ Vivaldi (7pp) ↓ Vodafone (4pp)
19 Dec 2024 | Consultation outcome Competition and Markets Authority linked

Consultation on digital markets competition regime guidance — outcome published

The CMA consulted on the CMA’s substantive and procedural approach to assessing competition in digital markets under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers (DMCC) Act 2024.

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK · ↓ Consultation document (10pp)
+87 more
↓ Draft digital markets competition regime guidance (188pp) ↓ Draft guidance on the mergers reporting requirements for SM… (19pp) ↓ SMS merger reporting notice (3pp) ↓ Summary of draft digital markets competition regime guidance (23pp) ↓ Summary of responses to the digital markets competition reg… (94pp) ↓ Summary of Responses to the Mergers Reporting SMS Guidance  (9pp) ↓ ACT The App Association (7pp) ↓ Amazon (56pp) ↓ Anonymous 1 (4pp) ↓ Anonymous 2 (5pp) ↓ Anonymous 3 (2pp) ↓ Antitrust Section of the International Bar Association (14pp) ↓ Apple (14pp) ↓ Baker McKenzie LLP (12pp) ↓ Bauer Media Group (4pp) ↓ Berkeley Research Group (12pp) ↓ British Institute of International and Comparative Law (4pp) ↓ BritishAmerican Business and The US Chamber of Commerce's U… (4pp) ↓ Chamber of Progress (4pp) ↓ Checkatrade (3pp) ↓ The City of London Law Society (10pp) ↓ Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (15pp) ↓ Clifford Chance LLP (3pp) ↓ Coalition for App Fairness (12pp) ↓ Coalition for Open Digital Ecosystems (2pp) ↓ Company active in the UK digital markets (4pp) ↓ Computer and Communications Industry Association (6pp) ↓ Consumer Choice Center (4pp) ↓ DMG Media (5pp) ↓ DuckDuckGo (5pp) ↓ Ecosia (4pp) ↓ Epic Games (63pp) ↓ Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP (5pp) ↓ Federation of Communication Services (2pp) ↓ Free Software Foundation Europe (9pp) ↓ Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (30pp) ↓ Frontier Economics (8pp) ↓ Gener8 (7pp) ↓ Global Antitrust Institute (23pp) ↓ Google (3pp) ↓ Guardian News & Media (3pp) ↓ Information Commissioner's Office (6pp) ↓ Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (7pp) ↓ International Center for Law and Economics (32pp) ↓ Joint Working Party of the UK Bars and Law Societies (14pp) ↓ Kelkoo Group (3pp) ↓ Law Society of Scotland (7pp) ↓ Legatum Institute (6pp) ↓ Linklaters LLP (9pp) ↓ Macfarlanes LLP (2pp) ↓ Match Group Inc (3pp) ↓ Meta Platforms Inc (14pp) ↓ Microsoft (8pp) ↓ Miroslava Marinova (14pp) ↓ Mozilla (4pp) ↓ National Union of Journalists (3pp) ↓ News Media Association (39pp) ↓ News UK (3pp) ↓ Newsbrands Scotland (2pp) ↓ Online Dating and Discovery Association (2pp) ↓ Online travel platform (3pp) ↓ Online Travel UK (4pp) ↓ Open Markets Institute and Foxglove and Article 19 (6pp) ↓ Oxera (14pp) ↓ Payment Systems Regulator (1pp) ↓ Preiskel & Co LLP (on behalf of Movement for an Open Web) (8pp) ↓ Professional Publishers Association (5pp) ↓ Proton (2pp) ↓ Public Interest News Foundation (4pp) ↓ Publishers Association (6pp) ↓ Qualcomm (6pp) ↓ RBB Economics (3pp) ↓ Roku (2pp) ↓ Santander UK (8pp) ↓ Sky (4pp) ↓ Skyscanner (7pp) ↓ Software & Information Industry Association (9pp) ↓ Spotify (12pp) ↓ TechUK (5pp) ↓ TechFreedom (22pp) ↓ TikTok (6pp) ↓ Trainline (7pp) ↓ Vivaldi Technologies AS (5pp) ↓ Vodafone (4pp) ↓ Weil Gotshal Manges (London) LLP (13pp) ↓ Which? (14pp) ↓ Yelp (3pp)
12 Jul 2024 | Consultation outcome Competition and Markets Authority linked

Consultation on digital markets competition regime guidance — consultation closed

The CMA consulted on the CMA’s substantive and procedural approach to assessing competition in digital markets under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers (DMCC) Act 2024.

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK · ↓ Consultation document (10pp)
+87 more
↓ Draft digital markets competition regime guidance (188pp) ↓ Draft guidance on the mergers reporting requirements for SM… (19pp) ↓ SMS merger reporting notice (3pp) ↓ Summary of draft digital markets competition regime guidance (23pp) ↓ Summary of responses to the digital markets competition reg… (94pp) ↓ Summary of Responses to the Mergers Reporting SMS Guidance  (9pp) ↓ ACT The App Association (7pp) ↓ Amazon (56pp) ↓ Anonymous 1 (4pp) ↓ Anonymous 2 (5pp) ↓ Anonymous 3 (2pp) ↓ Antitrust Section of the International Bar Association (14pp) ↓ Apple (14pp) ↓ Baker McKenzie LLP (12pp) ↓ Bauer Media Group (4pp) ↓ Berkeley Research Group (12pp) ↓ British Institute of International and Comparative Law (4pp) ↓ BritishAmerican Business and The US Chamber of Commerce's U… (4pp) ↓ Chamber of Progress (4pp) ↓ Checkatrade (3pp) ↓ The City of London Law Society (10pp) ↓ Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (15pp) ↓ Clifford Chance LLP (3pp) ↓ Coalition for App Fairness (12pp) ↓ Coalition for Open Digital Ecosystems (2pp) ↓ Company active in the UK digital markets (4pp) ↓ Computer and Communications Industry Association (6pp) ↓ Consumer Choice Center (4pp) ↓ DMG Media (5pp) ↓ DuckDuckGo (5pp) ↓ Ecosia (4pp) ↓ Epic Games (63pp) ↓ Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP (5pp) ↓ Federation of Communication Services (2pp) ↓ Free Software Foundation Europe (9pp) ↓ Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (30pp) ↓ Frontier Economics (8pp) ↓ Gener8 (7pp) ↓ Global Antitrust Institute (23pp) ↓ Google (3pp) ↓ Guardian News & Media (3pp) ↓ Information Commissioner's Office (6pp) ↓ Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (7pp) ↓ International Center for Law and Economics (32pp) ↓ Joint Working Party of the UK Bars and Law Societies (14pp) ↓ Kelkoo Group (3pp) ↓ Law Society of Scotland (7pp) ↓ Legatum Institute (6pp) ↓ Linklaters LLP (9pp) ↓ Macfarlanes LLP (2pp) ↓ Match Group Inc (3pp) ↓ Meta Platforms Inc (14pp) ↓ Microsoft (8pp) ↓ Miroslava Marinova (14pp) ↓ Mozilla (4pp) ↓ National Union of Journalists (3pp) ↓ News Media Association (39pp) ↓ News UK (3pp) ↓ Newsbrands Scotland (2pp) ↓ Online Dating and Discovery Association (2pp) ↓ Online travel platform (3pp) ↓ Online Travel UK (4pp) ↓ Open Markets Institute and Foxglove and Article 19 (6pp) ↓ Oxera (14pp) ↓ Payment Systems Regulator (1pp) ↓ Preiskel & Co LLP (on behalf of Movement for an Open Web) (8pp) ↓ Professional Publishers Association (5pp) ↓ Proton (2pp) ↓ Public Interest News Foundation (4pp) ↓ Publishers Association (6pp) ↓ Qualcomm (6pp) ↓ RBB Economics (3pp) ↓ Roku (2pp) ↓ Santander UK (8pp) ↓ Sky (4pp) ↓ Skyscanner (7pp) ↓ Software & Information Industry Association (9pp) ↓ Spotify (12pp) ↓ TechUK (5pp) ↓ TechFreedom (22pp) ↓ TikTok (6pp) ↓ Trainline (7pp) ↓ Vivaldi Technologies AS (5pp) ↓ Vodafone (4pp) ↓ Weil Gotshal Manges (London) LLP (13pp) ↓ Which? (14pp) ↓ Yelp (3pp)
24 May 2024 | Consultation outcome Competition and Markets Authority linked

Consultation on digital markets competition regime guidance — consultation opened

The CMA consulted on the CMA’s substantive and procedural approach to assessing competition in digital markets under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers (DMCC) Act 2024.

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK · ↓ Consultation document (10pp)
+87 more
↓ Draft digital markets competition regime guidance (188pp) ↓ Draft guidance on the mergers reporting requirements for SM… (19pp) ↓ SMS merger reporting notice (3pp) ↓ Summary of draft digital markets competition regime guidance (23pp) ↓ Summary of responses to the digital markets competition reg… (94pp) ↓ Summary of Responses to the Mergers Reporting SMS Guidance  (9pp) ↓ ACT The App Association (7pp) ↓ Amazon (56pp) ↓ Anonymous 1 (4pp) ↓ Anonymous 2 (5pp) ↓ Anonymous 3 (2pp) ↓ Antitrust Section of the International Bar Association (14pp) ↓ Apple (14pp) ↓ Baker McKenzie LLP (12pp) ↓ Bauer Media Group (4pp) ↓ Berkeley Research Group (12pp) ↓ British Institute of International and Comparative Law (4pp) ↓ BritishAmerican Business and The US Chamber of Commerce's U… (4pp) ↓ Chamber of Progress (4pp) ↓ Checkatrade (3pp) ↓ The City of London Law Society (10pp) ↓ Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (15pp) ↓ Clifford Chance LLP (3pp) ↓ Coalition for App Fairness (12pp) ↓ Coalition for Open Digital Ecosystems (2pp) ↓ Company active in the UK digital markets (4pp) ↓ Computer and Communications Industry Association (6pp) ↓ Consumer Choice Center (4pp) ↓ DMG Media (5pp) ↓ DuckDuckGo (5pp) ↓ Ecosia (4pp) ↓ Epic Games (63pp) ↓ Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP (5pp) ↓ Federation of Communication Services (2pp) ↓ Free Software Foundation Europe (9pp) ↓ Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (30pp) ↓ Frontier Economics (8pp) ↓ Gener8 (7pp) ↓ Global Antitrust Institute (23pp) ↓ Google (3pp) ↓ Guardian News & Media (3pp) ↓ Information Commissioner's Office (6pp) ↓ Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (7pp) ↓ International Center for Law and Economics (32pp) ↓ Joint Working Party of the UK Bars and Law Societies (14pp) ↓ Kelkoo Group (3pp) ↓ Law Society of Scotland (7pp) ↓ Legatum Institute (6pp) ↓ Linklaters LLP (9pp) ↓ Macfarlanes LLP (2pp) ↓ Match Group Inc (3pp) ↓ Meta Platforms Inc (14pp) ↓ Microsoft (8pp) ↓ Miroslava Marinova (14pp) ↓ Mozilla (4pp) ↓ National Union of Journalists (3pp) ↓ News Media Association (39pp) ↓ News UK (3pp) ↓ Newsbrands Scotland (2pp) ↓ Online Dating and Discovery Association (2pp) ↓ Online travel platform (3pp) ↓ Online Travel UK (4pp) ↓ Open Markets Institute and Foxglove and Article 19 (6pp) ↓ Oxera (14pp) ↓ Payment Systems Regulator (1pp) ↓ Preiskel & Co LLP (on behalf of Movement for an Open Web) (8pp) ↓ Professional Publishers Association (5pp) ↓ Proton (2pp) ↓ Public Interest News Foundation (4pp) ↓ Publishers Association (6pp) ↓ Qualcomm (6pp) ↓ RBB Economics (3pp) ↓ Roku (2pp) ↓ Santander UK (8pp) ↓ Sky (4pp) ↓ Skyscanner (7pp) ↓ Software & Information Industry Association (9pp) ↓ Spotify (12pp) ↓ TechUK (5pp) ↓ TechFreedom (22pp) ↓ TikTok (6pp) ↓ Trainline (7pp) ↓ Vivaldi Technologies AS (5pp) ↓ Vodafone (4pp) ↓ Weil Gotshal Manges (London) LLP (13pp) ↓ Which? (14pp) ↓ Yelp (3pp)