🚨 contrast competition update 🚨

A new law implementing the Digital Markets Act and amending in minor ways various provisions of the Belgian Economic Code was published in the Belgian Gazette today.

While the European Commission is the sole enforcer of the DMA, the Regulation provides for close cooperation between the EC and national competition authorities to ensure that the DMA is enforced as effectively as possible.

The EC may for example consult national competition authorities on any question relating to the enforcement of the DMA. National competition authorities may also ask for and assist with market investigations initiated under the DMA.

This new law formally entrusts the Belgian Competition Authority with competences to contribute to the effective enforcement of the DMA alongside the EC.

The new law also amends in minor ways various provisions of the Belgian competition law and excludes hospital-mergers from Belgian merger control. The law enters into force on May 13.

You can read more about the DMA in detail in our #inthepicture from March 2023: https://www.contrast.law/.../the-digital-markets-act.../

Questions? Contact our competition partners Filip Tuytschaever, Herlinde Burez or Sebastien Engelen, or your usual contact at contrast.

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