OSNOVNE USLUGE DIGITALNIH PLATFORMI I STATUS PRUŽAOCA USLUGA

Abstract

The article analyzes the rules contained in EU Regulation 2022/1925, which are intended to ensure contestable and fair market in the digital sector. To that end, legislator introduced rules which enable digital service provider to acquire the status of the so-called gatekeeper, provided that certain criteria have been met. The gatekeeper needs to comly with a series of obligations in relation to business users and end users of respective core digital platform services (the list of core services is given in the Regulation) which are specified in the designation decision. All those obligations, which ensure contestability and fairness of the digital market, may be divided into two groups depending on the way they are defined: negative, which impose ban for gatekeeper from engaging in certain activities, and positive, which oblige gatekeeper to allow or grant certain conduct. If there are justified reasons, the gatekeeper can be completely or partially released from a certain obligation, by passing an act on suspension or exemption.