Taming Gatekeepers – But Which Ones?

The allegedly entrenched positions of certain dominant companies in the digital economy and the alleged inability of antitrust enforcement to prevent potential anticompetitive conduct by these firms have led several European jurisdictions to consider an overhaul of their competition policy approach. A common theme is giving competition authorities or newly created digital agencies the power to regulate firms with gatekeeper status. This article discusses the criteria that have been proposed in t