Digital Markets in EU Merger Control: Key Features and Implications

By Eleonora Ocello & Cristina Sjödin – 

This article identifies certain key features of digital markets and describes their implications for EU merger control, drawing on the European Commission’s merger practice in this area. The features discussed include digital markets’ fast-moving nature, two- or multisidedness, non-monetary-price nature, network effects, multi-homing and data accumulation issues. From a practical point of view, the Commission’s merger practice suggests th