This report proposes some recommendations for a robust regulation of digital networks and services in the European Union. In particular, the report recommends: (i) to abandon separate legislative silos for the internet, audiovisual media and electronic communications and replace them with one...

Data sharing presents many opportunities in terms of stimulating innovation and creating a level playing field between businesses, but also carries risks by potentially decreasing incentives for data collection and analysis, facilitating collusion between firms or exploiting consumers as well as...

A new regulatory framework for electronic communications (fixed and mobile telephony, Internet, cable TV…) is due to be applicable in the Member States of the European Union in July 2003. One of the main important aspects of the framework is the regulation of the operators enjoying significant...

This paper analyses the role of the European Commission in taking cases of abuse of dominance in the telecommunications sector since its liberalisation in 1998. The argument is that the Commission has played a very active antitrust role, in particular at the beginning of the liberalisation, and...

This report scrutinises the economic aspects of data portability in the context of the digital economy, against a background of legal and technical considerations. In particular, the report looks beyond the current requirements of data portability, as provided for by the GDPR. It critically...

In December 2020, the European Commission proposed an ambitious new set of rules, the Digital Markets Act (“DMA”), which could be applicable in 2023 and whose rationale leans heavily on innovation. In many places throughout the proposed DMA recitals, the Explanatory Memorandum included...

This foreword analyses how the main characteristics of the digital economy should shape the objectives, the theories of harm, the process and the remedies of contemporary competition policy. It suggests that the ordo-liberalism offers a normative framework adapted to those characteristics of the...

The paper analyses the recent European Commission Proposal for a Digital Markets Act which will regulate the digital gatekeepers in order to increase market contestability and fairness in the European digital economy. First, the paper summarizes the main elements of the Commission proposal:...

The paper assesses the effects of the E-Commerce Directive which plays a key role in the development of online platforms in Europe and, on that basis, proposes some reforms for the forthcoming Digital Services Act. The paper shows that the country of origin principle is the greatest successes of...