Document attached to the procedureSWD(2020)036316/12/2020ECDocument attached to the procedureSWD(2020)0364 16/12/2020ECDocument attached to the procedureN9-0019/2021OJ C 147 26.04.2021, p. 000410/02/2021EDPSCommittee draft reportPE692.79201/06/2021EPCommittee of the Regions: opinionCDR5356/202030/06/2021CofRAmendments tabled in committeePE695.14307/07/2021EPAmendments tabled in committeePE695.19607/07/2021EPAmendments tabled in committeePE695.19707/07/2021EPAmendments tabled in committeePE695.19807/07/2021EPCommittee opinionTRANPE691.25329/09/2021EPCommittee opinionCULTPE693.64004/10/2021EPCommittee opinionLIBEPE693.94618/10/2021EPCommittee opinionECONPE693.93028/10/2021EPCommittee opinionJURIPE693.72705/11/2021EPAmendments tabled in committeePE700.38910/11/2021EPCommittee opinionITREPE693.90724/11/2021EPCommittee report tabled for plenary, 1streading/single readingA9-0332/202130/11/2021EPSummaryText adopted by Parliament, partial voteat 1st reading/single readingT9-0499/202115/12/2021EPSummaryAdditional informationDigital Markets ActPURPOSE: to ensure the proper functioning of the internal market by promoting effective competition in digital markets and in particular a fairand contestable online platform environment (Digital Markets Act)

The DMA includes any company that provides web browsers, social media services, messaging apps or other online services to at least 45 million EU users, or 10,000 businesses, and has a market capitalization of at least 75 billion euros (about $82 billion).

The goal of the act isn't to break tech companies apart but to "break them open,"

Members also amended the Commissions proposal to increase the quantitative thresholds for a company to fall under the scope of the digitalmarkets act to (as opposed to EUR 6.5 billion) in annual turnover in the European Economic Area (EEA) and a marketEUR 8 billioncapitalisation of (as opposed to 65 billion as proposed by the Commission).EUR 80 billionTo qualify as a gatekeeper, companies would also need to provide a core platform service in at least three EU countries and have at least 45, as well as . A list of indicators to be used by the providers of core platformsmillion monthly end usersmore than 10 000 business usersservices when measuring monthly end users and yearly business users should be provided in an Annex to the proposed Regulation.

Theseinclude online intermediation services, social networks, search engines, operating systems, online advertising services, cloud computing, andvideo-sharing services, which meet the relevant criteria to be designated as gatekeepers.