Art. 50 Committee procedure | DMA regulation | DMA

This article establishes the Digital Markets Advisory Committee, which is formed to assist the Commission in its work under the Digital Markets Act.

The article is largely procedural in nature, anchoring the committee's operation to the standard EU comitology framework set out in Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.

It also addresses how the committee's opinions are to be handled and communicated once decisions are made.

Important points:

The Commission is assisted by the Digital Markets Advisory Committee, which operates under the rules of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.
A written procedure for obtaining the committee's opinion can be terminated without result if the chair or a simple majority of members request it within the deadline.
The Commission is required to communicate the committee's opinion to the addressee of an individual decision and make it public alongside that decision, subject to the protection of professional secrecy.

1. The Commission shall be assisted by a committee (‘the Digital Markets Advisory Committee’). That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.
1. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.
2. Where the opinion of the committee is to be obtained by written procedure, that procedure shall be terminated without result when, within the time limit for delivery of the opinion, the chair of the committee so decides or a simple majority of committee members so request.
1. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.
1. The Commission shall communicate the opinion of the committee to the addressee of an individual decision, together with that decision. It shall make the opinion public together with the individual decision, having regard to the legitimate interest in the protection of professional secrecy.