Art. 53 Review | DMA regulation | DMA

This article establishes the periodic review mechanism for the Digital Markets Act as a whole.

It places an obligation on the Commission to evaluate the regulation on a recurring basis and report its findings to the European Parliament, the Council, and the European Economic and Social Committee.

The evaluation is substantive in scope, covering whether the regulation is achieving its core goals and whether its rules — including the list of core platform services and the obligations on gatekeepers — need to be updated or modified.

Notably, the Commission is also required to consider whether the interoperability obligations in Article 7 should be extended to online social networking services.

Important points:

The Commission is required to evaluate this Regulation by 3 May 2026 and every 3 years thereafter, reporting to the European Parliament, the Council, and the European Economic and Social Committee.
The evaluation must assess the regulation's impact on business users (especially SMEs) and end users, and may lead to appropriate measures including legislative proposals.
Competent authorities of Member States are required to provide the Commission with any relevant information needed to produce the evaluation report.

1. By 3 May 2026, and subsequently every 3 years, the Commission shall evaluate this Regulation and report to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee.
1. The evaluations shall assess whether the aims of this Regulation of ensuring contestable and fair markets have been achieved and assess the impact of this Regulation on business users, especially SMEs, and end users. Moreover, the Commission shall evaluate if the scope of Article 7 may be extended to online social networking services.
1. The evaluations shall establish whether it is required to modify rules, including regarding the list of core platform services laid down in Article 2, point (2), the obligations laid down in Articles 5, 6 and 7 and their enforcement, to ensure that digital markets across the Union are contestable and fair. Following the evaluations, the Commission shall take appropriate measures, which may include legislative proposals.
1. The competent authorities of Member States shall provide any relevant information they have that the Commission may require for the purposes of drawing up the report referred to in paragraph 1.