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COMPLIANCE
In recent years, Germany, like other
European Union Member States, has seen
various initiatives to address challenges
to competition law by the digital economy.
The Bundeskartellamt (BKartA) conducted
administrative procedures against online
hotel portals and against Facebook. In 2017,
a number of amendments to the German
Act against Restraints of Competition (GWB)
came into force. Further amendments can
be expected. In 2018, an expert report on
"Modernizing the law on abuse of market
power" for the German Ministry for Economic
Affairs was submitted. The recommendations
of the export report for legislative action are
briefly summarized below.
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GERMANY
M O D E R N I Z I N G T H E L AW O N
A B U S E O F M A R K E T P O W E R
F O R T H E D I G I TA L E C O N O M Y
BY MATHIAS STÖCKER
