The Private Enforcement of the DMA

While the Digital Markets Act (DMA) establishes a novel, ex ante regulatory regime aimed at ensuring fairness and contestability in digital markets, its enforcement architecture goes beyond public oversight by the European Commission. This panel will explore the emerging role of private enforcement within the DMA framework, drawing on its conceptual and procedural parallels with competition law. This session will cover the conditions under which national courts can enforce DMA provisions in civil disputes between private parties, the range of remedies available, and the procedural, jurisdictional, and conflict-of-law rules that shape litigation under the DMA. The panel will also address the risk of fragmentation in decentralized enforcement and assess the DMA’s mechanisms designed to ensure coherence across Member States.