Activities of Tiemo WÖLKEN related to 2020/0374(COD)
Plenary speeches (2)
Digital Markets Act (debate)
Digital Services Act - Digital Markets Act (debate)
Opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on Contestable and fair markets in the digital sector (Digital Markets Act)
Amendments (3)
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) In particular, online intermediation services, online search engines, operating systems, online social networking, video sharing platform services, number- independent interpersonal communication services, cloud computing services and, online advertising services, web browsers and virtual assistants all have the capacity to affect a large number of end users and businesses alike, which entails a risk of unfair business practices. They therefore should be included in the definition of core platform services and fall into the scope of this Regulation. The fact that weak contestability and unfair practices in the digital sector are more frequent and pronounced in certain digital services than in others does not imply that other categories of services are exempt from it. The core platform services falling under the scope of this Regulation should therefore not be limited to certain types of services. Online intermediation services may also be active in the field of financial services, and they may intermediate or be used to provide such services as listed non- exhaustively in Annex II to Directive (EU) 2015/1535 of the European Parliament and of the Council32 . In certain circumstances, the notion of end users should encompass users that are traditionally considered business users, but in a given situation do not use the core platform services to provide goods or services to other end users, such as for example businesses relying on cloud computing services for their own purposes. __________________ 32Directive (EU) 2015/1535 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 September 2015 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical regulations and of rules on Information Society services, OJ L 241, 17.9.2015, p. 1.
Amendment 292 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
(ka) provide business users of online intermediation services with access to communication channels without supervision, interference or access by the gatekeeper for the purpose of sharing concerns among business users about discriminatory or unfair business practices by the gatekeeper within the meaning of this Regulation and in view of taking action in accordance with Article 33 paragraph 2a, notwithstanding their obligations under national or Union legislation;
Amendment 297 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point k b (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point k b (new)
(kb) provide business users of online intermediation services and third parties with legitimate interest in representing business users or end users with information regarding the function of its algorithms, ratings and interactions, pricing and fees, changes of terms and algorithms, tracking of business or end users, and deactivation procedures in a clear, comprehensive and easily accessible way;