Analysing Self-Preferencing in EU Competition Law - Understanding the Similarities and Differences Between Article 102 TFEU and the Digital Markets Act
Article 102 TFEU has long been the legal framework for addressing dominant undertakings abusing their position. In the new digital era, these undertakings have been found to favour themselves through self-preferencing. Therefore, the European Commission proposed the Digital Markets Act to address the structural problems that Article 102 TFEU could not. The DMA targets gatekeepers, who often hold d