{"id":9192,"date":"2020-09-09T09:00:02","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T08:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/?p=9192"},"modified":"2025-12-11T15:51:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T15:51:55","slug":"nct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/news\/nct\/","title":{"rendered":"An Updated Competition Framework to Address the Challenges of the Digital Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9196\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nct_WEB.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<span class=\"shortcode_button_wrapper\"><a class=\"shortcode_button gsmacolor_red size_medium\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/GSMA-ETNO-Position-Paper-on-a-NCT.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Download<\/a><\/span>\n<p>In the recent years, the advent of the digital economy has brought additional challenges for competition authorities and companies in their competition law and economic assessments. There is a consensus that there is a need to review and update the current framework and to give to the European Commission the necessary tools to intervene in digital markets.<\/p>\n<p>As part of this review, the GSMA has submitted together with ETNO and on behalf of the European mobile and fixed telecom operators, a joint response to DG Competition\u2019s consultation on a New Competition Tool.<\/p>\n<p>Our main positions are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The existing competition framework is still fit for purpose but needs to be updated to be able to address the challenges brought by the digital economy. We kindly request the Commission to continue with its ongoing review of existing rules and tools review before introducing additional tools.<\/li>\n<li>We therefore invite the Commission to strengthen some of its existing powers, e.g. sector enquiries and interim measures, so to be able to use them more frequently and more incisively.<\/li>\n<li>Structural competition problems mentioned in the questionnaire relate to large digital actors. The specific innovative measures contemplated in the consultation document, if any, should therefore be imposed to such actors only provided that existing (or new, less invasive tools) have proven to be insufficient.<\/li>\n<li>Should the Commission decide to already introduce a New Competition Tool it should:\n<ul>\n<li>be limited to address the structural problems deriving from large online platforms acting as gatekeepers; and<\/li>\n<li>include an adequate system of checks and balances to provide market actors with the appropriate certainty and rights of defence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>David Walsh, GSMA\u2019s General Counsel said: \u201cAn updated competition framework would provide the guidance and legal certainty that the industry needs. We welcome the Commission\u2019s efforts to improve and update the current rules and look forward to support the Commission throughout this process.\u201d<\/p>\n<span class=\"shortcode_button_wrapper\"><a class=\"shortcode_button gsmacolor_red size_medium\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/europe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/GSMA-ETNO-Position-Paper-on-a-NCT.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Download<\/a><\/span>\n<h5><strong>For more information please contact:<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n            <div class=\"people \" id=\"people-234022aa\"  data-slug=\"maria-sendin-valle\"   data-layout=\"\"><\/div>\n        \n<script>\n    window.enableSaveBreadcrumb = true;\n    window.addEventListener(\"load\", function(){\n      const people_list = new People_List();\n      people_list.init(\"people-234022aa\");\n      \/\/console.log(list);\n    });\n<\/script>\n    \n<p><a href=\"mailto:msendin@gsma.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">msendin@gsma.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the recent years, the advent of the digital economy has brought additional challenges for competition authorities and companies in their competition law and economic assessments. 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