Booking DMA compliance workshop

Regulation (EU) 2022/1925 (the “Digital Markets Act” or “DMA”) is one of the first regulatory tools to comprehensively regulate the gatekeeper power of the largest digital companies and make digital markets fairer and more contestable.

The view of third parties is crucial to assess that gatekeepers’ compliance with the DMA is effective, that technical and contractual solutions are practicable and transparent and ultimately that they deliver benefits, choice, and opportunities to third parties and to society as a whole. The European Commission is committed to these objectives.

On 13 May 2024, the Commission designated Booking Holdings Inc. (Booking) as a gatekeeper in relation to its online intermediation service Booking.com. Booking has to comply with all the obligations provided for in Articles 5, 6 and 7 of the DMA as from 14 November 2024. On the same day, Booking will publish its compliance report explaining in detail the compliance solutions adopted for each of the relevant DMA obligations. This public version of the compliance report will also be available on the DMA website.

The European Commission is organising a public workshop to provide interested parties with the possibility to ask for clarifications and to give feedback on the proposed compliance solutions.

Framework of the workshop and practical issues

Agenda

This workshop will take place in Brussels on 25 November 2024.

The exact location and rules for the Q&A will be communicated at a later stage. You can attend in person or participate online.

Due to capacity constraints, the number of participants that can be present in the room will be limited. Therefore, physical participation is prioritised for representatives of Booking, business users of Booking’s designated core platform service and associations which represent a large number of stakeholders, including civil society representatives such as consumer protection associations. Participation in the room will be limited to one representative per entity/organisation. Other attendees, including journalists, consultants, external lawyers, and academics or students, are invited to join the workshop online.

The deadline to register to attend the workshop in person is on 11 November 2024, at 12h00 CET. Participants having registered to attend in person will be informed whether their request can be accommodated by 12 November 2024. If their request cannot be accommodated, they will automatically be registered to attend online. All participants following the workshop online will receive a link by 20 November 2024.

The workshop will take place in English. No interpretation will be provided.

Registration

The interested stakeholders can register here

Should you have any query about the logistics of the workshop, please address them to dmaworkshopsiservice-europa [dot] eu (dmaworkshops[at]iservice-europa[dot]eu).