DCB aims to regulate Systemically Significant Digital Enterprise (SSDE) and their Associate Digital Enterprises (ADEs) to prevent Anti-Competitive Practices (ACPs) by them.
- DCB takes a leaf out of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) of the European Union introduced to prevent ACP of tech giants like Google, Facebook, and Amazon.
Key provisions
- Ex-Ante Regulation: Facilitates Competition Commission of India (CCI) to intervene to prevent any potential ACPs from occurring.
- Core Digital Services (CDS): These are services that are susceptible to market concentration and included in a predefined list outlined in Schedule I.
- SSDE: Provides criteria for SSDE and also empowers CCI to designate an enterprise as an SSDE if it has a significant market presence in CDS.
- CCI may designate an enterprise as an SSDE if it has a significant market presence in CDS.
- Obligations of SSDEs:
- To report to the CCI about their ADEs which are directly or indirectly involved in the provision of the CDS.
- Also, SSDEs are prohibited from giving preference to their products/ services, relying on non-public data of business users operating on its CDS, and impeding the ability of end users to download, install, operate or use third-party applications.
- Covers enterprise outside India: CCI has the power to cause an inquiry against such enterprise for non-compliance with this Act or rules or regulations framed thereunder.
Need for DCB
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