# Union adopts the Digital Markets Act

Date: 2022

Regulation (EU) 2022/1925 of 14 September 2022, the Digital Markets Act, designates gatekeepers and imposes obligations on self-preferencing, interoperability, and data combination. It was a headline item in von der [Leyen](/people/energy-ursula-von-der-leyen)'s 2019 political guidelines. Day-to-day competition design sat with Executive Vice-President Vestager and the internal-market commissioner. Adoption is again a co-legislative act.

## People

- Margrethe Vestager: https://factrail.ai/people/margrethe-vestager
- Ursula von der Leyen: https://factrail.ai/people/ursula-von-der-leyen
- Thierry Breton: https://factrail.ai/people/thierry-breton
- Roberta Metsola: https://factrail.ai/people/roberta-metsola

## Drivers

- Digital-Rights and Platform-Power Regulation: https://factrail.ai/drivers/tech-digital-rights-regulation

## Sources

- https://competition-policy.ec.europa.eu/digital-markets-act_en
- https://digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/index_en
- https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32022R1925

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/eu-digital-markets-act-2022