# DMA obligations begin to apply months after designation

Date: 2024

DMA gatekeeper duties began applying in March 2024, more than four years after the 2019 political guidelines promised platform rules. The lag is a completed calendar fact about enforcement timing, not a claim that the Act failed.

## People

- Margrethe Vestager: https://factrail.ai/people/margrethe-vestager

## Drivers

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

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/technology/eu-digital-markets-act-comes-into-force-tech-giants-2024-03-07/
- https://digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/index_en

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/eu-dma-application-lag