COMPETITION ISSUES IN - DIGITAL MARKETS 5 - FEBRUARY 2024

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COMPETITION ISSUES IN - DIGITAL MARKETS 5 - FEBRUARY 2024

9 Feb 2024

The Commission is of the view that the presence of the anti-steering clause restricts Some of the issues that have been taken up by the the choices for app developers.23 Commission have been highlighted by the 53rd Report of the Parliamentary Standing Committee Further, during the investigation of the Google (PSC) on Finance. [...] one market tips, this conduct can increase the This, in turn, boosts the popularity and value likelihood that other related markets will also tip of Google Pay and its usage beyond the Play in favour of the platform, leading to the creation Store, consequently diminishing the downloads of indomitable ecosystems. [...] Proponents of this The “loss of potential competition” as a theory reasoning urge to restore break up and divestiture of harm as the consequence of a merger is also to the toolkit of competition policy. [...] The reduction in the overall intensity of innovation effort in the economy and Under an asset and turnover based notification the impact of such acquisitions on consumers threshold, some crucial deals in the digital sector is being recognised. [...] investigating the acquisition of a nascent firm The value of the target’s sales and assets may be is that there is significant uncertainty over the a poor indicator of the merger’s significance for development of the target’s product.
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