The Interaction of EU Competition, Consumer, and Data Protection Law in the Digital Economy: The Regulatory Dilemma in the Facebook Odyssey*
The Interaction of EU Competition, Consumer, and Data Protection Law in the Digital Economy: The Regulatory Dilemma in the Facebook Odyssey*
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欧盟竞争法、消费者法和数据保护法在数字经济中的相互作用：Facebook 奥德赛中的监管困境*
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2019
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Klaus Wiedemann
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M. Botta;Klaus Wiedemann
本文分析了欧盟竞争法、消费者法和数据保护法在数字经济中的相互作用。我们比较这些法律制度的目标、规则和执行结构，并讨论证明数字市场监管干预合理性的市场失灵。特别是，Facebook 在德国和意大利的调查被选为案例研究。德国联邦卡特尔局的调查引人注目，这是首次根据竞争法对涉及数字平台的剥削性滥用主导地位做出裁决。我们将其与意大利同行进行比较，后者最近因 Facebook 的行为与德国调查的行为类似而对 Facebook 进行了制裁。然而，意大利案件是根据消费者法而不是竞争法裁决的。这显示了欧洲反垄断机构面临的监管困境，目前欧洲反垄断机构正在努力寻找解决数字市场出现的市场失灵的办法。
This article analyzes the interaction of EU competition, consumer and data protection law in the digital economy. We compare the objectives, rules and enforcement structures of these legal regimes, and we discuss market failures that justify regulatory intervention in digital markets. In particular, the Facebook investigations in Germany and Italy are selected as a case study. The Bundeskartellamt’s investigations are remarkable, being the first in which an exploitative abuse of dominance involving a digital platform has been decided under competition law. These we compare with their Italian counterpart, where the AGCM has recently sanctioned Facebook for behavior similar to that investigated in Germany. Yet, the Italian case has been decided under consumer, rather than competition law. This shows the regulatory dilemma faced by European antitrust authorities, which are currently struggling to find a solution to the market failures arising in digital markets.