15. Digital Services Act ***I - Digital Markets Act ***I (debate)

Verbatim reports

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a Single Market For Digital Services (Digital Services Act) and amending Directive 2000/31/EC [COM(2020)0825 - C9-0418/2020 - 2020/0361(COD)] - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Rapporteur: Christel Schaldemose (A9-0356/2021)

An initial debate had taken place on 19 January 2022 (minutes of 19.1.2022, item 14, minutes of 19.1.2022, item 16 and minutes of 19.1.2022, item 18).
The matter had been referred back to the committee responsible for interinstitutional negotiations, under Rule 59(4), on 20 January 2022 (minutes of 20.1.2022, item 15).

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on contestable and fair markets in the digital sector (Digital Markets Act) [COM(2020)0842 - C9-0419/2020 - 2020/0374(COD)] - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Rapporteur: Andreas Schwab (A9-0332/2021)

An initial debate had taken place on 14 December 2021 (minutes of 14.12.2021, item 3).
The matter had been referred back to the committee responsible for interinstitutional negotiations, under Rule 59(4), on 15 December 2021 (minutes of 15.12.2021, item 17).

Christel Schaldemose and Andreas Schwab introduced the reports.

IN THE CHAIR: Michal ŠIMEČKA
Vice-President

The following spoke: Stéphanie Yon-Courtin (rapporteur for the opinion of the ECON Committee), Henna Virkkunen (rapporteur for the opinion of the ITRE Committee), Carlos Zorrinho (rapporteur for the opinion of the ITRE Committee) and Patrick Breyer (rapporteur for the opinion of the LIBE Committee).

The following spoke: Margrethe Vestager (Executive Vice-President of the Commission) and Thierry Breton (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Mikuláš Peksa (rapporteur for the opinion of the ECON Committee), Roman Haider (rapporteur for the opinion of the TRAN Committee), Markus Ferber (rapporteur for the opinion of the TRAN Committee), Sabine Verheyen (rapporteur for the opinion of the CULT Committee), Petra Kammerevert (rapporteur for the opinion of the CULT Committee), Tiemo Wölken (rapporteur for the opinion of the JURI Committee), Ondřej Kovařík (rapporteur for the opinion of the LIBE Committee), Jadwiga Wiśniewska (rapporteur for the opinion of the FEMM Committee), Arba Kokalari, on behalf of the PPE Group, René Repasi, on behalf of the S&D Group, Dita Charanzová, on behalf of the Renew Group, Alexandra Geese, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Virginie Joron, on behalf of the ID Group, Adam Bielan, on behalf of the ECR Group, Edina Tóth, non-attached Member, Salvatore De Meo, Biljana Borzan, Valérie Hayer, Marcel Kolaja, Alessandra Basso, Beata Mazurek, Pablo Arias Echeverría, Alex Agius Saliba, Alex Agius Saliba, Moritz Körner, Kim Van Sparrentak, Markus Buchheit, Geert Bourgeois, Tom Vandenkendelaere, Karen Melchior and Krzysztof Hetman.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Sandro Gozi, Clare Daly and Paul Tang.

The following spoke: Thierry Breton, Margrethe Vestager, Christel Schaldemose and Andreas Schwab.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 5.7.2022, item 6.5.