To access the full paper on SSRN, see here: https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=5121387The Digital Markets Act (DMA) reshapes competition policy in the European Union by prioritising contestability and fairness in digital markets. A crucial aspect of this regulatory shift is the enforcement of vertical interoperability obligations under Article 6(7) DMA. This presentation critically examines the European Commission's preliminary findings on Apple's implementation of these requirements, focusing on the two specification proceedings the Commission has recently launched. The analysis highlights the Commission's efforts to ensure effective interoperability through a multi-dimensional approach, encompassing technical, syntactic, semantic, and organisational aspects. The paper evaluates the legal and practical implications of Apple's compliance measures to flesh out the broader concept of effective interoperability embedded in the DMA. In doing so, the paper identifies several legal principles that inspire an equivalence of input regime, designed by the regulator as stemming from the specification proceedings.

Key moments00:00 - 05:32 A description of the DMA05:33 - 15:25 The tenets of vertical interoperability15:26 - 21:57 Specification proceedings21:58 - 26:01 Conclusions: An equivalence of input regimeTo learn more about Dr. Alba Ribera Martínez and her research, we invite you to visit her website https://www.albariberamartinez.com/________

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