<p> Alphabet's Google, Amazon, Apple, Meta Platforms and Microsoft have notified the European Commission that they qualify as gatekeepers under new EU tech rules, EU industry chief Thierry Breton said on Tuesday.</p>.<p>Under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) which came into force last November, companies with more than 45 million monthly active users and a €75 billion market capitalisation are considered gatekeepers providing a core platform service.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read:<a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/business-news/meta-to-launch-twitter-like-app-threads-1233714.html" target="_blank"> Meta to launch Twitter-like app 'Threads'</a></strong></p>.<p>Samsung and TikTok owner ByteDance also said they meet the EU thresholds, Breton said.</p>.<p>"Europe is completely reorganising its digital space to both better protect EU citizens and enhance innovation for EU startups and companies," Breton said in a statement.</p>.<p>The Commission will confirm the gatekeeper designation by Sept 6 after checking the data provided by the companies. They will then have six months to comply with the DMA rules.</p>.<p>Booking.com said it expects to meet the gatekeeper threshold by the end of the year and will then notify the EU executive.</p>.<p>Companies labelled as gatekeepers will be required to make their messaging apps interoperate with rivals and let users to decide which apps to pre-install on their devices.</p>.<p>They will not be allowed to favour their own services over rivals' or prevent users from removing pre-installed software or apps, two rules that will hit Google and Apple hard.</p>.<p>Companies can be fined up to 10 per cent of annual global turnover for DMA violations.</p>
<p> Alphabet's Google, Amazon, Apple, Meta Platforms and Microsoft have notified the European Commission that they qualify as gatekeepers under new EU tech rules, EU industry chief Thierry Breton said on Tuesday.</p>.<p>Under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) which came into force last November, companies with more than 45 million monthly active users and a €75 billion market capitalisation are considered gatekeepers providing a core platform service.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read:<a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/business-news/meta-to-launch-twitter-like-app-threads-1233714.html" target="_blank"> Meta to launch Twitter-like app 'Threads'</a></strong></p>.<p>Samsung and TikTok owner ByteDance also said they meet the EU thresholds, Breton said.</p>.<p>"Europe is completely reorganising its digital space to both better protect EU citizens and enhance innovation for EU startups and companies," Breton said in a statement.</p>.<p>The Commission will confirm the gatekeeper designation by Sept 6 after checking the data provided by the companies. They will then have six months to comply with the DMA rules.</p>.<p>Booking.com said it expects to meet the gatekeeper threshold by the end of the year and will then notify the EU executive.</p>.<p>Companies labelled as gatekeepers will be required to make their messaging apps interoperate with rivals and let users to decide which apps to pre-install on their devices.</p>.<p>They will not be allowed to favour their own services over rivals' or prevent users from removing pre-installed software or apps, two rules that will hit Google and Apple hard.</p>.<p>Companies can be fined up to 10 per cent of annual global turnover for DMA violations.</p>