DMA Article 11 Compliance Report Template

The template turns Article 11's reporting duty into a structured evidence file. For each designated core platform service and each applicable Articles 5 to 7 obligation, the gatekeeper is expected to confirm compliance as of a stated date and explain exhaustively how the measure works.

A useful answer does not stop at saying that a control exists. It identifies the obligation, the service, the pre-designation or post-designation measure, the implementation date, product and geographic scope, technical or engineering changes, customer-experience changes, effects on fees or terms, user consultation, testing, indicators, monitoring systems, and any data-access procedure that third parties use.

Article 11 sets the cadence: the first report is due within six months after designation under Article 3, and the report and non-confidential summary must be updated at least annually.

The Commission template also expects change tracking. If a gatekeeper previously submitted a compliance report, the latest report and non-confidential summary should highlight differences from the previous versions, including relevant annexes.

The full compliance report, annexes, and underlying data support the Commission's assessment. Article 11 separately requires a non-confidential summary, and the Commission template says that summary should be self-standing, follow the same structure, cover all sections and sub-sections, and enable third parties to provide meaningful input.

Confidential treatment should be handled deliberately. The template says information may be omitted from the non-confidential summary only if it is a business secret or otherwise confidential, and it asks gatekeepers to use meaningful ranges, baselines, or aggregated data for confidential numerical data rather than redacting entirely.