Fifth DMA High-Level Group meeting: coordination focus and AI cooperation mandate

The EU’s High-Level Group on the Digital Markets Act (DMA) has held its fifth meeting, bringing together perspectives on how different EU regulatory frameworks should work together in digital markets. In this session, the Group discussed—alongside experts from civil society and consumer representatives—the practical role it can play in coordinating regulatory approaches connected to the DMA and the wider EU digital acquis.

A central outcome of the meeting was the endorsement of a joint paper on Artificial Intelligence (AI). The paper maps how different regulatory frameworks intersect on AI-related issues and proposes exploring closer cross-regulatory cooperation among competent authorities, specifically in relation to the development and deployment of AI systems by gatekeepers. To support that objective, the Group gave a mandate to its AI sub-group to continue advancing work on effective cooperation.

Beyond AI, the Group discussed developments in public and private enforcement of the DMA and reviewed the work of its thematic sub-groups on data-related obligations, interoperability, and AI. The emphasis across these discussions was on strengthening collaboration so that rules affecting gatekeepers are applied and enforced in a coherent, complementary way.

This matters because the DMA is intended to ensure contestable and fair digital markets by regulating “gatekeepers”—large digital platforms that serve as important gateways between businesses and consumers and can create bottlenecks in the digital economy. In that context, the High-Level Group’s work is positioned as a practical mechanism to reduce fragmentation across the EU’s regulatory landscape, especially where the same platform behaviours trigger obligations under multiple frameworks.

In impact terms, the meeting signals a more structured push toward cross-authority coordination—particularly on AI issues connected to gatekeeper conduct—alongside continued attention to interoperability and data-related obligations that sit at the core of DMA implementation.

Source: Fifth meeting of the Digital Markets Act High-Level Group - Digital Markets Act (DMA)