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EU OBSERVATORY ON THE ONLINE PLATFORM ECONOMY

The EU Observatory on the Online Platform Economy monitors and analyses the
online platform economy, supporting the Commission in policy-making.

The Observatory monitors and analyses the latest trends and data in the online
platform economy. The insights produced by the observatory help the Commission
in policy-making for the online platform economy.

The Observatory is made up of a group of Commission officials and a
dedicated expert group of prominent independent experts. The different elements
of the Observatory complement each other so that it can provide the most
relevant and high quality analysis to the Commission.

The Observatory is part of the rules for platform-to-business trading practices.
It contributes to the Commission's wider strategy for a fair and safe online
economy in the EU.


THE SUPPORT STUDY

A dedicated study carried out by independent contractor under the supervision of
the Commission supports the work of the observatory. The first final report has
been published together with its annexes and 8 analytical papers.

It gathers data, analyses trends and supplies the observatory with the
information it needs for its work.


THE EXPERT GROUP

The expert group supports the Commission in monitoring the evolution of the
online platform economy for evidence-based and problem-focused policymaking.

In this role, the expert group has several tasks:

 1. advise the Commission on the main trends of the online platform economy;
 2. analyse potentially harmful practices within the online platform economy,
    including:
    * issues related to algorithmic decision-making and ranking, including the
      question of transparency;
    * access to, and use of, different categories data, including personal data;
    * issues related to remuneration for material displayed online, in
      particular in relation to search results;
    * transparency and accountability in business-to-business commercial
      relations in online advertising;
    * differentiated treatment when business users on platforms compete with
      products offered by the platform;
    * restrictions on business users by platforms for offering different
      conditions when using other distribution channels;
    * possible impacts of these potentially harmful practices on consumers.
 3. assist the Commission in the preparation of its annual work programme
    regarding these issues;
 4. analyse the evolution of policy measures related to the online platform
    economy in the Member States, the Union or in third countries;
 5. communicate with other relevant experts or centres of excellence upon the
    request and supervision of the Commission.

As this group was set up by a Commission Decision, it is part of the Register of
Commission expert groups. 

The final reports by the first group of experts were made public in February
2021 following stakeholder feedback and reactions on the progress reports, which
were published for consultation in July 2020.

The observatory followed 8 workstreams:

 * Work stream 1: Online advertising
 * Work stream 2: Infrastructural Power of Platforms
 * Work stream 3: Innovation workshop series
 * Work stream 4: Platform Governance
 * Work stream 5: Algorithmic Discrimination in Platform Economy
 * Work stream 6: Use of platforms technologies (big data and AI) in autocratic
   countries
 * Work stream 7: oversight and enforcement
 * Work stream 8: Contribution to Evaluation of P2B Regulation


MEMBERS OF THE EXPERT GROUP

Following a competitive selection process for the 2nd term of the expert group,
the Commission has appointed 15 high-profile experts (.pdf) as members of the
expert group for the EU Observatory on the Online Platform Economy:

Chairman: Alexandre de Streel

Professor of EU law at the University of Namur, Belgium and Academic Co-Director
at CERRE, Belgium

 



Christoph Busch

Professor of German and European Private and Business Law and Private
International Law at the University of Osnabrück, Germany

 



Céline Castets Renard

Full Professor of Law, Civil Law Faculty, University of Ottawa, Canada

 



Francesco Decarolis

Professor of Economics at Bocconi University, Milan, Italy

 



Inge Graef

Associate Professor of Competition Law at Tilburg University, Netherlands

 



Henri Isaac

Associate Professor at the Université Paris-Dauphine and President of
Renaissance numérique, France

 



Doh-Shin Jeon

Professor of Economics at Toulouse School of Economics, University of Toulouse
Capitole, France

 



Ulrich Laitenberger

Associate Professor at Telecom Paris, Institute Polytechnique Paris, France and
Research Associate at Leibniz-Centre for European Economic Research, Germany

 



Christiana Markou

Assistant Professor at the European University, Cyprus

 



Pilar Montero

Professor at the University of Alicante, Spain

 



Aurélie Pols

Board Member European Center for Privacy and Cybersecurity (ECPC) for Maastricht
University, Netherlands

 



Jens Prüfer

Associate Professor of Economics, Tilburg University, Netherlands

 



Teresa Rodríguez de la Heras Ballell

Associate Professor of Commercial Law at University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain

 



Cristina Trenta

Professor of Law, Linnaeus University, Sweden

 



Martin Žagar

Assistant Professor at the RIT Croatia, Croatia

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