Access Now welcomes the opportunity to provide comments on the European Commission’s proposal for a Digital Markets Act (DMA). We share the Commission’s assessment that gatekeeper platforms’ behaviour leads to “inefficient market outcomes in terms of higher prices, lower quality, as well as less choice and innovation to the detriment of European consumers.” We support the goal set by the Commission to address…
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Access Now Europe
NGO · Belgium · EU Transparency Register 241832823598-19
3
positions filed
in the 326 files tracked
2
legislative files
of 326 tracked
2
with a full position paper
attached to a submission
Counts here are a floor, never a total: they cover the 326 consultation files tracked so far (29,503 submissions, mostly 2025–26), so an organization's real filing history is larger, not smaller.
Who they are
Among the 784 non-governmental organisations on this site, they rank #273 by legislative files engaged — a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
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EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2016
in the register since
Declares membership of
- Access Now Europe is a member of European Digital Rights (EDRi).
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 30 Aug 2026).
- Register category
- Non-governmental organisations
- Head office
- Brussels, Belgium
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 30 Aug 2026); cost bands are floors, not audited totals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
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Their record over time
Access Now Europe filed 3 positions between 30 Jun 2020 and 11 Sept 2025, across 2 of the 326 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 2 times.
2020 · 1 filed2021 · 1 filed2025 · 1 filed
What they argued
On behalf of the undersigned civil society organisations on this statement, Access Now calls on the European Commission to consider human rights issues in its competition policies and potential regulatory actions. We believe that this small number of large online platforms not only act as economic gatekeepers, but also as 'fundamental rights' gatekeepers.
We see the gradual reinforcement of Frontex as an integral part of the problematic expansion of the EU security and surveillance industrial complex, which thrives by developing technologies of control and repression against migrant people.
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