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title: "Art. 16 DMA: Opening of a market investigation"
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Art. 16 DMA · Chapter IV: MARKET INVESTIGATION

# Article 16 DMA: Opening of a market investigation

Official Journal text of 12 October 2022, as corrected (OJ L, 2025/90024, 10.1.2025). Retrieved 30 October 2026.

## Official text

### Article 16(1)

**1.** When the Commission intends to carry out a market investigation with a view to the possible adoption of decisions pursuant to Articles 17, 18 and 19 it shall adopt a decision opening a market investigation.

### Article 16(2)

**2.** Notwithstanding paragraph 1, the Commission may exercise its investigative powers under this Regulation before opening a market investigation pursuant to that paragraph.

### Article 16(3)

**3.** The decision referred to in paragraph 1 shall specify:

#### Article 16(3)(a)

**(a)** the date of opening of the market investigation;

#### Article 16(3)(b)

**(b)** the description of the issue to which the market investigation relates to;

#### Article 16(3)(c)

**(c)** the purpose of the market investigation.

### Article 16(4)

**4.** The Commission may reopen a market investigation that it has closed where:

#### Article 16(4)(a)

**(a)** there has been a material change in any of the facts on which a decision adopted pursuant to Article 17, 18 or 19 was based; or

#### Article 16(4)(b)

**(b)** the decision adopted pursuant to Article 17, 18 or 19 was based on incomplete, incorrect or misleading information.

### Article 16(5)

**5.** The Commission may ask one or more national competent authorities to assist it in its market investigation.

## Source

Source: Regulation (EU) 2022/1925, OJ L 265, 12.10.2022, p. 1, as corrected. Only the text published in the Official Journal is authentic. © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu

[Article 16 on EUR-Lex](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32022R1925#art_16)

Official Journal text of 12 October 2022, as corrected (OJ L, 2025/90024, 10.1.2025). Retrieved 30 October 2026.

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