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title: "Art. 22 DMA: Power to carry out interviews and take statements"
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source_note: "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"
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Art. 22 DMA · Chapter V: INVESTIGATIVE, ENFORCEMENT AND MONITORING POWERS

# Article 22 DMA: Power to carry out interviews and take statements

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

## Official text

### Article 22(1)

**1.** In order to carry out its duties under this Regulation, the Commission may interview any natural or legal person which consents to being interviewed, for the purpose of collecting information, relating to the subject-matter of an investigation. The Commission shall be entitled to record such interviews by any technical means.

### Article 22(2)

**2.** Where an interview pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Article is conducted on the premises of an undertaking, the Commission shall inform the national competent authority of the Member State that is enforcing the rules referred to in Article 1(6) and in whose territory the interview takes place thereof. If that authority so requests, its officials may assist the officials and other accompanying persons authorised by the Commission to conduct the interview.

## 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 22 on EUR-Lex](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32022R1925#art_22)

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

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