When will the Public Consultation for the Digital Fairness Act start?

The EU Commission will open the public consultation for the Digital Fairness Act in Spring 2025. The “Have your say” webpage for the consultation has been published which suggests that the consultation will start imminently. The consultation is expected to last 12-week.

Will the Digital Fairness Act be a directive or a regulation?

Although “act” suggests that we should expect a regulation, some speculate that the DFA will in fact be a collection of smaller legal instruments such as one or multiple directives. When the webpage for the consultation had initially been published, under “type of act”, the commission stated this was a “Proposal for a Directive”. Shortly after, the Commission deleted this and stated that this was a technical error and “all options are on the table”.