CME joins 34 organisations calling for a Digital Fairness Act reset
Classifieds Marketplaces Europe (CME) has joined 33 other digital and tech organisations from across industries in signing a joint letter to the European Commission calling for a pause and reassessment of the Digital Fairness Act (DFA).
The letter, addressed to Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen and Commissioner Michael McGrath, reflects a shared concern: that the DFA risks adding new layers of regulation to areas already extensively covered by EU law, before landmark legislation such as the Digital Services Act has even been fully implemented.
The joint position is straightforward – before introducing new rules, the priority should be to simplify, enforce, and clarify the frameworks already in place.
Concretely, this means:
— Consistent enforcement of existing rules, through stronger cooperation between authorities within Member States, across Member States, and at EU level where relevant.
— A coherent digital rulebook, where obligations do not overlap and clear guidance exists on how EU legislation interacts in practice.
For CME and our members, this is also about ensuring that regulation reflects the diversity of digital business models. Online classifieds that enable second-hand and C2C trade operate very differently from large-scale e-commerce platforms. That is why a one-size-fits-all approach does not serve consumers, businesses, or the circular economy that millions of Europeans participate in every day through our marketplaces.
We welcome the Commission’s commitment to simplification and competitiveness, and urge that commitment to be reflected in the DFA’s design from the outset.
