Council Agrees Draft Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act

On November 25, 2021, the Council of the European Union reached an agreement on the draft Digital Services Act (“DSA”) (see here and here) and the Digital Markets Act (“DMA”) (see here) bringing them one step closer to adoption.  The European Parliament will discuss the drafts on December 9 and plans to announce its first reading position in early 2022, after which the Council and the Parliament will enter into negotiations with the goal of reaching an agreement on a final text for both acts.