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The rise of the platform economy has triggered a debate about how to regulate digital platforms such as Airbnb, Uber or Amazon Marketplace. While the political and academic debate is in full swing, 1 the European Commission initially adopted a wait and see approach. In its Communication on Online Platforms and the Agenda for the Collaborative Economy, both published in 2016, the Commission contemplated various options for regulation but refrained from taking regulatory action. 2 More recently, in April 2018, the European Commission unveiled two legislative proposals which address the new market conditions of the platform economy. First, as part of the ‘New Deal for Consumers’, the Commission suggested the introduction of new transparency rules for online marketplaces. 3 Second, the Commission pro-