EU Digital Markets Act DMA-Art.36: Professional secrecy (Article 36)

Article 36 imposes professional-secrecy obligations on the Commission and on any persons acquiring information in the course of DMA procedures. Information obtained may only be used for the purpose for which it was acquired; carve-outs for cooperation with other authorities.

Maintained by Gerard BlokdykVerified against the published standard 31 May 2026Control text last updated 21 May 2026

Other controls in DMA - Cooperation, Penalties, Final Provisions (Ch V-VI)

DMA-Art.29 Non-compliance (Article 29)
DMA-Art.30_31 Fines and periodic penalty payments (Articles 30-31)
DMA-Art.32_33_34 Limitation periods and right to be heard (Articles 32-34)
DMA-Art.37_38_39_40 Cooperation with national authorities, competition authorities and courts; high-level group (Articles 37-40)
DMA-Art.41_42_43_44_45 Market-investigation requests, representative actions, whistleblower protection, publication of decisions, judicial review (Articles 41-45)
DMA-Art.46_47_48 Implementing acts, guidelines and standardisation (Articles 46-48)
DMA-Art.49_50 Delegation and committee procedure (Articles 49-50)
DMA-Art.51_52 Amendments to Directives 2019/1937 and 2020/1828 (Articles 51-52)

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