#46 Cross-Sectoral and Cross-Border Cooperation in Digital Regulation w/ Dr. Belle Beems

This episode explores the complex overlap of EU competition law, GDPR, and digital regulation, featuring Professor Belle Beams. We discuss institutional frameworks, cross-disciplinary cooperation, decentralisation, and future enforcement challenges in digital markets. Throughout the episode, Belle and I highlighted several developments that have taken place in the space of the framework of collaboration in digital regulation. Click on them directly by following the links below: \- 00:50, Belle's PhD on 'The interaction between enforcers of competition law, the DMA and the GDPR. An inquiry into the coherence of enforcement across legal domains': https://repository.ubn.ru.nl/bitstream/handle/2066/327183/327183pos.pdf?sequence=4. \- 01:28, The Court of Justice's bpost ruling (Case C-117/20): https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex:62020CJ0117. \- 03:09, The Court of Justice's Nordzucker ruling (Case C-151/20): https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex:62020CJ0151. \- 04:09, The Court of Justice's Meta v. Bundeskartellamt ruling (Case C-252/21): https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex:62021CJ0252. \- 11:09, The introduction of new GDPR procedural rules for cross-border cases: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document/EPRS\_ATA(2025)777953. \- 13:56, My paper on 'The Decentralisation of EU Regulation': https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract\_id=6479620. \- 17:40, The scrutiny of Booking.com's MFN clauses: https://ga-p.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/hotel-online-bookings-and-mfn-clauses-can-online-platforms-demand-the-best-deal.pdf. \- 18:37, The Italian competition authority's case against Meta's integration of Meta AI chatbot in WhatsApp: https://en.agcm.it/en/media/press-releases/2025/12/A576. \- 19:29, The Spanish competition authority's case against Booking.com for the unfair trading conditions it imposes on the hotel sector: https://www.cnmc.es/sites/default/files/5555287.pdf. Key moments 00:00 Introduction to Digital Platforms and Law 01:08 Understanding Overlaps in Legal Frameworks 03:55 The Principle of Sincere Cooperation 09:53 Challenges in Cross-Border Collaboration 12:36 Institutional Design and Enforcement 14:11 Decentralisation vs. Centralisation in Enforcement 24:56 The Concept of a European Super Regulator To learn more about Dr. Alba Ribera Martínez and her research, we invite you to visit her website: https://www.albariberamartinez.com. She also writes, from time to time, in her newsletter, the DMA Agora, about the latest developments surrounding the European regulation: https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7344021393451184128. \_\_\_\_\_\_\__ The Binary Agora is on social media, where we upload and comment on dedicated content only for our subscribers. Stay tuned there, as well. \- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thebinaryagora/posts/?feedView=all \- BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/thebinaryagora.bsky.social \- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thebinaryagora \- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebinaryagora/ The views and opinions expressed by our guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the official position of this podcast, its host, or any affiliated organisations.