Hearing: C-627/24 P Bytedance v Commission

On Tuesday 12 May 2026, the Court will hear Case C-627/24 P Bytedance v Commission.

This case concerns the designation of Bytedance, the owner of TikTok, as a “gatekeeper” under the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA). This designation, made by the European Commission in September 2023, applies to large digital platforms that serve as key intermediaries between companies and users. Companies with this status must comply with strict obligations aimed at ensuring fair competition and protect users.

Bytedance challenged the designation before the General Court, arguing that TikTok had not yet achieved the entrenched and durable market position required by the DMA and that the Commission had misapplied the criteria. The General Court dismissed this action, finding that the Commission was fully entitled to conclude that Bytedance was a gatekeeper and that TikTok met the relevant thresholds and criteria set out in the DMA (see Case T-1077/23 Bytedance v Commission).

Bytedance has now appealed that judgment before the Court of Justice, asking it to determine whether the General Court correctly upheld the Commission’s designation of Bytedance as a gatekeeper under the DMA.

The hearing will be available in the Curia Web TV section of our website after it has been completed.

In the video below, our press officer Jacques Zammit gives an overview of the facts of the case and the legal issues involved.