Platform to Business Mediation (P2B) in EU Regulation 2019/1150

Regulation (EU) 2019/1150 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 took the first important step in defining the legal framework of the so-called platform economy and in particular for digital intermediaries that enjoy dominant positions in the digital single market. EU Regulation 2019/1150/focuses on the relationships between business users on the one hand and platforms and search engines on the other, to place a series of safeguards and advantages for the former, especially for small businesses. In particular, in relation to any disputes that may arise between business users and platforms/search engines, a new form of mediation is identified which, while recalling civil and commercial mediation (as in Directive 2008/52/EC), offers a series of guarantees to the weaker part of the commercial relationship and places a series of requirements for mediators, also hoping for the training of specialized mediation organizations.