---
title: "Recital 56"
url: "https://prighter.com/resources/laws/digital-markets-act/recitals/recital-56"
type: "recital"
date: "2025-05-20T14:46:18.349Z"
---

# Recital 56

Gatekeepers can also have a dual role as developers of operating systems and device manufacturers, including any technical functionality that such a device may have. For example, a gatekeeper that is a manufacturer of a device can restrict access to some of the functionalities in that device, such as near-field-communication technology, secure elements and processors, authentication mechanisms and the software used to operate those technologies, which can be required for the effective provision of a service provided together with, or in support of, the core platform service by the gatekeeper as well as by any potential third-party undertaking providing such service.

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