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- Article 1 Subject matter and scope
- Article 2 Definitions
- Article 3 Designation of gatekeepers
- Article 4 Review of the status of gatekeeper
- Article 5 Obligations for gatekeepers
- Article 6 Obligations for gatekeepers susceptible of being further specified under Article 8
- Article 7 Obligation for gatekeepers on interoperability of number-independent interpersonal communications services
- Article 8 Compliance with obligations for gatekeepers
- Article 9 Suspension
- Article 10 Exemption for grounds of public health and public security
- Article 11 Reporting
- Article 12 Updating obligations for gatekeepers
- Article 13 Anti-circumvention
- Article 14 Obligation to inform about concentrations
- Article 15 Obligation of an audit
- Article 16 Opening of a market investigation
- Article 17 Market investigation for designating gatekeepers
- Article 18 Market investigation into systematic non-compliance
- Article 19 Market investigation into new services and new practices
- Article 20 Opening of proceedings
- Article 21 Requests for information
- Article 22 Power to carry out interviews and take statements
- Article 23 Powers to conduct inspections
- Article 24 Interim measures
- Article 25 Commitments
- Article 26 Monitoring of obligations and measures
- Article 27 Information by third parties
- Article 28 Compliance function
- Article 29 Non-compliance
- Article 30 Fines
- Article 31 Periodic penalty payments
- Article 32 Limitation periods for the imposition of penalties
- Article 33 Limitation periods for the enforcement of penalties
- Article 34 Right to be heard and access to the file
- Article 35 Annual reporting
- Article 36 Professional secrecy
- Article 37 Cooperation with national authorities
- Article 38 Cooperation and coordination with national competent authorities enforcing competition rules
- Article 39 Cooperation with national courts
- Article 40 The high-level group
- Article 41 Request for a market investigation
- Article 42 Representative actions
- Article 43 Reporting of breaches and protection of reporting persons
- Article 44 Publication of decisions
- Article 45 Review by the Court of Justice
- Article 46 Implementing provisions
- Article 47 Guidelines
- Article 48 Standardisation
- Article 49 Exercise of the delegation
- Article 50 Committee procedure
- Article 51 Amendment to Directive (EU) 2019/1937
- Article 52 Amendment to Directive (EU) 2020/1828
- Article 53 Review
- Article 54 Entry into force and application
CHAPTER I
SUBJECT MATTER, SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS
CHAPTER II
GATEKEEPERS
CHAPTER III
PRACTICES OF GATEKEEPERS THAT LIMIT CONTESTABILITY OR ARE UNFAIR
CHAPTER IV
MARKET INVESTIGATION
CHAPTER V
INVESTIGATIVE, ENFORCEMENT AND MONITORING POWERS
CHAPTER VI
FINAL PROVISIONS
- gatekeeper
- core platform service
- information society service
- digital sector
- online intermediation services
- online search engine
- online social networking service
- video-sharing platform service
- number-independent interpersonal communications service
- operating system
- web browser
- virtual assistant
- cloud computing service
- software application stores
- software application
- payment service
- technical service supporting payment service
- payment system for in-app purchases
- identification service
- end user
- business user
- ranking
- search results
- data
- personal data
- non-personal data
- undertaking
- control
- interoperability
- turnover
- profiling
- consent
- national court
- General
- Active end users
- Active business users
- Submission of information
- Specific definitions
- commission 18
- inspection 17
- authority 13
- national 11
- article 10
- member 10
- shall 9
- undertakings 8
- rules 8
- referred 8
- state 8
- competent 7
- enforcing 7
- authorised 6
- undertaking 6
- association 5
- decision 5
- assistance 5
- explanations 5
- conducted 5
- article 5
- territory 5
- whose 5
- persons 5
- officials 5
- conduct 5
- business 5
- inspections 4
- authorisation 4
- subject 4
- records 4
- appointed 4
- provided 4
- accompanying 4
- judicial 4
- books 4
- purpose 3
- experts 3
- necessary 3
- and 3
- auditors 3
- means 3
- powers 3
- matter 3
- answers 2
- pursuant 2
- well 2
- request 2
- fines 2
- measures 2
Article 23
Powers to conduct inspections
1. In order to carry out its duties under this Regulation, the Commission may conduct all necessary inspections of an undertaking or association of undertakings.
2. The officials and other accompanying persons authorised by the Commission to conduct an inspection are empowered to:
(a) | enter any premises, land and means of transport of undertakings and associations of undertakings; |
(b) | examine the books and other records related to the business, irrespective of the medium on which they are stored; |
(c) | take or obtain in any form copies of or extracts from such books or records; |
(d) | require the undertaking or association of undertakings to provide access to and explanations on its organisation, functioning, IT system, algorithms, data-handling and business practices and to record or document the explanations given by any technical means; |
(e) | seal any business premises and books or records for the duration of, and to the extent necessary for, the inspection; |
(f) | ask any representative or member of staff of the undertaking or association of undertakings for explanations of facts or documents relating to the subject-matter and purpose of the inspection, and to record the answers by any technical means. |
3. To carry out inspections, the Commission may request the assistance of auditors or experts appointed by the Commission pursuant to Article 26(2), as well as the assistance of the national competent authority of the Member State, enforcing the rules referred to in Article 1(6) in whose territory the inspection is to be conducted.
4. During inspections the Commission, auditors or experts appointed by it and the national competent authority of the Member State, enforcing the rules referred to in Article 1(6) in whose territory the inspection is to be conducted may require the undertaking or association of undertakings to provide access to and explanations on its organisation, functioning, IT system, algorithms, data-handling and business conducts. The Commission and auditors or experts appointed by it and the national competent authority of the Member State, enforcing the rules referred to in Article 1(6) in whose territory the inspection is to be conducted may address questions to any representative or member of staff.
5. The officials and other accompanying persons authorised by the Commission to conduct an inspection shall exercise their powers upon production of a written authorisation specifying the subject matter and purpose of the inspection and the fines provided for in Article 30 applicable in the event that the production of the required books or other records related to the business is incomplete or where the answers to questions asked under paragraphs 2 and 4 of this Article are incorrect or misleading. In good time before the inspection, the Commission shall give notice of the inspection to the national competent authority of the Member State enforcing the rules referred to in Article 1(6) in whose territory it is to be conducted.
6. Undertakings or associations of undertakings are required to submit to an inspection ordered by a Commission decision. That decision shall specify the subject matter and purpose of the inspection, set the date on which it is to begin and indicate the fines and periodic penalty payments provided for in Articles 30 and 31 respectively, and the right to have that decision reviewed by the Court of Justice.
7. Officials of, and the persons authorised or appointed by, the national competent authority of the Member State enforcing the rules referred to in Article 1(6) in whose territory the inspection is to be conducted shall, at the request of that authority or of the Commission, actively assist the officials and other accompanying persons authorised by the Commission. To this end, they shall enjoy the powers set out in paragraphs 2 and 4 of this Article.
8. Where the officials and other accompanying persons authorised by the Commission find that an undertaking or association of undertakings opposes an inspection ordered pursuant to this Article, the Member State concerned shall afford them the necessary assistance, requesting, where appropriate, the assistance of the police or of an equivalent enforcement authority, so as to enable them to conduct their inspection.
9. If, according to national rules, the assistance provided for in paragraph 8 of this Article requires authorisation from a judicial authority, the Commission or the national competent authority of the Member State enforcing the rules referred to in Article 1(6) or officials authorised by those authorities shall apply for it. Such authorisation may also be applied for as a precautionary measure.
10. Where authorisation referred to in paragraph 9 of this Article is applied for, the national judicial authority shall verify that the Commission decision is authentic and that the coercive measures envisaged are neither arbitrary nor excessive having regard to the subject matter of the inspection. In its control of the proportionality of the coercive measures, the national judicial authority may ask the Commission, directly or through the national competent authority of the Member State, enforcing the rules referred to in Article 1(6), for detailed explanations in particular on the grounds the Commission has for suspecting infringement of this Regulation, as well as on the seriousness of the suspected infringement and on the nature of the involvement of the undertaking concerned. However, the national judicial authority may not call into question the necessity of the inspection nor demand that it be provided with the information in the file of the Commission. The lawfulness of the Commission decision shall be subject to review only by the Court of Justice.
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