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- Art. 1 Subject matter
- Art. 2 Scope
- Art. 3 Definitions
- Art. 4 ‘Mere conduit’
- Art. 5 ‘Caching’
- Art. 6 Hosting
- Art. 7 Voluntary own-initiative investigations and legal compliance
- Art. 8 No general monitoring or active fact-finding obligations
- Art. 9 Orders to act against illegal content
- Art. 10 Orders to provide information
- Art. 11 Points of contact for Member States’ authorities, the Commission and the Board
- Art. 12 Points of contact for recipients of the service
- Art. 13 Legal representatives
- Art. 14 Terms and conditions
- Art. 15 Transparency reporting obligations for providers of intermediary services
- Art. 16 Notice and action mechanisms
- Art. 17 Statement of reasons
- Art. 18 Notification of suspicions of criminal offences
- Art. 19 Exclusion for micro and small enterprises
- Art. 20 Internal complaint-handling system
- Art. 21 Out-of-court dispute settlement
- Art. 22 Trusted flaggers
- Art. 23 Measures and protection against misuse
- Art. 24 Transparency reporting obligations for providers of online platforms
- Art. 25 Online interface design and organisation
- Art. 26 Advertising on online platforms
- Art. 27 Recommender system transparency
- Art. 28 Online protection of minors
- Art. 29 Exclusion for micro and small enterprises
- Art. 30 Traceability of traders
- Art. 31 Compliance by design
- Art. 32 Right to information
- Art. 33 Very large online platforms and very large online search engines
- Art. 34 Risk assessment
- Art. 35 Mitigation of risks
- Art. 36 Crisis response mechanism
- Art. 37 Independent audit
- Art. 38 Recommender systems
- Art. 39 Additional online advertising transparency
- Art. 40 Data access and scrutiny
- Art. 41 Compliance function
- Art. 42 Transparency reporting obligations
- Art. 43 Supervisory fee
- Art. 44 Standards
- Art. 45 Codes of conduct
- Art. 46 Codes of conduct for online advertising
- Art. 47 Codes of conduct for accessibility
- Art. 48 Crisis protocols
- Art. 49 Competent authorities and Digital Services Coordinators
- Art. 50 Requirements for Digital Services Coordinators
- Art. 51 Powers of Digital Services Coordinators
- Art. 52 Penalties
- Art. 53 Right to lodge a complaint
- Art. 54 Compensation
- Art. 55 Activity reports
- Art. 56 Competences
- Art. 57 Mutual assistance
- Art. 58 Cross-border cooperation among Digital Services Coordinators
- Art. 59 Referral to the Commission
- Art. 60 Joint investigations
- Art. 61 European Board for Digital Services
- Art. 62 Structure of the Board
- Art. 63 Tasks of the Board
- Art. 64 Development of expertise and capabilities
- Art. 65 Enforcement of obligations of providers of very large online platforms and of very large online search engines
- Art. 66 Initiation of proceedings by the Commission and cooperation in investigation
- Art. 67 Requests for information
- Art. 68 Power to take interviews and statements
- Art. 69 Power to conduct inspections
- Art. 70 Interim measures
- Art. 71 Commitments
- Art. 72 Monitoring actions
- Art. 73 Non-compliance
- Art. 74 Fines
- Art. 75 Enhanced supervision of remedies to address infringements of obligations laid down in Section 5 of Chapter III
- Art. 76 Periodic penalty payments
- Art. 77 Limitation period for the imposition of penalties
- Art. 78 Limitation period for the enforcement of penalties
- Art. 79 Right to be heard and access to the file
- Art. 80 Publication of decisions
- Art. 81 Review by the Court of Justice of the European Union
- Art. 82 Requests for access restrictions and cooperation with national courts
- Art. 83 Implementing acts relating to Commission intervention
- Art. 84 Professional secrecy
- Art. 85 Information sharing system
- Art. 86 Representation
- Art. 87 Exercise of the delegation
- Art. 88 Committee procedure
- Art. 89 Amendments to Directive 2000/31/EC
- Art. 90 Amendment to Directive (EU) 2020/1828
- Art. 91 Review
- Art. 92 Anticipated application to providers of very large online platforms and of very large online search engines
- Article 93 Entry into force and application
CHAPTER I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER II
LIABILITY OF PROVIDERS OF INTERMEDIARY SERVICES
CHAPTER III
DUE DILIGENCE OBLIGATIONS FOR A TRANSPARENT AND SAFE ONLINE ENVIRONMENT
SECTION 1
Provisions applicable to all providers of intermediary services
SECTION 2
Additional provisions applicable to providers of hosting services, including online platforms
SECTION 3
Additional provisions applicable to providers of online platforms
SECTION 4
Additional provisions applicable to providers of online platforms allowing consumers to conclude distance contracts with traders
SECTION 5
Additional obligations for providers of very large online platforms and of very large online search engines to manage systemic risks
SECTION 6
Other provisions concerning due diligence obligations
CHAPTER IV
IMPLEMENTATION, COOPERATION, PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT
SECTION 1
Competent authorities and national Digital Services Coordinators
SECTION 2
Competences, coordinated investigation and consistency mechanisms
SECTION 3
European Board for Digital Services
SECTION 4
Supervision, investigation, enforcement and monitoring in respect of providers of very large online platforms and of very large online search engines
SECTION 5
Common provisions on enforcement
SECTION 6
Delegated and implementing acts
CHAPTER V
FINAL PROVISIONS
- information society service
- recipient of the service
- consumer
- to offer services in the Union
- substantial connection to the Union
- trader
- intermediary service
- mere conduit
- caching
- hosting
- illegal content
- online platform
- online search engine
- dissemination to the public
- distance contract
- online interface
- Digital Services Coordinator of establishment
- Digital Services Coordinator of destination
- active recipient of an online platform
- active recipient of an online search engine
- advertisement
- recommender system
- content moderation
- terms and conditions
- persons with disabilities
- commercial communication
- turnover
- Mere conduit
- Caching
- supervisory 13
- shall 12
- large 10
- very 10
- pursuant 10
- annual 10
- to article 9
- paragraph 9
- the 7
- commission 7
- referred 6
- amount 6
- acts 5
- costs 5
- overall 5
- each 4
- charged 4
- delegated 4
- fees 4
- implementing 4
- respect 4
- accordance 3
- individual 3
- online_platform 3
- determination 3
- year 3
- tasks 3
- regulation 2
- incurred 2
- methodology 2
- adopting 2
- online_search_engine 2
- providers 2
- provider 2
- online_platforms 2
- online_search_engines 2
- designation 2
- adopt 2
- designated 2
- article 2
- this article 2
- estimated 2
- annually 2
- with article 2
- under 2
- down 2
- european parliament 2
- detailed 2
- principles 2
- preceding 2
Article 43
Supervisory fee
1. The Commission shall charge providers of very large online_platforms and of very large online_search_engines an annual supervisory fee upon their designation pursuant to Article 33.
2. The overall amount of the annual supervisory fees shall cover the estimated costs that the Commission incurs in relation to its supervisory tasks under this Regulation, in particular costs related to the designation pursuant to Article 33, to the set-up, maintenance and operation of the database pursuant to Article 24(5) and to the information sharing system pursuant to Article 85, to referrals pursuant to Article 59, to supporting the Board pursuant to Article 62 and to the supervisory tasks pursuant to Article 56 and Section 4 of Chapter IV.
3. The providers of very large online_platforms and of very large online_search_engines shall be charged annually a supervisory fee for each service for which they have been designated pursuant to Article 33.
The Commission shall adopt implementing acts establishing the amount of the annual supervisory fee in respect of each provider of very large online_platform or of very large online_search_engine. When adopting those implementing acts, the Commission shall apply the methodology laid down in the delegated act referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article and shall respect the principles set out in paragraph 5 of this Article. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 88.
4. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 87, laying down the detailed methodology and procedures for:
| (a) | the determination of the estimated costs referred to in paragraph 2; |
| (b) | the determination of the individual annual supervisory fees referred to in paragraph 5, points (b) and (c); |
| (c) | the determination of the maximum overall limit defined in paragraph 5, point (c); and |
| (d) | the detailed arrangements necessary to make payments. |
When adopting those delegated acts, the Commission shall respect the principles set out in paragraph 5 of this Article.
5. The implementing act referred to in paragraph 3 and the delegated act referred to in paragraph 4 shall respect the following principles:
| (a) | the estimation of the overall amount of the annual supervisory fee takes into account the costs incurred in the previous year; |
| (b) | the annual supervisory fee is proportionate to the number of average monthly active recipients in the Union of each very large online_platform or each very large online_search_engine designated pursuant to Article 33; |
| (c) | the overall amount of the annual supervisory fee charged on a given provider of very large online_platform or very large search engine does not, in any case, exceed 0,05 % of its worldwide annual net income in the preceding financial year. |
6. The individual annual supervisory fees charged pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Article shall constitute external assigned revenue in accordance with Article 21(5) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council (41).
7. The Commission shall report annually to the European Parliament and to the Council on the overall amount of the costs incurred for the fulfilment of the tasks under this Regulation and the total amount of the individual annual supervisory fees charged in the preceding year.
SECTION 6
Other provisions concerning due diligence obligations
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