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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
- persons_with_disabilities 5
- conduct 5
- codes 5
- commission 4
- shall 4
- accessible 4
- services 4
- the 3
- making 3
- manner 2
- organisations 2
- information 2
- available 2
- address 2
- ensure 2
- them 2
- relevant 2
- service 2
- easy 2
- providers 2
- encourage 2
- accessibility 2
- make 1
- adapting 1
- designing 1
- perceivable 1
- objectives: 1
- operable 1
- understandable 1
- robust 1
- explaining 1
- article 1
- meet 1
- such 1
- application 1
- by february 1
- development 1
- understand 1
- find 1
- they 1
- regulation 1
- applicable 1
- pursuant 1
- provided 1
- measures 1
- forms 1
- least 1
- public 1
- requirements 1
- following 1
Article 47
Codes of conduct for accessibility
1. The Commission shall encourage and facilitate the drawing up of codes of conduct at Union level with the involvement of providers of online_platforms and other relevant service providers, organisations representing recipients of the service and civil society organisations or relevant authorities to promote full and effective, equal participation, by improving access to online services that, through their initial design or subsequent adaptation, address the particular needs of persons_with_disabilities.
2. The Commission shall aim to ensure that the codes of conduct pursue the objective of ensuring that those services are accessible in compliance with Union and national law, in order to maximise their foreseeable use by persons_with_disabilities. The Commission shall aim to ensure that the codes of conduct address at least the following objectives:
| (a) | designing and adapting services to make them accessible to persons_with_disabilities by making them perceivable, operable, understandable and robust; |
| (b) | explaining how the services meet the applicable accessibility requirements and making this information available to the public in an accessible manner for persons_with_disabilities; |
| (c) | making information, forms and measures provided pursuant to this Regulation available in such a manner that they are easy to find, easy to understand, and accessible to persons_with_disabilities. |
3. The Commission shall encourage the development of the codes of conduct by 18 February 2025 and their application by 18 August 2025.
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