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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
- request 7
- services 6
- digital 6
- specific 4
- coordinator 4
- shall 4
- information 4
- assistance 3
- coordinators 3
- mutual 3
- digital_services_coordinator_of_establishment 3
- receiving 3
- investigative 2
- inform 2
- about 2
- requested 2
- possession 2
- intermediary_services 2
- provider 2
- authority 2
- investigation 2
- authorities 2
- member state 2
- without 2
- competent 2
- public 2
- provide 2
- later 1
- such 1
- action 1
- unless: 1
- receipt 1
- after 1
- than 1
- months 1
- taken 1
- undue 1
- scope 1
- delay 1
- article 1
- subject 1
- complied 1
- first 1
- period 1
- within 1
- reply 1
- reasoned 1
- submitting 1
- refusal 1
- justify 1
Article 57
Mutual assistance
1. Digital Services Coordinators and the Commission shall cooperate closely and provide each other with mutual assistance in order to apply this Regulation in a consistent and efficient manner. Mutual assistance shall include, in particular, exchange of information in accordance with this Article and the duty of the Digital_Services_Coordinator_of_establishment to inform all Digital Services Coordinators of destination, the Board and the Commission about the opening of an investigation and the intention to take a final decision, including its assessment, in respect of a specific provider of intermediary_services.
2. For the purpose of an investigation, the Digital_Services_Coordinator_of_establishment may request other Digital Services Coordinators to provide specific information in their possession as regards a specific provider of intermediary_services or to exercise their investigative powers referred to in Article 51(1) with regard to specific information located in their Member State. Where appropriate, the Digital Services Coordinator receiving the request may involve other competent authorities or other public authorities of the Member State in question.
3. The Digital Services Coordinator receiving the request pursuant to paragraph 2 shall comply with such request and inform the Digital_Services_Coordinator_of_establishment about the action taken, without undue delay and no later than two months after its receipt, unless:
| (a) | the scope or the subject matter of the request is not sufficiently specified, justified or proportionate in view of the investigative purposes; or |
| (b) | neither the requested Digital Service Coordinator nor other competent authority or other public authority of that Member State is in possession of the requested information nor can have access to it; or |
| (c) | the request cannot be complied with without infringing Union or national law. |
The Digital Services Coordinator receiving the request shall justify its refusal by submitting a reasoned reply, within the period set out in the first subparagraph.
whereas