keyboard_tab Digital Service Act 2022/2065 EN

1.   Providers of online_platforms that use recommender_systems shall set out in their terms_and_conditions, in plain and intelligible language, the main parameters used in their recommender_systems, as well as any options for the recipients of the service to modify or influence those main parameters.

2.   The main parameters referred to in paragraph 1 shall explain why certain information is suggested to the recipient_of_the_service. They shall include, at least:

(a)	the criteria which are most significant in determining the information suggested to the recipient_of_the_service;

(b)	the reasons for the relative importance of those parameters.

3.   Where several options are available pursuant to paragraph 1 for recommender_systems that determine the relative order of information presented to recipients of the service, providers of online_platforms shall also make available a functionality that allows the recipient_of_the_service to select and to modify at any time their preferred option. That functionality shall be directly and easily accessible from the specific section of the online_platform’s online_interface where the information is being prioritised.

1.   Providers of very large online_platforms or of very large online_search_engines that present advertisements on their online_interfaces shall compile and make publicly available in a specific section of their online_interface, through a searchable and reliable tool that allows multicriteria queries and through application programming interfaces, a repository containing the information referred to in paragraph 2, for the entire period during which they present an advertisement and until one year after the advertisement was presented for the last time on their online_interfaces. They shall ensure that the repository does not contain any personal data of the recipients of the service to whom the advertisement was or could have been presented, and shall make reasonable efforts to ensure that the information is accurate and complete.

2.   The repository shall include at least all of the following information:

(a)	the content of the advertisement, including the name of the product, service or brand and the subject matter of the advertisement;

(b)	the natural or legal person on whose behalf the advertisement is presented;

(c)	the natural or legal person who paid for the advertisement, if that person is different from the person referred to in point (b);

(d)	the period during which the advertisement was presented;

(e)	whether the advertisement was intended to be presented specifically to one or more particular groups of recipients of the service and if so, the main parameters used for that purpose including where applicable the main parameters used to exclude one or more of such particular groups;

(f)	the commercial_communications published on the very large online_platforms and identified pursuant to Article 26(2);

(g)	the total number of recipients of the service reached and, where applicable, aggregate numbers broken down by Member State for the group or groups of recipients that the advertisement specifically targeted.

3.   As regards paragraph 2, points (a), (b) and (c), where a provider of very large online_platform or of very large online_search_engine has removed or disabled access to a specific advertisement based on alleged illegality or incompatibility with its terms_and_conditions, the repository shall not include the information referred to in those points. In such case, the repository shall include, for the specific advertisement concerned, the information referred to in Article 17(3), points (a) to (e), or Article 9(2), point (a)(i), as applicable.

The Commission may, after consultation of the Board, the relevant vetted researchers referred to in Article 40 and the public, issue guidelines on the structure, organisation and functionalities of the repositories referred to in this Article.

1.   The Commission shall consult the Board, and shall support and promote the development and implementation of voluntary standards set by relevant European and international standardisation bodies, at least in respect of the following:

(a)	electronic submission of notices under Article 16;

(b)	templates, design and process standards for communicating with the recipients of the service in a user-friendly manner on restrictions resulting from terms_and_conditions and changes thereto;

(c)	electronic submission of notices by trusted flaggers under Article 22, including through application programming interfaces;

(d)	specific interfaces, including application programming interfaces, to facilitate compliance with the obligations set out in Articles 39 and 40;

(e)	auditing of very large online_platforms and of very large online_search_engines pursuant to Article 37;

(f)	interoperability of the advertisement repositories referred to in Article 39(2);

(g)	transmission of data between advertising intermediaries in support of transparency obligations pursuant to Article 26(1), points (b), (c) and (d);

(h)	technical measures to enable compliance with obligations relating to advertising contained in this Regulation, including the obligations regarding prominent markings for advertisements and commercial_communications referred to in Article 26;

(i)	choice interfaces and presentation of information on the main parameters of different types of recommender_systems, in accordance with Articles 27 and 38;

(j)	standards for targeted measures to protect minors online.

2.   The Commission shall support the update of the standards in the light of technological developments and the behaviour of the recipients of the services in question. The relevant information regarding the update of the standards shall be publicly available and easily accessible.

1.   The Board may recommend that the Commission initiate the drawing up, in accordance with paragraphs 2, 3 and 4, of voluntary crisis protocols for addressing crisis situations. Those situations shall be strictly limited to extraordinary circumstances affecting public security or public health.

2.   The Commission shall encourage and facilitate the providers of very large online_platforms, of very large online_search_engines and, where appropriate, the providers of other online_platforms or of other online_search_engines, to participate in the drawing up, testing and application of those crisis protocols. The Commission shall aim to ensure that those crisis protocols include one or more of the following measures:

(a)	prominently displaying information on the crisis situation provided by Member States’ authorities or at Union level, or, depending on the context of the crisis, by other relevant reliable bodies;

(b)

ensuring that the provider of intermediary_services designates a specific point of contact for crisis management; where relevant, this may be the electronic point of contact referred to in Article 11 or, in the case of providers of very large online_platforms or of very large online_search_engines, the compliance officer referred to in Article 41;

(c)	where applicable, adapt the resources dedicated to compliance with the obligations set out in Articles 16, 20, 22, 23 and 35 to the needs arising from the crisis situation.

3.   The Commission shall, as appropriate, involve Member States’ authorities, and may also involve Union bodies, offices and agencies in drawing up, testing and supervising the application of the crisis protocols. The Commission may, where necessary and appropriate, also involve civil society organisations or other relevant organisations in drawing up the crisis protocols.

4.   The Commission shall aim to ensure that the crisis protocols set out clearly all of the following:

(a)	the specific parameters to determine what constitutes the specific extraordinary circumstance the crisis protocol seeks to address and the objectives it pursues;

(b)	the role of each participant and the measures they are to put in place in preparation and once the crisis protocol has been activated;

(c)	a clear procedure for determining when the crisis protocol is to be activated;

(d)	a clear procedure for determining the period during which the measures to be taken once the crisis protocol has been activated are to be taken, which is strictly limited to what is necessary for addressing the specific extraordinary circumstances concerned;

(e)	safeguards to address any negative effects on the exercise of the fundamental rights enshrined in the Charter, in particular the freedom of expression and information and the right to non-discrimination;

(f)	a process to publicly report on any measures taken, their duration and their outcomes, upon the termination of the crisis situation.

5.   If the Commission considers that a crisis protocol fails to effectively address the crisis situation, or to safeguard the exercise of fundamental rights as referred to in paragraph 4, point (e), it shall request the participants to revise the crisis protocol, including by taking additional measures.