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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
- period 14
- shall 14
- limitation 12
- commission 8
- periodic 6
- which 6
- penalty 6
- decision 5
- time 5
- the 5
- payment 5
- suspended 4
- pursuant 4
- enforcement 4
- penalties 4
- imposition 4
- payments 3
- fines 3
- fine 3
- begin 3
- subject 3
- infringement 3
- court 3
- afresh 2
- running 2
- start 2
- interruption 2
- proceedings 2
- each 2
- long 2
- justice 2
- enforce 2
- interrupt 2
- article 2
- years 2
- taken 2
- time 2
- and 2
- action 2
- however 2
- digital 2
- services 2
- coordinator 2
- five 2
- pending 1
- before 1
- final 1
- by articles 1
- the european union 1
- conferred 1
Article 77
Limitation period for the imposition of penalties
1. The powers conferred on the Commission by Articles 74 and 76 shall be subject to a limitation period of five years.
2. time shall begin to run on the day on which the infringement is committed. However, in the case of continuing or repeated infringements, time shall begin to run on the day on which the infringement ceases.
3. Any action taken by the Commission or by the Digital Services Coordinator for the purpose of the investigation or proceedings in respect of an infringement shall interrupt the limitation period for the imposition of fines or periodic penalty payments. Actions which interrupt the limitation period shall include, in particular, the following:
(a) | requests for information by the Commission or by a Digital Services Coordinator; |
(b) | inspection; |
(c) | the opening of a proceeding by the Commission pursuant to Article 66(1). |
4. Each interruption shall start time running afresh. However, the limitation period for the imposition of fines or periodic penalty payments shall expire at the latest on the day on which a period equal to twice the limitation period has elapsed without the Commission having imposed a fine or a periodic penalty payment. That period shall be extended by the time during which the limitation period has been suspended pursuant to paragraph 5.
5. The limitation period for the imposition of fines or periodic penalty payments shall be suspended for as long as the decision of the Commission is the subject of proceedings pending before the Court of Justice of the European Union.
Article 78
Limitation period for the enforcement of penalties
1. The power of the Commission to enforce decisions taken pursuant to Articles 74 and 76 shall be subject to a limitation period of five years.
2. time shall begin to run on the day on which the decision becomes final.
3. The limitation period for the enforcement of penalties shall be interrupted:
(a) | by notification of a decision varying the original amount of the fine or periodic penalty payment or refusing an application for variation; |
(b) | by any action of the Commission, or of a Member State acting at the request of the Commission, designed to enforce payment of the fine or periodic penalty payment. |
4. Each interruption shall start time running afresh.
5. The limitation period for the enforcement of penalties shall be suspended for so long as:
(a) | time to pay is allowed; |
(b) | enforcement of payment is suspended pursuant to a decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union or to a decision of a national court. |
whereas