Guide to the Digital Services Act
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Chapter I – General provisions
Article 1 - Subject matter and scope
Article 2 - Definitions
Chapter II – Liability of providers of intermediary services
Article 3 - ‘Mere conduit’
Article 4 - ‘Caching’
Article 5 - Hosting
Article 6 - Voluntary own-initiative investigations and legal compliance
Article 7 - No general monitoring or active fact-finding obligations
Article 8 - Orders to act against illegal content
Article 9 - Orders to provide information
Chapter III - Due diligence obligations for a transparent and safe online environment
Section 1 - Provisions applicable to all providers of intermediary services
Article 10 - Points of contact
Article 11 - Legal representatives
Article 12 - Terms and conditions
Article 13 - Transparency reporting obligations for providers of intermediary services
Section 2 - Additional provisions applicable to providers of hosting services, including online platforms
Article 14 - Notice and action mechanisms
Article 15 - Statement of reasons
Section 3 - Additional provisions applicable to online platforms
Article 16 - Exclusion for micro and small enterprises
Article 17 - Internal complaint-handling system
Article 18 - Out-of-court dispute settlement
Article 19 - Trusted flaggers
Article 20 - Measures and protection against misuse
Article 21 - Notification of suspicions of criminal offences
Article 22 - Traceability of traders
Article 23 - Transparency reporting obligations for providers of online platforms
Article 24 - Online advertising transparency
Section 4 - Additional obligations for very large online platforms to manage systemic risks
Article 25 - Very large online platforms
Article 26 - Risk assessment
Article 27 - Mitigation of risks
Article 28 - Independent audit
Article 29 - Recommender systems
Article 30 - Additional online advertising transparency
Article 31 - Data access and scrutiny
Article 32 - Compliance officers
Article 33 - Transparency reporting obligations for very large online platforms
Section 5 - Other provisions concerning due diligence obligations
Article 34 - Standards
Article 35 - Codes of conduct
Article 36 - Codes of conduct for online advertising
Article 37 - Crisis protocols
Chapter IV - Implementation, cooperation, sanctions and enforcement
Section 1 - Competent authorities and national digital services coordinators
Article 38 - Competent authorities and Digital Services Coordinators
Article 39 - Requirements for Digital Services Coordinators
Article 40 - Jurisdiction
Article 41 - Powers of Digital Services Coordinators
Article 42 - Penalties
Article 43 - Right to lodge a complaint
Article 44 - Activity reports
Article 45 - Cross-border cooperation among Digital Services Coordinators
Article 46 - Joint investigations and requests for Commission intervention
Section 2 - European board for digital services
Article 47 - European Board for Digital Services
Article 48 - Structure of the Board
Article 49 - Tasks of the Board
Section 3 - Supervision, investigation, enforcement and monitoring in respect of very large online platforms
Article 50 - Enhanced supervision for very large online platforms
Article 51 - Intervention by the Commission and opening of proceedings
Article 52 - Requests for information
Article 53 - Power to take interviews and statements
Article 54 - Power to conduct on-site inspections
Article 55 - Interim measures
Article 56 - Commitments
Article 57 - Monitoring actions
Article 58 - Non-compliance
Article 59 - Fines
Article 60 - Periodic penalty payments
Article 61 - Limitation period for the imposition of penalties
Article 62 - Limitation period for the enforcement of penalties
Article 63 - Right to be heard and access to the file
Article 64 - Publication of decisions
Article 65 - Requests for access restrictions and cooperation with national courts
Article 66 - Implementing acts relating to Commission intervention
Section 4 - Common provisions on enforcement
Article 67 - Information sharing system
Article 68 - Representation
Section 5 - Delegated acts
Article 69 - Exercise of the delegation
Article 70 - Committee
Chapter V - Final provisions
Article 71 - Deletion of certain provisions of Directive 2000/31/EC
Article 72 - Amendments to Directive 2020/XX/EC on Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers
Article 73 - Evaluation
Article 74 - Entry into force and application
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