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Table of Contents

CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
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  • Article 1 Subject matter
  • Article 2 Scope
  • Article 3 Definitions
CHAPTER II LIABILITY OF PROVIDERS OF INTERMEDIARY SERVICES
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  • Article 4 ‘ Mere conduit ’
  • Article 5 ‘ Caching ’
  • Article 6 Hosting
  • Article 7 Voluntary own-initiative investigations and legal compliance
  • Article 8 No general monitoring or active fact-finding obligations
  • Article 9 Orders to act against illegal content
  • Article 10 Orders to provide information
CHAPTER III DUE DILIGENCE OBLIGATIONS FOR A TRANSPARENT AND SAFE ONLINE ENVIRONMENT
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SECTION 1 — Provisions applicable to all providers of intermediary services
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  • Article 11 Points of contact for Member States’ authorities, the Commission and the Board
  • Article 12 Points of contact for recipients of the service
  • Article 13 Legal representatives
  • Article 14 Terms and conditions
  • Article 15 Transparency reporting obligations for providers of intermediary services
SECTION 2 — Additional provisions applicable to providers of hosting services, including online platforms
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  • Article 16 Notice and action mechanisms
  • Article 17 Statement of reasons
  • Article 18 Notification of suspicions of criminal offences
SECTION 3 — Additional provisions applicable to providers of online platforms
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  • Article 19 Exclusion for micro and small enterprises
  • Article 20 Internal complaint-handling system
  • Article 21 Out-of-court dispute settlement
  • Article 22 Trusted flaggers
  • Article 23 Measures and protection against misuse
  • Article 24 Transparency reporting obligations for providers of online platforms
  • Article 25 Online interface design and organisation
  • Article 26 Advertising on online platforms
  • Article 27 Recommender system transparency
  • Article 28 Online protection of minors
SECTION 4 — Additional provisions applicable to providers of online platforms allowing consumers to conclude distance contracts with traders
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  • Article 29 Exclusion for micro and small enterprises
  • Article 30 Traceability of traders
  • Article 31 Compliance by design
  • Article 32 Right to information
SECTION 5 — Additional obligations for providers of very large online platforms and of very large online search engines to manage systemic risks
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  • Article 33 Very large online platforms and very large online search engines
  • Article 34 Risk assessment
  • Article 35 Mitigation of risks
  • Article 36 Crisis response mechanism
  • Article 37 Independent audit
  • Article 38 Recommender systems
  • Article 39 Additional online advertising transparency
  • Article 40 Data access and scrutiny
  • Article 41 Compliance function
  • Article 42 Transparency reporting obligations
  • Article 43 Supervisory fee
SECTION 6 — Other provisions concerning due diligence obligations
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  • Article 44 Standards
  • Article 45 Codes of conduct
  • Article 46 Codes of conduct for online advertising
  • Article 47 Codes of conduct for accessibility
  • Article 48 Crisis protocols
CHAPTER IV IMPLEMENTATION, COOPERATION, PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT
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SECTION 1 — Competent authorities and national Digital Services Coordinators
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  • Article 49 Competent authorities and Digital Services Coordinators
  • Article 50 Requirements for Digital Services Coordinators
  • Article 51 Powers of Digital Services Coordinators
  • Article 52 Penalties
  • Article 53 Right to lodge a complaint
  • Article 54 Compensation
  • Article 55 Activity reports
SECTION 2 — Competences, coordinated investigation and consistency mechanisms
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  • Article 56 Competences
  • Article 57 Mutual assistance
  • Article 58 Cross-border cooperation among Digital Services Coordinators
  • Article 59 Referral to the Commission
  • Article 60 Joint investigations
SECTION 3 — European Board for Digital Services
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  • Article 61 European Board for Digital Services
  • Article 62 Structure of the Board
  • Article 63 Tasks of the Board
SECTION 4 — Supervision, investigation, enforcement and monitoring in respect of providers of very large online platforms and of very large online search engines
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  • Article 64 Development of expertise and capabilities
  • Article 65 Enforcement of obligations of providers of very large online platforms and of very large online search engines
  • Article 66 Initiation of proceedings by the Commission and cooperation in investigation
  • Article 67 Requests for information
  • Article 68 Power to take interviews and statements
  • Article 69 Power to conduct inspections
  • Article 70 Interim measures
  • Article 71 Commitments
  • Article 72 Monitoring actions
  • Article 73 Non-compliance
  • Article 74 Fines
  • Article 75 Enhanced supervision of remedies to address infringements of obligations laid down in Section 5 of Chapter III
  • Article 76 Periodic penalty payments
  • Article 77 Limitation period for the imposition of penalties
  • Article 78 Limitation period for the enforcement of penalties
  • Article 79 Right to be heard and access to the file
  • Article 80 Publication of decisions
  • Article 81 Review by the Court of Justice of the European Union
  • Article 82 Requests for access restrictions and cooperation with national courts
  • Article 83 Implementing acts relating to Commission intervention
SECTION 5 — Common provisions on enforcement
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  • Article 84 Professional secrecy
  • Article 85 Information sharing system
  • Article 86 Representation
SECTION 6 — Delegated and implementing acts
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  • Article 87 Exercise of the delegation
  • Article 88 Committee procedure
CHAPTER V FINAL PROVISIONS
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  • Article 89 Amendments to Directive 2000/31/EC
  • Article 90 Amendment to Directive (EU) 2020/1828
  • Article 91 Review
  • Article 92 Anticipated application to providers of very large online platforms and of very large online search engines
  • Article 93 Entry into force and application
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