- Chapter I. General Provisions
- Article 1. Subject matter
- Article 2. Scope
- Article 3. Definitions
- Chapter II. Liability of Providers of Intermediary Services
- 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
- Section 1. Provisions applicable to all providers of intermediary services
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Section 1. Competent authorities and national Digital Services Coordinators
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Article 84. Professional secrecy
- Article 85. Information sharing system
- Article 86. Representation
- Section 6. Delegated and implementing acts
- Article 87. Exercise of the delegation
- Article 88. Committee procedure
- Chapter V. Final Provisions
- 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