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European Union: Council adopts Digital Services Act containing specific compliance rules for very large online platforms

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Council adopts Digital Services Act containing specific compliance rules for very large online platforms

On 4 October 2022, the Council of the European Union gave final approval to the regulation of a Single Market For Digital Services (Digital Services Act). The adopted text states that "very large online platforms" (VLOPs) and "very large search engi…

Scope

Policy Area
Consumer protection
Policy Instrument
Quality of Service requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content, platform intermediary: e-commerce, other service provider, search service provider, platform intermediary: other
Implementation Level
supranational
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament

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2020-12-15
under deliberation

The European Commission submits the EU Digital Services Act proposal to the European Parliament and…

2021-11-25
under deliberation

On 25 November 2021, the Council of the European Union adopted its general approach on Digital Serv…

2022-01-20
under deliberation

On 20 January 2022, the European Parliament agreed on a common position on the draft Digital Servic…

2022-04-23
under deliberation

On 5 July 2022, the European Parliament passed the regulation on a Single Market For Digital Servic…

2022-04-23
under deliberation

On 23 April 2022, the Council of the EU, the European Parliament and the European Commission reache…

2022-10-04
adopted

On 4 October 2022, the Council of the European Union gave final approval to the regulation of a Sin…

2022-11-16
in grace period

On 16 November 2022, the Regulation of a Single Market for Digital Services (DSA) entered into forc…

2023-02-17
in force

On 17 February 2023, the obligation of online platforms to report the number of monthly users outli…