Digital Services Act (DSA)

• Article 1 Subject matter
• Article 2 Scope
• Article 3 Definitions

• 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

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

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

• 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