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title: "Digital Services Act (DSA)"
url: "https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/dsa"
type: "law-index"
date: ""
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# Digital Services Act (DSA)

_Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on a Single Market For Digital Services and amending Directive 2000/31/EC (Digital Services Act)_

[Recitals (156)](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/dsa/recitals)

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

Source text: EUR-Lex, Official Journal HTML (CELEX 32022R2065). Cross-checked against validated against the anchor articles verified in REP-08.
