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title: "GDPR Recital 21: Liability Rules of Intermediary Service Providers Shall Remain Unaffected"
url: "https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/gdpr/recital-21"
type: "legal-text"
date: ""
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# GDPR Recital 21: Liability Rules of Intermediary Service Providers Shall Remain Unaffected

This Regulation is without prejudice to the application of Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (8), in particular of the liability rules of intermediary service providers in Articles 12 to 15 of that Directive. That Directive seeks to contribute to the proper functioning of the internal market by ensuring the free movement of information society services between Member States.

## Articles this recital explains

- [Article 2](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/gdpr/article-2): Material scope

Source text: EUR-Lex, Official Journal consolidated HTML (CELEX 32016R0679). Recital short titles are editorial labels from gdpr-info.eu editorial short titles (not official). Cross-checked against gdpr-info.eu (independent reproduction).