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Digital Services Act

Sets due diligence obligations for online intermediaries and platforms on illegal content, transparency, advertising and protection of minors, with extra systemic risk duties for very large online platforms and search engines supervised by the Commission.

Where it stands

In forceIntroducedCommitteeFloorLawIn force

Commission fines AliExpress 550 million eurosJul 202 months ago

Body
European Parliament and Council
Session
9th parliamentary term
Introduced
Dec 15, 2020
In effect since
Nov 16, 20223 years ago
PlatformsKids
Official page Source: European Parliament Legislative Observatory; European Commission On Regulations: Digital Services Act

Timeline

  1. Jul 20 2 months ago

    Commission fines AliExpress 550 million euros

  2. May 28 4 months ago

    Commission fines Temu 200 million euros

  3. Dec 5, 2025 9 months ago

    First non-compliance decision: Commission fines X 120 million euros

  4. Feb 17, 2024 2 years ago

    Rules apply to all regulated services; deadline for member states to set up Digital Services Coordinators

  5. Nov 16, 2022 3 years ago

    Enters into force; rules for very large online platforms and search engines and certain other provisions apply

  6. Oct 27, 2022 3 years ago

    Published in the Official Journal

  7. Oct 19, 2022 3 years ago

    Final act signed

  8. Oct 4, 2022 3 years ago

    Council adopts the act

  9. Jul 5, 2022 4 years ago

    Parliament adopts the text agreed in trilogue

  10. Jan 20, 2022 4 years ago

    Parliament adopts its negotiating position

  11. Dec 14, 2021 4 years ago

    IMCO committee vote, 1st reading

  12. Dec 15, 2020 5 years ago

    Commission proposal COM(2020) 825 published, procedure 2020/0361(COD)