Section 4Supervision, investigation, enforcement and monitoring in respect of providers of very large online platforms and of very large online search engines
In Chapter IV – IMPLEMENTATION, COOPERATION, PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT
- Article 64Development of expertise and capabilities
1. The Commission, in cooperation with the Digital Services Coordinators and the Board, shall develop Union expertise and capabilities, including, where appropriate, through the secondment of Member States’…
- Article 65Enforcement of obligations of providers of very large online platforms and of very large online search engines
1. For the purposes of investigating compliance of providers of very large online platforms and of very large online search engines with the obligations laid down in this…
- Article 66Initiation of proceedings by the Commission and cooperation in investigation
1. The Commission may initiate proceedings in view of the possible adoption of decisions pursuant to Articles 73 and 74 in respect of the relevant conduct by the…
- Article 67Requests for information
1. In order to carry out the tasks assigned to it under this Section, the Commission may, by simple request or by decision, require the provider of the…
- Article 68Power to take interviews and statements
1. In order to carry out the tasks assigned to it under this Section, the Commission may interview any natural or legal person who consents to being interviewed…
- Article 69Power to conduct inspections
1. In order to carry out the tasks assigned to it under this Section, the Commission may conduct all necessary inspections at the premises of the provider of…
- Article 70Interim measures
1. In the context of proceedings which may lead to the adoption of a decision of non-compliance pursuant to Article 73(1) , where there is an urgency due…
- Article 71Commitments
1. If, during proceedings under this Section, the provider of the very large online platform or of the very large online search engine concerned offers commitments to ensure…
- Article 72Monitoring actions
1. For the purposes of carrying out the tasks assigned to it under this Section, the Commission may take the necessary actions to monitor the effective implementation and…
- Article 73Non-compliance
1. The Commission shall adopt a non-compliance decision where it finds that the provider of the very large online platform or of the very large online search engine…
- Article 74Fines
1. In the decision referred to in Article 73 , the Commission may impose on the provider of the very large online platform or of the very large…
- Article 75Enhanced supervision of remedies to address infringements of obligations laid down in Section 5 of Chapter III
1. When adopting a decision pursuant to Article 73 in relation to an infringement by a provider of a very large online platform or of a very large…
- Article 76Periodic penalty payments
1. The Commission may adopt a decision, imposing on the provider of the very large online platform or of the very large online search engine concerned or other…
- Article 77Limitation period for the imposition of penalties
1. The powers conferred on the Commission by Articles 74 and 76 shall be subject to a limitation period of five years. 2. Time shall begin to run…
- Article 78Limitation period for the enforcement of penalties
1. The power of the Commission to enforce decisions taken pursuant to Articles 74 and 76 shall be subject to a limitation period of five years. 2. Time…
- Article 79Right to be heard and access to the file
1. Before adopting a decision pursuant to Article 73(1) , Article 74 or 76 , the Commission shall give the provider of the very large online platform or…
- Article 80Publication of decisions
1. The Commission shall publish the decisions it adopts pursuant to Article 70(1) , Article 71(1) and Articles 73 to 76 . Such publication shall state the names…
- Article 81Review by the Court of Justice of the European Union
In accordance with Article 261 TFEU , the Court of Justice of the European Union has unlimited jurisdiction to review decisions by which the Commission has imposed fines…
- Article 82Requests for access restrictions and cooperation with national courts
1. Where all powers pursuant to this Section to bring about the cessation of an infringement of this Regulation have been exhausted, the infringement persists and causes serious…
- Article 83Implementing acts relating to Commission intervention
In relation to the Commission intervention covered by this Section, the Commission may adopt implementing acts concerning the practical arrangements for: (a) the proceedings pursuant to Articles 69…
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Text as at 19 September 2026.
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