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- 5 Art. 43 Supervisory fee
- 1 Art. 50 Requirements for Digital Services Coordinators
CHAPTER I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER II
LIABILITY OF PROVIDERS OF INTERMEDIARY SERVICES
CHAPTER III
DUE DILIGENCE OBLIGATIONS FOR A TRANSPARENT AND SAFE ONLINE ENVIRONMENT
SECTION 1
Provisions applicable to all providers of intermediary services
SECTION 2
Additional provisions applicable to providers of hosting services, including online platforms
SECTION 3
Additional provisions applicable to providers of online platforms
SECTION 4
Additional provisions applicable to providers of online platforms allowing consumers to conclude distance contracts with traders
SECTION 5
Additional obligations for providers of very large online platforms and of very large online search engines to manage systemic risks
SECTION 6
Other provisions concerning due diligence obligations
CHAPTER IV
IMPLEMENTATION, COOPERATION, PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT
SECTION 1
Competent authorities and national Digital Services Coordinators
SECTION 2
Competences, coordinated investigation and consistency mechanisms
SECTION 3
European Board for Digital Services
SECTION 4
Supervision, investigation, enforcement and monitoring in respect of providers of very large online platforms and of very large online search engines
SECTION 5
Common provisions on enforcement
SECTION 6
Delegated and implementing acts
CHAPTER V
FINAL PROVISIONS
- information society service
- recipient of the service
- consumer
- to offer services in the Union
- substantial connection to the Union
- trader
- intermediary service
- mere conduit
- caching
- hosting
- illegal content
- online platform
- online search engine
- dissemination to the public
- distance contract
- online interface
- Digital Services Coordinator of establishment
- Digital Services Coordinator of destination
- active recipient of an online platform
- active recipient of an online search engine
- advertisement
- recommender system
- content moderation
- terms and conditions
- persons with disabilities
- commercial communication
- turnover
- Mere conduit
- Caching
- shall 20
- supervisory 13
- annual 10
- pursuant 10
- very 10
- large 10
- paragraph 10
- to article 9
- services 8
- digital 8
- tasks 7
- commission 7
- the 7
- referred 6
- overall 6
- amount 6
- coordinators 6
- acts 5
- accordance 5
- each 5
- regulation 5
- costs 5
- charged 4
- article 4
- respect 4
- implementing 4
- delegated 4
- fees 4
- providers 3
- determination 3
- individual 3
- requirements 3
- ensure 3
- with article 3
- year 3
- financial 3
- within 3
- under 3
- online_platform 3
- principles 2
- without 2
- down 2
- coordinator 2
- detailed 2
- from 2
- necessary 2
- independence 2
- incurred 2
- proportionate 2
- budget 2
Article 43
Supervisory fee
1. The Commission shall charge providers of very large online_platforms and of very large online_search_engines an annual supervisory fee upon their designation pursuant to Article 33.
2. The overall amount of the annual supervisory fees shall cover the estimated costs that the Commission incurs in relation to its supervisory tasks under this Regulation, in particular costs related to the designation pursuant to Article 33, to the set-up, maintenance and operation of the database pursuant to Article 24(5) and to the information sharing system pursuant to Article 85, to referrals pursuant to Article 59, to supporting the Board pursuant to Article 62 and to the supervisory tasks pursuant to Article 56 and Section 4 of Chapter IV.
3. The providers of very large online_platforms and of very large online_search_engines shall be charged annually a supervisory fee for each service for which they have been designated pursuant to Article 33.
The Commission shall adopt implementing acts establishing the amount of the annual supervisory fee in respect of each provider of very large online_platform or of very large online_search_engine. When adopting those implementing acts, the Commission shall apply the methodology laid down in the delegated act referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article and shall respect the principles set out in paragraph 5 of this Article. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 88.
4. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 87, laying down the detailed methodology and procedures for:
| (a) | the determination of the estimated costs referred to in paragraph 2; |
| (b) | the determination of the individual annual supervisory fees referred to in paragraph 5, points (b) and (c); |
| (c) | the determination of the maximum overall limit defined in paragraph 5, point (c); and |
| (d) | the detailed arrangements necessary to make payments. |
When adopting those delegated acts, the Commission shall respect the principles set out in paragraph 5 of this Article.
5. The implementing act referred to in paragraph 3 and the delegated act referred to in paragraph 4 shall respect the following principles:
| (a) | the estimation of the overall amount of the annual supervisory fee takes into account the costs incurred in the previous year; |
| (b) | the annual supervisory fee is proportionate to the number of average monthly active recipients in the Union of each very large online_platform or each very large online_search_engine designated pursuant to Article 33; |
| (c) | the overall amount of the annual supervisory fee charged on a given provider of very large online_platform or very large search engine does not, in any case, exceed 0,05 % of its worldwide annual net income in the preceding financial year. |
6. The individual annual supervisory fees charged pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Article shall constitute external assigned revenue in accordance with Article 21(5) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council (41).
7. The Commission shall report annually to the European Parliament and to the Council on the overall amount of the costs incurred for the fulfilment of the tasks under this Regulation and the total amount of the individual annual supervisory fees charged in the preceding year.
SECTION 6
Other provisions concerning due diligence obligations
Article 50
Requirements for Digital Services Coordinators
1. Member States shall ensure that their Digital Services Coordinators perform their tasks under this Regulation in an impartial, transparent and timely manner. Member States shall ensure that their Digital Services Coordinators have all necessary resources to carry out their tasks, including sufficient technical, financial and human resources to adequately supervise all providers of intermediary_services falling within their competence. Each Member State shall ensure that its Digital Services Coordinator has sufficient autonomy in managing its budget within the budget's overall limits, in order not to adversely affect the independence of the Digital Services Coordinator.
2. When carrying out their tasks and exercising their powers in accordance with this Regulation, the Digital Services Coordinators shall act with complete independence. They shall remain free from any external influence, whether direct or indirect, and shall neither seek nor take instructions from any other public authority or any private party.
3. Paragraph 2 of this Article is without prejudice to the tasks of Digital Services Coordinators within the system of supervision and enforcement provided for in this Regulation and the cooperation with other competent authorities in accordance with Article 49(2). Paragraph 2 of this Article shall not prevent the exercise of judicial review and shall also be without prejudice to proportionate accountability requirements regarding the general activities of the Digital Services Coordinators, such as financial expenditure or reporting to national parliaments, provided that those requirements do not undermine the achievement of the objectives of this Regulation.
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