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Regulation (EU) 2022/20652020/0361(COD)COM(2020)825

Digital Services Act

Single Market For Digital Services (Digital Services Act) and amending Directive 2000/31/EC

Stage
In force, reached 27 Oct 2022
In force
In force since 17 Feb 2022 · CELEX 32022R2065
Procedure
Ordinary legislative procedure
Rapporteur
Christel Schaldemose (S&D)
Last activity
17 Jul 2023
61 entries · record as of 14 Sept 2026

Where it stands

Latest: Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies, 17 Jul 2023.

Show the earlier record: 41 dates, 30 Jun 2020 to 13 Sept 2022
  1. 30 Jun 2020
    • Inception impact assessment closed: Digital Services Act: deepening the Internal Market and clarifying responsibilities for digital services, 110 responses · Commission
  2. 8 Sept 2020
    • Public consultation closed: Digital Services Act: deepening the Internal Market and clarifying responsibilities for digital services, 2863 responses · Commission
  3. 16 Dec 2020
    • Adoption by Commission
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  4. 21 Dec 2020
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  5. 7 Jan 2021
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  6. 8 Feb 2021
    • Plenary sitting
    • Referred to committee
  7. 10 Feb 2021
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  8. 26 Feb 2021
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  9. 11 Mar 2021
    • Plenary sitting
  10. 19 Mar 2021
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  11. 22 Mar 2021
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  12. 31 Mar 2021
    • Feedback on adopted proposal closed: Digital Services Act: deepening the Internal Market and clarifying responsibilities for digital services, 138 responses · Commission
  13. 7 Apr 2021
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  14. 12 Apr 2021
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  15. 20 Apr 2021
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  16. 22 Apr 2021
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  17. 6 May 2021
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  18. 10 May 2021
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  19. 12 May 2021
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  20. 18 May 2021
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  21. 20 May 2021
    • Plenary sitting
  22. 16 Jun 2021
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  23. 5 Jul 2021
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  24. 3 Sept 2021
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  25. 4 Oct 2021
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  26. 18 Nov 2021
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  27. 23 Nov 2021
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  28. 24 Nov 2021
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  29. 26 Nov 2021
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  30. 10 Jan 2022
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  31. 17 Jan 2022
    • Plenary sitting
  32. 19 Jan 2022
    • Plenary vote results
    • Plenary sitting
    • Debate in plenary
  33. 20 Jan 2022
    • EP decision on amendments to the legislative proposal
    • Plenary vote
    • Plenary sitting
    • Plenary amended the proposal
    • Referred back to committee for interinstitutional negotiations
  34. 1 Feb 2022
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  35. 5 Apr 2022
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  36. 15 Jun 2022
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  37. 1 Jul 2022
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  38. 4 Jul 2022
    • Debate in plenary
  39. 5 Jul 2022
    • EP position at first reading
    • Plenary amended the proposal
    • Plenary vote
  40. 19 Jul 2022
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  41. 13 Sept 2022
    • Plenary sitting
  1. 23 Sept 2022
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  2. 26 Sept 2022
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  3. 4 Oct 2022
    • Approval of the EP's first reading position by the Council (adoption of the legislative act)
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  4. 17 Oct 2022
    • Plenary sitting
  5. 19 Oct 2022
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
    • Signed
  6. 27 Oct 2022
    • Published in the Official Journal
  7. 22 Dec 2022
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  8. 17 Jul 2023
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
14 people

Who is on it

The Parliament's rapporteurs, shadow rapporteurs and opinion rapporteurs currently on this file.

RoleNameGroupCountryCommittee
RapporteurChristel SchaldemoseS&DDKIMCO
Shadow rapporteurAdam BielanECRPLIMCO
Shadow rapporteurAlessandra BassoPfEITIMCO
Shadow rapporteurAlexandra GeeseGreens/EFADEIMCO
Shadow rapporteurArba KokalariEPPSEIMCO
Shadow rapporteurDita CharanzováRenewCZIMCO
Shadow rapporteurMartin SchirdewanThe LeftDEIMCO
Rapporteur for opinionSabine VerheyenEPPDECULT
Rapporteur for opinionMikuláš PeksaGreens/EFACZECON
Rapporteur for opinionJadwiga WiśniewskaECRPLFEMM
Rapporteur for opinionHenna VirkkunenEPPFIITRE
Rapporteur for opinionGeoffroy DidierEPPFRJURI
Rapporteur for opinionPatrick BreyerGreens/EFADELIBE
Rapporteur for opinionRoman HaiderPfEATTRAN
584 amendments

Amendments

Tabled between 13 Jan 2022 and 18 Jan 2022. The texts are in the amendment documents below.

By committee

  • IMCO457

Covers 457 of the 584 amendments.

By author

  • Juan Fernando López Aguilar45
  • Alexandra Geese · Greens/EFA27
  • Martin Schirdewan · The Left19
  • César Luena12
  • Nacho Sánchez Amor12
  • Aldo Patriciello11
  • Antonio Tajani11
  • Dace Melbārde11
  • Fulvio Martusciello11
  • Herbert Dorfmann11
Show 20 more authors
  • Massimiliano Salini11
  • Salvatore de Meo11
  • Chiara Gemma10
  • Konstantinos Arvanitis10
  • Leila Chaibi10
  • Mario Furore10
  • Nadine Morano10
  • Marcos Ros Sempere9
  • Axel Voss8
  • Christian Ehler8
  • Christine Schneider8
  • Daniel Buda8
  • Daniel Caspary8
  • Esteban González Pons8
  • François-Xavier Bellamy8
  • Javier Zarzalejos8
  • Jens Gieseke8
  • Lena Düpont8
  • Loucas Fourlas8
  • Marion Walsmann8

Amendments each member tabled or co-signed. The record names an author on 118 of the 584 amendments.

By article

  • Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new)4
  • Article 24 a (new)4
  • Article 29 – paragraph 2 a (new)4
  • Article 4 – paragraph 24
  • Article 5 – paragraph 44
  • Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)4
  • Article 8 – paragraph 14
  • Recital 384
  • Article 12 – paragraph 2 b (new)3
  • Article 12 – paragraph 2 c (new)3
Show 20 more provisions
  • Article 13 a (new)3
  • Article 14 – paragraph 6 a (new)3
  • Article 22 a (new)3
  • Article 24 – paragraph 1 a (new)3
  • Article 3 – paragraph 33
  • Article 7 – paragraph 1 c (new)3
  • Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a – indent 1 a (new)3
  • Recital 253
  • Recital 283
  • Recital 313
  • Recital 463
  • Article 11 – paragraph 5 a (new)2
  • Article 12 – paragraph 12
  • Article 14 – paragraph 5 a (new)2
  • Article 14 – paragraph 62
  • Article 15 a (new)2
  • Article 16 – paragraph 12
  • Article 16 – paragraph 1 a (new)2
  • Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point b2
  • Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)2

Covers 89 of the 584 amendments.

7 acts

Delegated and implementing acts beneath it

By status: 7 published.

ActKindStatusAdoption
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/2050Delegated · RegulationPublishedQ2 2025
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2835Implementing · RegulationPublished01/2024
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2835Implementing · RegulationPublished01/2024
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/607Implementing · RegulationPublishedQ4 2022
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/436Delegated · RegulationPublishedQ3 2023
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1201Implementing · RegulationPublishedQ4 2022
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/1127Delegated · RegulationPublishedQ1 2023

Titles link to EUR-Lex where the act has been published.

1 consultation

Consultations on it

The Commission's Have Your Say consultations linked to this file. Where we publish the positions filed, the title opens them here.

Summary

Generated

The Digital Services Act sets EU-wide rules for online intermediaries, including platforms and hosting services, covering content moderation, algorithmic transparency, and user protection. Very large online platforms and search engines face additional obligations. The regulation entered into force in late 2022, with provisions applying in stages.

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