Czechia, Cyprus, Portugal urged to comply with DSA
The countries did not meet the February deadline to comply with the Digital Services Act.
Czechia, Cyprus and Portugal have received a second warning for their failure to comply with the Digital Services Act (DSA), the European Commission announced today (3 October) .
The EU executive sent reasoned opinions to the three countries, which comes after letters of formal notice sent last April.
“Despite exchanges since April, these member states have still not empowered their designated Digital Service Coordinators (DSC) to implement the DSA. Furthermore, they have also failed to lay down the rules on penalties applicable to breaches of the DSA,” the statement said.
Estonia, Poland and Slovakia – which also receivedletters in April – did make the necessary adjustments.
The online platform rules, which oblige the largest big tech companies to take content moderation and transparency measures, entered into force in August last year for the platforms that have more than 45 million active monthly users. In February, the rules became applicable for all other platforms.
EU countries had until February to appoint a national authority, tasked to oversee the national implementation of the rules, and with receiving users’ complaints against platforms.
The three countries now have two months to take necessary measures to comply. In case they fail to do so, the Commission may refer them to the Court of Justice of the EU.
In a separate case, letters of formal notice were sent to Belgium, Spain, Croatia, Luxembourg, Netherlands and Sweden in July for failing to implement the DSA or not empowering them.
Euronews reported last month that the Dutch DSC has started receiving user complaints but cannot yet act on them because the national implementing law has not been approved by parliament yet.
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