EU Digital Services Act · Reg (EU) 2022/2065
Which DSA obligations apply to your service?
DSA duties stack by what your service does and how big it is — pick your tier and size below to see exactly which obligations apply to you.
Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 · All tiers verified against EUR-Lex and the European Commission (2026-06-14).
Your DSA implementation checklist
4 obligation areas apply, cumulatively — work through every duty below.
- 1Baseline transparency + cooperationAll intermediary services
- Designate a single point of contact for Member State authorities and for users
- Appoint a legal representative in the EU if you are established outside it
- Set out clear, plain-language terms and conditions on any restrictions you impose
- Publish annual content-moderation transparency reports (micro/small are exempt from this one)
Reg (EU) 2022/2065 Ch III §1
- 2Notice-and-action + statements of reasonsHosting services
- Provide an easy-to-access, user-friendly notice-and-action mechanism for illegal content
- Give affected users a clear statement of reasons for any restriction or removal
- Report suspicions of serious criminal offences to the authorities
Reg (EU) 2022/2065 Ch III §2
- 3Platform-specific user-protection dutiesOnline platforms
- Run an internal complaint-handling system for moderation decisions
- Enable out-of-court dispute settlement
- Give priority to notices from trusted flaggers
- Take measures against misuse and abusive notices
- Provide advertising transparency (who paid, why the user sees it)
- Disclose the main parameters of your recommender systems
- Protect minors — no profiling-based advertising to minors
Reg (EU) 2022/2065 Ch III §3
- 4Trader traceability (KYBC) + compliance by designOnline marketplaces
- Collect and check traders' identification details before they trade (know-your-business-customer)
- Design your interface so traders can meet their pre-contract information duties
- Inform consumers when they have bought an illegal product or service
Reg (EU) 2022/2065 Ch III §4
The rule, in one line
- 5 tiers
- Cumulative obligation groups — intermediary → hosting → platform → marketplace → VLOP
- 45M users
- VLOP/VLOSE designation threshold — average monthly active EU recipients (Art 33)
- <50 & ≤€10m
- Micro/small exemption from the platform duties (Rec. 2003/361/EC) — unless a VLOP
Official sources: Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 · European Commission — DSA · EUR-Lex summary · All tiers verified against EUR-Lex and the European Commission (2026-06-14).
What this tool is — and isn't
This checker maps your service tier and size onto the Digital Services Act's obligation groups (Regulation (EU) 2022/2065, EUR-Lex + the European Commission). It is an estimate and orientation, not legal advice, and it does not classify borderline services, confirm VLOP designation, or detail every article-level duty. Verify against the linked official sources.
How the determination works
The DSA (Regulation (EU) 2022/2065) uses a graduated approach: every intermediary service has baseline transparency and cooperation duties; hosting services add notice-and-action; online platforms add complaint-handling, trusted flaggers, ad and recommender transparency and minors protection; online marketplaces add trader traceability (know-your-business-customer); and very large online platforms (≥45 million average monthly active EU users) add systemic-risk assessments and audits. Micro and small enterprises (fewer than 50 staff and ≤€10 million turnover) are exempt from the online-platform duties — unless they are a VLOP.
1. Your tier
The DSA stacks duties by function: intermediary → hosting → online platform → marketplace. Each tier inherits the ones below it.
2. Your size
Micro and small enterprises (under 50 staff and ≤€10m turnover) are exempt from the online-platform and marketplace duties — but not from the intermediary and hosting baseline, and not at all if they are a VLOP.
3. The VLOP tier
Services with at least 45 million average monthly active EU users can be designated very large online platforms or search engines and carry the broadest, Commission-supervised obligations.
Frequently asked questions
- Does the DSA apply to my small platform?
- The baseline intermediary and hosting duties apply. But if you are a micro or small enterprise (under 50 staff and ≤€10m) and not a VLOP, you are exempt from the online-platform-specific duties.
- What are hosting duties?
- Easy-to-use notice-and-action mechanisms for illegal content, statements of reasons for restrictions, and reporting suspicions of serious criminal offences.
- What is trader traceability?
- Online marketplaces must collect and check the identification details of traders who conclude distance contracts with consumers (know-your-business-customer), and design their interface so traders can comply.
- What makes a service a VLOP?
- At least 45 million average monthly active recipients in the EU (about 10% of the population), once designated by the Commission. VLOPs carry systemic-risk assessments, audits and more.
- Are obligations cumulative?
- Yes. A marketplace carries the marketplace, online-platform, hosting and intermediary duties together — subject to the micro/small exemption for the platform-specific ones.
- Is this legal advice?
- No. This tool maps your tier and size onto the DSA's obligation groups. It is orientation, not legal advice, and does not classify borderline services. Verify against the linked official sources.