On 19 November 2025, the General Court of the European Union (the General Court) delivered a significant judgment in Case T-367/23, dismissing Amazon EU Sàrl (Amazon)’s challenge to the European Commission (EC)’s decision to designate Amazon Store as a “very large online platform” (VLOP) under the Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 (the Digital Services Act or DSA). This decision follows the decision in Case T-348/23 Zalando v Commission in September 2025 (the Zalando decision) (see our analysis of that decision here), and is the second decision in a number
Continue Reading Amazon v Commission: EU’s General Court dismisses Amazon’s challenge to VLOP designationEstablishment of the Criminal Justice International Cooperation Office
On 11 June 2025, the Minister for Justice, Jim O’Callaghan announced:
- The General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (International Cooperation Office) Bill 2025 (General Scheme) to (i) implement the eEvidence Regulation (EU) 2023/1543 (the Regulation) and (ii) transpose the Legal Representative Directive (EU) 2023/1544 (the Directive);
- the establishment of the new Criminal Justice International Cooperation Office (CJICO).
The Director of the CJICO will operate as the designated (i) enforcing authority under the Regulation and (ii) central authority under the Directive.
The eEvidence Regulation and Directive
The eEvidence Regulation creates a mechanism for EU
Continue Reading Establishment of the Criminal Justice International Cooperation OfficeEU’s Code of Conduct on Disinformation Integrated into DSA
On February 13, the European Commission (EC) and the European Board for Digital Services (EBDS) endorsed the integration of the Code of Practice on Disinformation (the Disinformation Code) into the framework of the Digital Services Act (DSA).
Article 45 of the DSA provides for the formation of voluntary codes of conduct at EU level to ”contribute to the proper application of” the DSA. The Disinformation Code is the second code integrated into the DSA via Article 45, following the EC’s recent integration of the Code of Conduct on Countering Illegal Hate
Continue Reading EU’s Code of Conduct on Disinformation Integrated into DSAEU’s Code of Conduct Countering Online Hate Speech Becomes Part of the DSA
On January 20, in a long-awaited move, the European Commission (EC) announced the integration of the revised Code of Conduct on Countering Illegal Hate Speech Online (the Hate Speech Code) into the regulatory framework of the Digital Services Act (DSA).
Article 45 of the DSA provides for the formation of voluntary codes of conduct at EU level to ”contribute to the proper application of” the DSA. The Hate Speech Code marks the first Code to be integrated into the DSA framework via the Article 45 process.
Background
The Hate Speech Code revises and
Continue Reading EU’s Code of Conduct Countering Online Hate Speech Becomes Part of the DSAGovernment’s Legislative Programme indicates there may be a role for CCPC in regulating aspects of the DSA
Continue Reading Government’s Legislative Programme indicates there may be a role for CCPC in regulating aspects of the DSA“To implement Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 on a Single Market for Digital Services
Commissioner for Digital Services in Coimisiún na Meán to be Appointed
On 19 July 2023, the Irish Government announced their intention to appoint John Evans as the Digital Services Commissioner in Coimisiún na Meán (CnaM). His appointment will take effect from 24 July 2023.
As per Head 6 of the General Scheme of the Digital Services Bill which was published by the Irish government earlier this year, it is intended that Mr Evans will be responsible for coordinating the supervision and enforcement of the Digital Services Act (DSA) in Ireland as the Digital Services Commissioner. He will also be responsible for liaising and cooperating with the European
Continue Reading Commissioner for Digital Services in Coimisiún na Meán to be AppointedAn Garda Síochána appointed as a competent authority under the EU Terrorist Content Online Regulation
On 31 May, Minister for Justice Simon Harris signed the European Union (Online Dissemination of Terrorist Content) (Designation of the Commissioner of the Garda Síochána as a Competent Authority) Regulations 2023 (the Regulations) into law. The Regulations designate An Garda Síochána as:
- the Irish competent authority for issuing removal orders in accordance with Article 3 of the EU Terrorist Content Online Regulation 2021/784 (the TCO); and
- the Irish contact point for clarification and feedback in relation to the removal orders that it issues.
Article 3 TCO provides that a competent authority of each EU Member State has
Continue Reading An Garda Síochána appointed as a competent authority under the EU Terrorist Content Online Regulation
Commission publishes Draft Delegated Act in respect of Audits conducted under DSA
The Commission has published a draft delegated act on audits to be performed very large online platforms (“VLOPs“) and very large online search engines (“VLOSEs“) pursuant to Article 37 of Digital Services Act Regulation (“DSA“) for public feedback.Continue Reading Commission publishes Draft Delegated Act in respect of Audits conducted under DSA
Commission Calls for Stakeholder Views on Data Access Mechanism under DSA
Following the first designation of Very Large Online Platforms (“VLOPS“) and Very Large Online Search Engines (“VLOSEs”) under the Digital Services Act Regulation (“DSA“) on 25 April 2023, the European Commission has now announced a call for evidence from stakeholders to inform proposed delegated acts on data access mechanisms.Continue Reading Commission Calls for Stakeholder Views on Data Access Mechanism under DSA
European Commission designates VLOPs and VLOSEs under the Digital Services Act
Last week, the European Commission (the Commission) adopted the first designation decisions under the Digital Services Act (DSA) which designated certain services as Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs) and / or Very Large Online Search Engines (VLOSEs) in accordance with Article 33(4) of the DSA.
17 VLOPs and 2 VLOSEs were designated under the decisions adopted by the Commission:
- VLOPs: Alibaba AliExpress; Amazon Store; Apple AppStore; Booking.com; Facebook; Google Play; Google Maps; Google Shopping; Instagram; LinkedIn; Pinterest; Snapchat; TikTok; Twitter; Wikipedia; YouTube; Zalando.
- VLOSEs: Bing; Google Search.
It has been reported that
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