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title: "Art. 73 DSA: Non-compliance"
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source_note: "Source: Regulation (EU) 2022/2065, OJ L 277, 27.10.2022, p. 1. Only the text published in the Official Journal is authentic. © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu"
text_as_of: "2022-10-27"
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Art. 73 DSA · Chapter IV: IMPLEMENTATION, COOPERATION, PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT · Section 4: Supervision, investigation, enforcement and monitoring in respect of providers of very large online platforms and of very large online search engines

# Article 73 DSA: Non-compliance

Official Journal text of 27 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2026.

## Official text

### Article 73(1)

**1.** The Commission shall adopt a non-compliance decision where it finds that the provider of the very large online platform or of the very large online search engine concerned does not comply with one or more of the following:

#### Article 73(1)(a)

**(a)** the relevant provisions of this Regulation;

#### Article 73(1)(b)

**(b)** interim measures ordered pursuant to Article 70;

#### Article 73(1)(c)

**(c)** commitments made binding pursuant to Article 71.

### Article 73(2)

**2.** Before adopting the decision pursuant to paragraph 1, the Commission shall communicate its preliminary findings to the provider of the very large online platform or of the very large online search engine concerned. In the preliminary findings, the Commission shall explain the measures that it considers taking, or that it considers that the provider of the very large online platform or of the very large online search engine concerned should take, in order to effectively address the preliminary findings.

### Article 73(3)

**3.** In the decision adopted pursuant to paragraph 1 the Commission shall order the provider of the very large online platform or of the very large online search engine concerned to take the necessary measures to ensure compliance with the decision pursuant to paragraph 1 within a reasonable period specified therein and to provide information on the measures that that provider intends to take to comply with the decision.

### Article 73(4)

**4.** The provider of the very large online platform or of the very large online search engine concerned shall provide the Commission with a description of the measures it has taken to ensure compliance with the decision pursuant to paragraph 1 upon their implementation.

### Article 73(5)

**5.** Where the Commission finds that the conditions of paragraph 1 are not met, it shall close the investigation by a decision. The decision shall apply with immediate effect.

## Source

Source: Regulation (EU) 2022/2065, OJ L 277, 27.10.2022, p. 1. Only the text published in the Official Journal is authentic. © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu

[Article 73 on EUR-Lex](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32022R2065#art_73)

Official Journal text of 27 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2026.

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