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title: "Art. 78 DSA: Limitation period for the enforcement of penalties"
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Art. 78 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 78 DSA: Limitation period for the enforcement of penalties

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

## Official text

### Article 78(1)

**1.** The power of the Commission to enforce decisions taken pursuant to Articles 74 and 76 shall be subject to a limitation period of five years.

### Article 78(2)

**2.** Time shall begin to run on the day on which the decision becomes final.

### Article 78(3)

**3.** The limitation period for the enforcement of penalties shall be interrupted:

#### Article 78(3)(a)

**(a)** by notification of a decision varying the original amount of the fine or periodic penalty payment or refusing an application for variation;

#### Article 78(3)(b)

**(b)** by any action of the Commission, or of a Member State acting at the request of the Commission, designed to enforce payment of the fine or periodic penalty payment.

### Article 78(4)

**4.** Each interruption shall start time running afresh.

### Article 78(5)

**5.** The limitation period for the enforcement of penalties shall be suspended for so long as:

#### Article 78(5)(a)

**(a)** time to pay is allowed;

#### Article 78(5)(b)

**(b)** enforcement of payment is suspended pursuant to a decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union or to a decision of a national court.

## 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 78 on EUR-Lex](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32022R2065#art_78)

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

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