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Art. 86 DSA · Chapter IV: IMPLEMENTATION, COOPERATION, PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT · Section 5: Common provisions on enforcement

Article 86 DSA: Representation

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

Official text

Without prejudice to Directive (EU) 2020/1828 or to any other type of representation under national law, recipients of intermediary services shall at least have the right to mandate a body, organisation or association to exercise the rights conferred by this Regulation on their behalf, provided the body, organisation or association meets all of the following conditions:
it operates on a not-for-profit basis;
it has been properly constituted in accordance with the law of a Member State;
its statutory objectives include a legitimate interest in ensuring that this Regulation is complied with.
Providers of online platforms shall take the necessary technical and organisational measures to ensure that complaints submitted by bodies, organisations or associations referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article on behalf of recipients of the service through the mechanisms referred to in Article 20(1) are processed and decided upon with priority and without undue delay.

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 86 on EUR-Lex

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

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