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Overview: Digital Services Coordinators in Europe
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February 08, 2024
As part of the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA), every member state needs to designate a Digital Services Coordinator. These DSCs play important roles in overseeing online platforms and coordinate the efforts of different national regulators, researchers and consumers. Below, you can find an overview with the current status of (potential) DSCs.
Learn more about the role of DSCs for consumers, researchers, civil society and platforms in this SNV paper.
What do the “membership” icons mean?
National authorities have different functions, some of them being converged regulators covering multiple topics. To nonetheless allow for some comparison, the following symbols are used to denote memberships in European regulator networks:
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☎️ = telecoms regulators (BEREC)
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🛒 = consumer protection regulators (CPC)
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🎩 = competition regulators (ECN)
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📺 = media regulators (ERGA)
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Country |
Abbreviation and link |
English name/translation |
Membership(s) |
VLOPs |
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EU members |
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Austria |
Communications Authority |
📺 |
0 |
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Belgium |
Belgian Institute for Postal Services and Telecommunication |
☎️ |
0 |
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Bulgaria |
Communications Regulation Commission |
☎️ |
0 |
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Croatia |
Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries |
☎️ |
0 |
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Cyprus |
Cyprus Radiotelevision Authority |
📺 |
2
Pornhub; Stripchat |
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Czechia |
Czech Telecommunication Office |
☎️ |
2
XNXX; XVideos |
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Denmark |
Danish Competition and Consumer Authority |
🎩 |
0 |
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Estonia |
Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority |
☎️ 🛒 📺 |
0 |
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Finland |
Finnish Transport and Communications Agency |
☎️ 📺 |
0 |
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France |
Audiovisual and Digital Communication Regulatory Authority |
📺 |
0 |
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Germany |
Federal Network Agency |
☎️ |
1
Zalando |
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Greece |
Hellenic Telecommunications and Post Commission |
☎️ |
0 |
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Hungary |
National Media and Infocommunications Authority |
☎️ 📺 |
0 |
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Ireland |
Media Commission |
📺 |
15
App Store; Bing; Facebook; Google Maps; Google Play; Google Search; Google Shopping; Instagram; LinkedIn; Pinterest; Shein; Temu; TikTok; X; YouTube |
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Italy |
Authority for Communications Guarantees |
☎️ 📺 |
0 |
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Latvia |
Consumer Rights Protection Centre |
🛒 |
0 |
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Lithuania |
Communications Regulatory Authority |
☎️ |
0 |
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Luxembourg |
Competition Authority |
🎩 |
1
Amazon |
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Malta |
Malta Communications Authority |
☎️ |
0 |
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Netherlands |
Authority for Consumers and Markets |
☎️ 🛒 🎩 |
4
AliExpress; Booking.com; Snapchat; Wikipedia |
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Poland |
Office of Electronic Communications |
☎️ |
0 |
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Portugal |
National Regulatory Authority for Communications |
☎️ |
0 |
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Romania |
National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications |
☎️ |
0 |
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Slovakia |
Council for Media Services |
📺 |
0 |
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Slovenia |
Agency for Communication Networks and Services |
☎️ 📺 |
0 |
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Spain |
National Commission on Markets and Competition |
☎️ 🎩 📺 |
0 |
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Sweden |
Post and Telecom Authority |
☎️ |
0 |
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EEA members |
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Iceland |
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0 |
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Liechtenstein |
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0 |
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Norway |
Norwegian Communications Authority |
☎️ |
0 |
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EU candidate countries |
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Albania |
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0 |
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Bosnia & Herzegovina |
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0 |
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Montenegro |
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0 |
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Serbia |
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0 |
Sources
The overview is based on information from the European Commission’s websites, the regulators’ and regulator networks’ websites as well as own research and interviews. Key links are:
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European Commission overview of DSCs
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According to the Commission, the designation process is not formally finished in the EU member states Belgium and Poland.
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Author
Dr. Julian Jaursch
Lead Platform Regulation