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(80) The proposed Digital Services Act (DSA) would replace Articles 12-15 of the e-Commerce Directive. The proposed rules would be without prejudice to consumer law (Article 1(5)(h) DSA proposal). The DSA would also provide clarifications on the possible liability of online platforms for compliance with consumer protection law, including the UCPD, when the platform operates in a way that would lead an average and reasonably well-informed consumer to believe that the transaction takes place with the platform itself (Article 5(3) DSA proposal). According to the proposals, additional obligations for online platforms in the DSA and providers of core platform services designated as gatekeepers in the DMA (i.e. online search engines, online social networking services, video-sharing platform services, number-independent interpersonal communication services, operating systems, cloud computing services, advertising services – Article 2(2) DMA proposal) would apply in a complementary manner in addition to the specific rules established in EU consumer law.
Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-25 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.