Digital Services Act 2024

Amendment of section 139ZF of Principal Act

14. (1) Section 139ZF of the Principal Act is amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1):

“(1) The Commission shall prepare, and may revise, an e-Commerce compliance strategy setting out its approach to ensuring that—

(a) no requirements that are inconsistent with the limitations placed on the liability of intermediary service providers by Articles 4 to 6 of the Digital Services Regulation, and

(b) no general obligation contrary to Article 8 of that Regulation to monitor the information intermediary service providers transmit or store, or actively to seek facts or circumstances indicating illegality,

are imposed on those providers by virtue of online safety codes, online safety guidance materials or advisory notices.”.

(2) The e-Commerce compliance strategy currently in operation on the commencement of subsection (1) shall continue to apply.