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Ref. Ares(2022)8025085 - 21/11/2022 EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS, CONTENT AND TECHNOLOGY The Director Brussels CNECT.F.2/ABC Their Excellencies The Deputy Permanent Representatives of the Member States to the European Union Subject: Nominations for the ad hoc Digital Services Expert Group meeting of 13 December 2022 Your Excellency, On 27 October 2022, the Digital Services Act1 was published in the Official Journal of the EU and, subsequently, entered into force twenty days later, on 16 November 2022. This Regulation sets out the horizontal regulatory framework for providers of online intermediary services in the UE, with the aim of creating a safer and more trustworthy online environment. To this end, the Digital Services Act imposes due diligence and other obligations on providers of online intermediary services, as regards the illegal and harmful content on their services, as well as additional obligations for designated providers of very large platforms and search engines. With the view of supporting a uniform implementation of this Regulation, and in the context of other legislative developments such as Regulation (EU) 2019/11502, it is recommended that Member States work together with the Commission through the framework of an upcoming Digital Services Expert Group. The Expert Group will facilitate the coordination between Member States and the Commission with regard to matters related to the provision of digital services in view of ensuring fair, safe and transparent internal market for these services in the Union. The Commission is currently working on formally adopting this Expert Group before the end of the year. Upon adoption, the Commission will kindly request your Excellency to appoint a permanent representative with the necessary competences and expertise to act as a representative of your Member State in the Expert Group. 1 Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on a Single Market For Digital Services and amending Directive 2000/31/EC, OJ L 277, 27.10.2022 2 Regulation (EU) 2019/1150 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on promoting fairness and transparency for business users of online intermediation services (Text with EEA relevance), OJ L 186, 11.7.2019, p. 57–79. Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111  One of the tasks of this Expert Group will be to provide the Commission with expertise and advice on information society issues with the aim of contributing to improved implementation and early preparation of notably delegated acts, but also, where considered necessary, implementing acts, in particular in accordance with the empowerments set out in the Digital Services Act. Given the fast approaching entry into application of the obligations for designated providers of very large online platforms and the exclusive role of the Commission in enforcing these obligations, the Commission considers the adoption of the Delegated Act setting out the methodology for the supervisory fee (Article 42 of the Regulation) as an immediate priority. (3) Consequently, and in order to ensure that Member States are duly consulted on this Delegated Act while keeping the necessary timeline for its adoption, the Commission has decided to carry out such consultation through an Ad Hoc Expert Group. As a result, we kindly ask your Excellency to nominate a representative, ensuring the necessary competence and expertise, for an Ad Hoc Expert Group that will be consulted on this Delegated Act, for which the meeting will likely take place on 13 December 2022 (9h to 13h). A separate invitation for the meeting will be sent at a later stage together with the draft text of the Delegated Act. At this opportunity, the Commission will also inform Member States on other upcoming delegated acts planned for the upcoming months. I would now invite you to send names and contact details of the appointed member(s) of this Ad Hoc Expert Group to [email protected] no later than 25 November 2022. For any further information please contact the expert group at the functional mailbox provided above. Yours faithfully, Rita Wezenbeek Director - Platforms c.c.: Prabhat AWARGAL, Irene ROCHE LAGUNA, Eva JORDAN VANKOBA, Ana BALCELLS CARTAGENA (3) Digital Services Act - methodology for calculating the supervisory fee (europa.eu) 2 Electronically signed on 18/11/2022 16:58 (UTC+01) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121 Saatja: "Webdesktop" <[email protected]> Saaja: "MKM info" <[email protected]> Teema: Webdesktop: Kiri nr 14-4/1180: Nimetamine digiteenuste ekspertgruppi Kuupäev: 2022-11-21 14:05 Tere Edastan Komisjoni kirja. Reg. number: 14-4/1180 Reg. kuupäev: 21.11.2022 Sisu: Nominations for the ad hoc Digital Services Expert Group meeting of 13 December 2022 Heade soovidega -- Kersti Neeme Eesti alaline esindus EL juures Sekretär