DSA supervision in France

Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique (Arcom) is the Digital Services Coordinator that enforces the DSA in France.

Regulatory Authority for Audiovisual and Digital Communication

Official website: https://www.arcom.fr/

For very large online platforms and search engines, the European Commission alone supervises the extra obligations on systemic risk (Article 56).

What the coordinator does under the DSA

• Supervises and enforces the DSA for intermediary services established in the country (Articles 49 and 56).
• Receives complaints from users of a service in the country (Article 53).
• Can request information, order inspections and impose fines of up to 6 % of global annual turnover (Articles 51 and 52).
• Awards trusted flagger status and certifies out-of-court dispute settlement bodies (Articles 21 and 22).

Questions and answers

Who do I complain to about a platform under the DSA in France?

Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique (Arcom), if you are located or established in France. The coordinator passes the complaint on when another country's coordinator is competent (Article 53).

Which country supervises a platform?

The country where the provider has its main establishment in the EU. A provider outside the EU is supervised where its legal representative is (Article 56).

How high can a DSA fine be?

Up to 6 % of the provider's worldwide annual turnover for a breach of the DSA (Article 52).

Read the DSA article by article · GDPR authority in the same country · Population of France (Eurostat)

Coordinators in other countries

Source: European Commission, Digital Services Coordinators, and Regulation (EU) 2022/2065. Reviewed 2026-10-13.

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