Article 3 — Definitions

Digital Services Act, Regulation (EU) 2022/2065

What does DSA Article 3 say?

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For the purpose of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply: (a) ‘information society service’ means a ‘service’ as defined in Article 1(1), point (b), of Directive (EU) 2015/1535;

Source: Digital Services Act, Regulation (EU) 2022/2065, read 2026-08-14.

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For the purpose of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

(a) ‘information society service’ means a ‘service’ as defined in Article 1(1), point (b), of Directive (EU) 2015/1535;

(b) ‘recipient of the service’ means any natural or legal person who uses an intermediary service, in particular for the purposes of seeking information or making it accessible;

(c) ‘consumer’ means any natural person who is acting for purposes which are outside his or her trade, business, craft, or profession;

(d) ‘to offer services in the Union’ means enabling natural or legal persons in one or more Member States to use the services of a provider of intermediary services that has a substantial connection to the Union;

(e) ‘substantial connection to the Union’ means a connection of a provider of intermediary services with the Union resulting either from its establishment in the Union or from specific factual criteria, such as:

— a significant number of recipients of the service in one or more Member States in relation to its or their population; or

— the targeting of activities towards one or more Member States;

(f) ‘trader’ means any natural person, or any legal person irrespective of whether it is privately or publicly owned, who is acting, including through any person acting in his or her name or on his or her behalf, for purposes relating to his or her trade, business, craft or profession;

(g) ‘intermediary service’ means one of the following information society services:

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The same rule in other acts

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• GDPR Article 4 — Definitions
• AI Act Article 3 — Definitions
• NIS2 Article 6 — Definitions
• DMA Article 2 — Definitions

Who does this apply to

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• Online marketplace
• Cloud service provider

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