Providers of online platforms are required to register in the Transparency Database established under the Digital Services Act (DSA).
Obligations
Online platform providers must register, without undue delay, the decisions and the statements of reasons referred to in Article 17(1) of the Digital Services Act in a publicly accessible, machine-readable database managed by the European Commission. Providers must ensure that the information does not contain personal data. (Article 24(5) of the DSA).
Important note
Article 17 applies to all hosting service providers, whereas Article 24(5) applies only to online platform providers that do not qualify as micro or small enterprises.Registration process
The registration process consists of two stages:
Stage A: Provider Certification
A.1: The obligated provider must declare its intention to register in the DSA Transparency Database by completing and submitting the relevant form to the European Commission. The Commission then informs the Digital Services Coordinator (DSC) of the provider’s country of establishment.
EETT has been appointed as the Coordinator for Greece.
A.2: The provider must submit a relevant request to EETT via email, attaching the completed Table A and the supporting documents listed in Table B. The request should be sent to: info@eett.gr and DSA-Transparency-DB@eett.gr.
Questions can be addressed to: DSA-Transparency-DB@eett.gr
A.3: EETT evaluates and validates each request. For every validated request, EETT notifies the Commission by registering a new entry in the AGORA system.
Stage B: Access to the Database
B.1: Test Environment
Once a new entry is submitted (Stage A.3), the provider gains access to a test environment to perform submission tests via an application programming interface (API) or a web form.
B.2: Production Environment
Upon successful completion of the testing phase (Stage B.1), the provider gets transferred to the production environment, where it can submit decisions and statements of reasons.