Designation decisions for the first set of Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs) and Very Large Online Search Engines (VLOSEs)

The designation decisions follow a review process conducted by the Commission after the publication of the monthly active user numbers by all platforms on 17 February 2023. Based on this exercise, the Commission issued preliminary findings to the potential VLOPs and VLOSEs with more than 45 million users in the EU. On 25 April 2023, the Commission officially designated 19 VLOPs and VLOSEs. These platforms had to comply by end of August 2023 with the obligations of the DSA.