Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act: their impact on the tourism sector Silvia Feliu 1 1. Legal context of the Information Society Services; 2. Digital Services Act; 2.1 Context; 2.2. Liability regime. 3. Digital Markets Act; 3.1 Context; 3.2. Liability regime; 4. Some conclusions 1- LEGAL CONTEXT OF THE INFORMATION SOCIETY SERVICES It was an emergency! Yes, Information society services were still regulated by Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Directive on electronic commerce), 2 approved twenty three years ago. Definitely the social demand needed legislative changes to adapt existing legal framework applicable to Information society services, such as online social networks and online platforms. In the Communication ‘Shaping Europe’s Digital Future’, the Commission committed to update the horizontal rules that define the 3 responsibilities and obligations of providers of digital services, and online platforms in particular. The European Commission proposed in December 2020 two legislative initiatives to upgrade rules governing digital services in the European Union: the Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The Commission made the proposals in December 2020 and on 25 March 2022 a political agreement was reached on the Digital Markets Act, and on 23 April 2022 on the Digital Services Act. Profesora Titular at the University of the Balearic Islands, Spain; silvia.feliu@uib.es. 1 * This publication is part of the projects: «Hacia una transición digital centrada en la persona en la Unión Europea»; TED2021-129307A-I00, funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and European Union “NextGenerationEU”/PRTR; and project «Retos para la transición digital en turismo: análisis de la inteligencia turística y propuestas normativas» TED2021-129763B-I00. Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain 2 legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market ('Directive on electronic commerce') Official Journal of the European Union L 178, 17.07.2000. https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/communication-shaping-europes-digital-future- 3 feb2020_en_4.pdf
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