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Public authority that converts eligible research proposals into enforceable data-access requests
The Digital Services Coordinator in the country where a designated platform provider is established holds the final authority over project-specific researcher vetting under the EU Digital Services Act. This is a statutory office and decision-making role, rather than a particular research organisation or software service.
Article 40 and Delegated Regulation 2025/2050 provide the operative machinery. The establishment coordinator formulates a reasoned request or explains refusal within 80 working days, subject to a justified extension; the request separately specifies when access should begin. It can prescribe confidentiality safeguards and secure environments, consider a provider's proposed amendments, and consult independent experts. Issued requests receive a public overview, rather than publication of every application or rejection. Continuing eligibility matters: the coordinator can terminate access after investigation and an opportunity for the researcher to respond.
DSA designated VLOP/VLOSE data-provider role → Provider-establishment Digital Services Coordinator
Provider may request within5working days and bears costs. DSC participation is optional, judicial rights preserved; no agreement leaves last DSC decision valid. No mediation exercise acquired.
Provider-establishment Digital Services Coordinator → DSA data-access portal — public overview channel
Overview includes research topic, provider, data and modalities, updated for amendments/mediation. It is not an all-applications/rejections register and need not name applicant/funder.
Provider-establishment Digital Services Coordinator → Reasoned data-access request and conditions
Case-specific security, confidentiality, contracts and optional secure environments constrain access; raw-data transmission and nominated-tool integration are not automatic.
Provider-establishment Digital Services Coordinator → Reasoned data-access request and conditions
Article7 allows a duly justified extension with reasons and new date. Request specifies a separate access-start date;80working days does not promise delivery.
DSA designated VLOP/VLOSE data-provider role → Provider-establishment Digital Services Coordinator
Provider has15days after receipt and must propose alternatives; DSC decides within15days. Additional information does not displace that decision deadline.
Provider-establishment Digital Services Coordinator → Independent experts consulted by a DSC
Experts declare no financial/personal ties, outcome interest or conflict; opinions recorded inAGORA. No expert appointment or payment acquired.
DSA designated VLOP/VLOSE data-provider role → Provider-establishment Digital Services Coordinator
Notification and supporting access documentation are distinct from permission or a public overview; no named fulfilment notice acquired.
Provider-establishment Digital Services Coordinator → Vetted researchers — project-specific role
Researcher must be allowed to respond before access termination; no actual named termination or reinstatement record acquired.
Provider-establishment Digital Services Coordinator → grants project-specific vetted status when conditions are met → Vetted researchers — project-specific role
Article40(8) specifies final eligibility decision; funding or Horizon participation does not itself confer status.
Research-organisation home DSC — initial assessment → forwards application and initial assessment → Provider-establishment Digital Services Coordinator
Home DSC assesses first; final decision expressly remains with establishment DSC.
Provider-establishment Digital Services Coordinator → sets technical legal and organisational access conditions → Reasoned data-access request and conditions
Case-specific security, confidentiality, contracts and optional secure environments constrain access; raw-data transmission and nominated-tool integration are not automatic.
Provider-establishment Digital Services Coordinator → must formulate the request or explain refusal within80working days → Reasoned data-access request and conditions
Article7 allows a duly justified extension with reasons and new date. Request specifies a separate access-start date;80working days does not promise delivery.
DSA designated VLOP/VLOSE data-provider role → may request amendment on specified access or security grounds → Provider-establishment Digital Services Coordinator
Provider has15days after receipt and must propose alternatives; DSC decides within15days. Additional information does not displace that decision deadline.
DSA designated VLOP/VLOSE data-provider role → may seek mediation after an amendment decision → Provider-establishment Digital Services Coordinator
Provider may request within5working days and bears costs. DSC participation is optional, judicial rights preserved; no agreement leaves last DSC decision valid. No mediation exercise acquired.
Provider-establishment Digital Services Coordinator → may consult independent impartial experts → Independent experts consulted by a DSC
Experts declare no financial/personal ties, outcome interest or conflict; opinions recorded inAGORA. No expert appointment or payment acquired.
Provider-establishment Digital Services Coordinator → must publish an overview of an issued reasoned request → DSA data-access portal — public overview channel
Overview includes research topic, provider, data and modalities, updated for amendments/mediation. It is not an all-applications/rejections register and need not name applicant/funder.
DSA designated VLOP/VLOSE data-provider role → must notify actual access provision or termination within3working days → Provider-establishment Digital Services Coordinator
Notification and supporting access documentation are distinct from permission or a public overview; no named fulfilment notice acquired.
Provider-establishment Digital Services Coordinator → terminates access if eligibility is lost after investigation → Vetted researchers — project-specific role
Researcher must be allowed to respond before access termination; no actual named termination or reinstatement record acquired.