Article 74 · Regulation (EU) 2022/2065
Fines and periodic penalty payments
Fines up to 6% of worldwide annual turnover; periodic penalties up to 5% of average daily worldwide turnover.
- Applies to
- VLOPs and VLOSEs
- Frequency
- On non-compliance
The Commission may fine a designated provider up to 6% of its total worldwide annual turnover in the preceding financial year for non-compliance with the Regulation, for failing to comply with interim measures, or for breaching commitments made binding under Article 71.
For supplying incorrect, incomplete or misleading information, failing to reply, or failing to submit to an inspection, the ceiling is 1% of annual income or worldwide turnover.
Periodic penalty payments of up to 5% of average daily worldwide turnover per day can be imposed to compel compliance, calculated from a date set in the decision.
In the most serious cases the Commission can ultimately seek a temporary restriction of access to the service, but only through the Digital Services Coordinator of establishment and a judicial authority.
Three fines have been issued to date, totalling €870 million: X (€120 million, December 2025), Temu (€200 million, May 2026) and AliExpress (€550 million, July 2026). All are well under the 6% ceiling.
Worth knowing
- Fines to date have been calibrated far below the statutory maximum.
- Enforcement against designated services sits with the Commission, not with national coordinators.
- Non-compliance decisions are appealable to the General Court.
Where this has been enforced
Article 74 has featured in 3 formal proceedings, 3 of which have resulted in a fine.
- 18 December 2023 X — Deceptive design, advertising transparency and researcher data access (€120 million)
- 31 October 2024 Temu — Illegal products, addictive design and recommender transparency (€200 million)
- 14 March 2024 AliExpress — Illegal products, trader traceability and platform transparency (€550 million)