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Which are the competent authorities under the DSA?

Under the DSA, each EU Member State is required to establish and give powers to a Digital Services Coordinator (DSC) to oversee the enforcement of the DSA in their country (for a list by Member State see here). The appointment of an EU representative enables businesses from outside of the EU to deal with the DSC of one member state rather than all of them.

On an EU level the European Commission as well as the European Board for Digital Services have a broad set of competences under the DSA which range from issuing implementation guidelines to supervisory functions