in force 2024-05-20 INSERTED+1,395 −0§
Amended by Regulation (EU) 2024/1183 32024R1183
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Article 12b is a new provision addressing access to hardware and software features for providers of European Digital Identity Wallets and issuers of notified electronic identification means that use core platform services covered by the Digital Markets Act.
It states that gatekeepers must allow such providers and issuers, when they qualify as business users under that Regulation, effective interoperability with, and access to, the same operating system, hardware or software features, free of charge and regardless of whether those features are part of the gatekeeper's own operating system or are used by the gatekeeper, referencing Article 6(7) of Regulation (EU) 2022/1925.
The text also states that this Article applies without prejudice to Article 5a(14) of the same Regulation.
Cited: Art. 12b, v2
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inserted text (02014R0910-20240520)
Article 12b Access to hardware and software features Where providers of European Digital Identity Wallets and issuers of notified electronic identification means that act in a commercial or professional capacity and use core platform services as defined in Article 2, point (2), of Regulation (EU) 2022/1925 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilRegulation (EU) 2022/1925 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2022on contestable and fair markets in the digital sector and amending Directives (EU) 2019/1937 and (EU) 2020/1828 (Digital Markets Act) (OJ L 265, 12.10.2022, p. 1). for the purpose or in the course of providing European Digital Identity Wallet services and electronic identification means to end-users are business users as defined in Article 2, point (21), of that Regulation, gatekeepers shall in particular allow them effective interoperability with, and, for the purposes of interoperability, access to, the same operating system, hardware or software features. Such effective interoperability and access shall be allowed free of charge and regardless of whether the hardware or software features are part of the operating system, are available to, or are used by, that gatekeeper when providing such services, within the meaning of Article 6(7) of Regulation (EU) 2022/1925. This Article is without prejudice to Article 5a(14) of this Regulation.