# Risk assessment 34(1) — DSA — provision context

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Part of **Risk assessment** (DSA, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/dsa/art-34).

## Provision text

### 34(1)

Providers of very large online platforms and of very large online search engines shall diligently identify, analyse and assess any systemic risks in the Union stemming from the design or functioning of their service and its related systems, including algorithmic systems, or from the use made of their services.

a) the dissemination of illegal content through their services;
b) any actual or foreseeable negative effects for the exercise of fundamental rights, in particular the fundamental rights to human dignity enshrined in Article 1 of the Charter, to respect for private and family life enshrined in Article 7 of the Charter, to the protection of personal data enshrined in Article 8 of the Charter, to freedom of expression and information, including the freedom and pluralism of the media, enshrined in Article 11 of the Charter, to non-discrimination enshrined in Article 21 of the Charter, to respect for the rights of the child enshrined in Article 24 of the Charter and to a high-level of consumer protection enshrined in Article 38 of the Charter;
c) any actual or foreseeable negative effects on civic discourse and electoral processes, and public security;
d) any actual or foreseeable negative effects in relation to gender-based violence, the protection of public health and minors and serious negative consequences to the person’s physical and mental well-being.
- They shall carry out the risk assessments by the date of application referred to in Article 33(6), second subparagraph, and at least once every year thereafter, and in any event prior to deploying functionalities that are likely to have a critical impact on the risks identified pursuant to this Article. This risk assessment shall be specific to their services and proportionate to the systemic risks, taking into consideration their severity and probability, and shall include the following systemic risks:

## Topics on this provision

- **VLOP/VLSE Framework** — https://overview.legal/topics/vlop-vlse-regulatory-framework-overview
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## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **Amazon EU Sàrl, venant aux droits de Amazon Services Europe Sàrl v European Commission** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132131
- **Zalando SE v European Commission** (case-law) — https://overview.legal/posts/132138
- **Amazon EU Sàrl, venant aux droits de Amazon Services Europe Sàrl v European Commission** ¶118 (case-law, General Court) — https://overview.legal/posts/132131
- **Amazon EU Sàrl, venant aux droits de Amazon Services Europe Sàrl v European Commission** ¶70 (case-law, General Court) — https://overview.legal/posts/132131
- **Amazon EU Sàrl, venant aux droits de Amazon Services Europe Sàrl v European Commission** ¶65 (case-law, General Court) — https://overview.legal/posts/132131
- **Zalando SE v European Commission** ¶137 (case-law, General Court) — https://overview.legal/posts/132138
- **Zalando SE v European Commission** ¶132 (case-law, General Court) — https://overview.legal/posts/132138
- **Guidelines 3/2025 on the interplay between the DSA and the GDPR** (guidance) — https://overview.legal/posts/51175
- **Guidelines 3/2025 on the interplay between the DSA and the GDPR** §85 (guidance, EDPB) — https://overview.legal/posts/51175

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