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COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION Commission Guidelines for providers of Very Large Online Platforms and Very Large Online Search Engines on the mitigation of systemic risks for electoral processes pursuant to Article 35(3) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 · European Union

| 29. | Third party scrutiny and research into mitigation measures are important to help providers of VLOPs and VLOSEs ensure that the measures they put in place are effective and respect fundamental rights, as well as democratic principles. Stable and reliable data access for third party scrutiny is of utmost importance during electoral periods to ensure transparency, advance insights and to contribute to the further development of risk mitigation measures around elections. In addition to their legal obligations under Article 40 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 ( ), the Commission recommends that providers of VLOPs and VLOSEs provide free access to data to study risks related to electoral processes, including, where necessary, those not available on the VLOPs and VLOSEs interface, to relevant third-party stakeholders. In general, ad-hoc cooperation activities to design and, if necessary, swiftly adjust their risk mitigation measures in relation to electoral processes are recommended. Following documented best practice ( ), different measures could be considered to engage in such activities with third parties.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-07 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.