Overview

• Europe’s General Court ruled the supervisory-fee methodology was adopted using the wrong legal instrument and must be set through a delegated act under the DSA.
• EU regulators have 12 months to re-adopt the methodology, with no requirement to refund 2023 fees during the recalibration.
• Meta and TikTok challenged the levy tied to DSA oversight, set at 0.05% of annual worldwide net income.
• The fee is calculated using average monthly active users and each company’s prior-year profitability.
• The Commission called the ruling a procedural correction and said the fee’s principle and amounts remain sound, with other very large platforms such as Amazon, Apple, Google, Microsoft, X, Snapchat, Pinterest and Booking.com also covered.