Legislative timeline

Milestones, with uncertainty left intact.

The Digital Fairness Act timeline begins with the current-law and policy-review baseline, then records official Commission and institutional milestones. Dates that have not been established by a primary source remain explicitly unknown. The timeline does not convert a planned proposal, political statement or stakeholder request into an adopted rule or application deadline.

Source comparison .

Digital Fairness Act evidence timelineThe line distinguishes existing law and verified initiative milestones from future events whose dates remain unknown.2022-10-19Digital ServicesAct adoptedCurrent law2024-10-03Digital fairnessfitness-checkreport publishedOfficially announced2025-07-17Digital FairnessAct initiativerecordOfficially announced2025-10-21DFA included in the2026 Commissionwork programmeOfficially announcedPlanned 21 to 22 October 2026EESC advisoryopinion plenaryUnder considerationIndicative Q4 2026CommissionlegislativeproposalOfficially announcedFutureParliament,Council, adoptionand applicationUnknown
The line distinguishes existing law and verified initiative milestones from future events whose dates remain unknown.Provenance: Original diagram generated from the page’s dated primary-source register; source comparison 14 September 2026; see the review scope below.

Digital Services Act adopted

Current law

Article 25 creates a current-law interface-design rule for providers of online platforms within its scope. Digital Services Act

EESC advisory opinion plenary

Under consideration

The ongoing EESC file lists this plenary schedule as checked on 14 September. It replaces the previously recorded September schedule and is not a legislative adoption deadline. Digital Fairness Act: exploratory opinion

Evidence base

Sources

  1. Digital Services ActEuropean Parliament and Council of the European Union · Primary · checked 2026-08-09 · Regulation (EU) 2022/2065; CELEX 32022R2065
  2. Fitness Check of EU consumer law on digital fairnessEuropean Commission · Primary · checked 2026-09-14 · SWD(2024) 230 final
  3. Digital Fairness Act: call for evidence for an impact assessmentEuropean Commission · Primary · checked 2026-08-09 · Initiative 14622; Ares(2025)6275573
  4. Commission work programme 2026: Europe's Independence MomentEuropean Commission · Primary · checked 2026-09-14 · COM(2025) 870 final; CELEX 52025DC0870; Annex I item 30
  5. Digital Fairness Act: exploratory opinionEuropean Economic and Social Committee · Primary · checked 2026-09-14 · INT/1132-EESC
  6. Digital Fairness Act: Legislative Train ScheduleEuropean Parliament · Primary · checked 2026-09-14