Article 2 Scope

This Regulation applies to providers of the following services or systems accessible to minors:

For the services referred to in paragraph 1 points (a) to (e), this Regulation applies to providers of services irrespective of where they have their place of establishment where they offer those services to recipients of the service that have their place of establishment or are located in the Union.

For the AI systems referred to in paragraph 1 points (f) and (g), this Regulation applies to providers placing on the market or putting into service such AI systems in the Union, irrespective of where those providers are established or located.

This Regulation does not apply to the providers of any of the following:

Where justified in view of the potential risks to the privacy, safety and security of minors posed by a service or a system or where a service or a system poses such a risk that is equivalent to, or lesser than, the risks posed by the services or systems already referred to in paragraph 4, the Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 40 to amend paragraph 4 of this Article by adding other types of services or systems to the list of exempted services or systems or removing services or systems from that list.

Providers of online social networking services, video-sharing platform services, and video gaming platforms subject to Article 28(1) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 that comply with the obligations laid down in this Regulation shall be deemed to comply with that Article for matters covered by this Regulation, including as regards AI systems that are deployed as a functionality of online platforms in scope of Article 28(1) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 in the provision of that service.

This Regulation is without prejudice to the rules laid down by other Union legal acts regulating other aspects of the provision of intermediary services and Union legislation applicable to AI systems in the internal market, including the following: