Information referring to an offer of toys placed on the market or made available on the market which are not compliant with this Regulation should be considered to be illegal content within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of the European Parliament and of the Council and trigger the specific due-diligence obligations set out in that Regulation for providers of intermediary services online. The important role played by providers of online marketplaces when intermediating the sale of products between economic operators and consumers has justified the establishment of recent sets of rules, imposing new due-diligence obligations to online marketplaces. Firstly, Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 regulates the responsibility and accountability of providers of intermediary services online with regard to illegal content, including dangerous products. Secondly, Regulation (EU) 2023/988 establishes specific responsibilities in tackling the sale of dangerous products online. Building on the horizontal legal framework provided by those Regulations, this Regulation should specify the requirements, in relation to toy safety, with which providers of online marketplaces are to comply in order to ensure compliance with certain provisions of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065. Those requirements should be consistent with the horizontal framework for online marketplaces pursuant to Regulations (EU) 2022/2065 and (EU) 2023/988. Furthermore, those requirements should not affect the application of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065, which continues to apply to the providers of online marketplaces.
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