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# intermediary service

Definition of intermediary service from Regulation (EU) 2022/2065, Article 3, point (g).

|                  |                                            |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| **Defined term** | intermediary service                       |
| **Source**       | DSA                                        |
| **Reference**    | Article 3, point (g)                       |
| **Status**       | Published                                  |
| **Refresh rule** | Regenerate after source legal-text changes |

## Definition

> (g) intermediary service means one of the following information society services: (i) a mere conduit service, consisting of the transmission in a communication network of information provided by a recipient of the service, or the provision of access to a communication network; (ii) a caching service, consisting of the transmission in a communication network of information provided by a recipient of the service, involving the automatic, intermediate and temporary storage of that information, performed for the sole purpose of making more efficient the information's onward transmission to other recipients upon their request; (iii) a hosting service, consisting of the storage of information provided by, and at the request of, a recipient of the service;

## Source

[DSA, Article 3, point (g)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02022R2065-20221027).


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