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Article 12b is a newly added provision addressing access to hardware and software features, covering providers of European Digital Identity Wallets and issuers of notified electronic identification means that act as business users of gatekeeper core platform services under Regulation (EU) 2022/1925.
It states that gatekeepers must allow such business users effective interoperability with, and access to, the same operating system, hardware or software features free of charge, regardless of whether those features are part of the operating system or are used by the gatekeeper itself, within the meaning of Article 6(7) of that Regulation, and it notes that the Article is without prejudice to Article 5a(14) of this Regulation.
Cited: Art. 12b, v2 (external, EUR-Lex)
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Article 12b Access to hardware and software features Where providers of European Digital Identity Wallets and issuers of notified electronic identification means that act in a commercial or professional capacity and use core platform services as defined in Article 2, point (2), of Regulation (EU) 2022/1925 of the European Parliament and of the Council Regulation (EU) 2022/1925 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2022on contestable and fair markets in the digital sector and amending Directives (EU) 2019/1937 and (EU) 2020/1828 (Digital Markets Act) (OJ L 265, 12.10.2022, p. 1). for the purpose or in the course of providing European Digital Identity Wallet services and electronic identification means to end-users are business users as defined in Article 2, point (21), of that Regulation, gatekeepers shall in particular allow them effective interoperability with, and, for the purposes of interoperability, access to, the same operating system, hardware or software features. Such effective interoperability and access shall be allowed free of charge and regardless of whether the hardware or software features are part of the operating system, are available to, or are used by, that gatekeeper when providing such services, within the meaning of Article 6(7) of Regulation (EU) 2022/1925. This Article is without prejudice to Article 5a(14) of this Regulation.