1.

Does Regulation (EU) 2019/1150 (1) preclude a national provision that, in order to promote fairness and transparency for business users of online intermediation services, including by adopting guidelines, encouraging codes of conduct to be drawn up and gathering relevant information, requires providers of online intermediation services and providers of online search engines to be entered in a register, which involves the communication of relevant information about their organisation and payment of a financial contribution, a failure to comply with which results in the imposition of penalties?

2.

Does Directive (EU) 2015/1535 (2) oblige Member States to notify the Commission of measures that require providers of online intermediation services and providers of online search engines to be entered in a register, which involves the communication of relevant information about their organisation and payment of a financial contribution, a failure to comply with which results in the imposition of penalties? If so, does the directive allow a private individual to object to measures not notified to the Commission being applied to him or her?

3.

Does Article 3 of Directive 2000/31/EC (3) preclude the adoption by national authorities of provisions that, in order to promote fairness and transparency for business users of online intermediation services, including by adopting guidelines, encouraging codes of conduct to be drawn up and gathering relevant information, impose additional administrative and financial obligations on operators established in another European country, such as entry in a register, which involves the communication of relevant information about their organisation and payment of a financial contribution, a failure to comply with which results in the imposition of penalties?

4.

Does the principle of freedom to provide services laid down in Article 56 TFEU and Article 16 of Directive 2006/123/EC (4) preclude the adoption by national authorities of provisions that, in order to promote fairness and transparency for business users of online intermediation services, including by adopting guidelines, encouraging codes of conduct to be drawn up and gathering relevant information, impose additional administrative and financial obligations on operators established in another European country, such as entry in a register, which involves the communication of relevant information about their organisation and payment of a financial contribution, a failure to comply with which results in the imposition of penalties?

5.

Does Article 3(4)(b) of Directive 2000/31/EC require Member States to notify the Commission of measures requiring providers of online intermediation services and providers of online search engines to be entered in a register, which involves the communication of relevant information about their organisation and payment of a financial contribution, a failure to comply with which results in the imposition of penalties? If so, does the directive allow a private individual to object to measures not notified to the Commission being applied to him or her?