Article 32Existing accounts

1. For the purposes of establishing, in accordance with Article 6(4), whether an existing account belongs to a recipient below the age of 15 years, providers referred to in Article 6(1) shall rely on an age verification solution referred to in Article 30(2).

2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1 of this Article, providers referred to in that paragraph shall not be required to carry out age verification where they can establish, with a high degree of confidence, that the recipient of the service has reached the minimum age set out in Article 6.

3. By way of derogation from Article 8(1), providers falling within the scope of that Article and providers of software application stores shall not be required to assess the age of the recipient where they can establish, with a high degree of confidence that the recipient of the services is not a minor.

4. Providers of very large online platforms designated in accordance with Article 33 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 that fall within the scope of this Article, shall submit a plan to the competent authority specifying how they intend to comply with paragraph 1 and Article 8(1) and, in case they intend to rely on the exceptions laid down in paragraphs 2 and 3, how they intend to establish that the recipient of the service or the user of the system has reached the minimum age, in accordance with those paragraphs.