Recital 19

To ensure that services that minors are accessing provide for the highest level of privacy, safety and security, the providers of online social networking services and video-sharing platforms services that have been designated as very large online platforms designated pursuant to Article 33 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 should notify to the Commission of measures they intend to take to ensure effective compliance with the obligations, such as delayed access to service and safety-by-design. This should enable the Commission to verify, following an assessment by independent auditors with a specific expertise that the providers subject to the obligations laid down in Chapters II to V of this Regulation have taken the measures necessary to comply with them. The Commission should respond to that compliance plan, without prejudice to its supervisory and enforcement powers, in particular the power to initiate proceedings pursuant to Article 34 of this Regulation. This notification mechanism is necessary and proportionate in view of the objective it pursues and respects fundamental rights of freedom to conduct a business enshrined in Article 16 of the Charter and with the freedom to receive and impart information under Article 11 thereof.