General information duties

(1) Service providers must keep constantly available, in a manner that is easily recognisable and directly accessible, the following information for digital services offered on a commercial basis, generally for consideration: 1. the name and the address at which they are established, and, in the case of legal persons, additionally the legal form, the person authorised to represent it, and, where particulars of the company's capital are given, the registered or nominal capital, as well as, where not all contributions payable in cash have been paid in, the total amount of contributions outstanding, 2. particulars enabling rapid electronic contact and direct communication with them, including the electronic mail address, 3. insofar as the service is offered or provided within an activity requiring official authorisation, particulars of the competent supervisory authority, 4. the commercial register or similar register in which they are entered, and the corresponding registration number, 5. insofar as the service is offered or provided in the exercise of a profession within the meaning of Article 1(d) of Council Directive 89/48/EEC of 21 December 1988 on a general system for the recognition of higher-education diplomas awarded on completion of professional education and training of at least three years' duration (OJ L 19, 24.1.1989, p. 16), or within the meaning of Article 1(f) of Council Directive 92/51/EEC of 18 June 1992 on a second general system for the recognition of professional education and training to supplement Directive 89/48/EEC (OJ L 209, 24.7.1992, p. 25; L 17, 25.1.1995, p. 20), as last amended by Directive 2006/100/EC (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 141), particulars of a) the chamber to which the service provider belongs, b) the statutory professional title and the state in which the professional title was conferred, c) the designation of the professional rules and how those rules can be accessed, 6. in cases where they hold a value added tax identification number under section 27a(1), first, second or third sentence of the Value Added Tax Act or an economic identification number under section 139c(1) of the Fiscal Code, that number, 7. in the case of stock corporations, partnerships limited by shares, and limited liability companies that are in the process of winding-up or liquidation, particulars to that effect, 8. in the case of providers of audiovisual media services, particulars of a) the Member State that is, or is deemed to be, their home country, and b) the competent regulatory and supervisory authorities.
(2) Further-reaching information duties under other statutory provisions remain unaffected.