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Compliance routing for B2B marketplaces and intermediaries

B2B platforms sit in a different obligation envelope than consumer-facing marketplaces. Most consumer-protection regimes (CCPA, ROSCA, EU consumer-rights directive) don’t apply. Competition law, P2B, payments licensing, and platform-tax obligations do, often more sharply.

Covers 131 regulations across competition, payments, tax, and platform-intermediary domains.

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Why B2B is different

DSA tier carve-outs. The DSA applies to any online platform, but the marketplace-specific Articles 30-32 (seller traceability, sample checks) are calibrated for consumer-facing platforms. B2B platforms still face the platform-due-diligence obligations and the notice-and-action mechanism, but the consumer-protection-overlay is narrower.
P2B applicability. The Platform-to-Business Regulation explicitly targets B2B intermediaries. Ranking-parameters disclosure, internal complaint-handling, and mediator access were authored for the relationship between business sellers and intermediating platforms.
Competition law overlay. B2B marketplaces facilitate transactions between competitors. Information-exchange protocols, MFN-clause restrictions, and dual-pricing analysis become first-order rather than peripheral concerns.
Exemptions from consumer regimes. Most US-state privacy laws (CCPA, Colorado CPA, etc.) carve out B2B-context data; ROSCA targets consumer subscriptions; EU Consumer Rights Directive applies to consumer contracts. ClearLaunch’s organization-filter surfaces these exclusions explicitly so the analysis reads cleanly.

Specific regulations affecting B2B platforms

  • EU P2B (Platform-to-Business Regulation): terms, ranking transparency, complaint-handling
  • EU DSA platform obligations (general tier): notice-and-action, transparency reports, trusted-flagger handling
  • EU Digital Markets Act (where designated as a gatekeeper, narrow applicability)
  • Competition law: EU Article 101 / 102, US Sherman Act, UK CMA platform-markets review
  • DAC7: annual reporting of seller revenue to EU tax authorities
  • Payments licensing: EU EMD2, UK FCA E-money regime, US state MTLs where the platform routes funds
  • Sanctions and trade controls: OFAC, EAR, EU dual-use regulation where the marketplace facilitates cross-border B2B transactions

How the wizard routes B2B inputs

The customer-segment input set to B2B + business-model role set to intermediary + participants set to business-sellers narrows the analysis to the regulation slice that targets your shape. The org-filter explicitly lists which regulations were excluded and why so the routing is auditable. See /methodology#business-model.

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