The European Commission announced the opening of the European Centre for Algorithmic Transparency. The oversight group will perform assessments on algorithms used by organizations characterized as "Very Large Online Platforms" and/or "Very Large Online Search Engines" under the Digital Services Act. ECAT members include representatives from EU institutions, academia, civil society and industry. The European Commission said the ECAT will "ensure the thorough analysis of the transparency reports and risk self-assessment submitted by the designated companies, and to carry out inspections to their systems whenever required by the Commission."