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Data Act

About the Data Act

Full name: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on harmonised rules on fair access to and use of data (Data Act)

Type: Regulation

Objective and key elements:

  • Facilitating B2C, B2B, and B2G data sharing
  • Ensuring fairness in the allocation of value from data among actors in the data economy and fostering access to and use of data
  • “Make data more available for use” and “remove barriers to access data”
  • Clarifying who can create value from data; rules on who can use and access data and for which purposes
  • Requirement of “data sharing by design” included

Relevant to: Providers and users of connected devices (products) and data processing services (e.g, cloud infrastructure).

Status:  Adopted by the Council 27 of November 2023

Next steps: The new regulation will be published in the EU’s official journal in the coming weeks and will enter into force the twentieth day after this publication. It shall apply from 20 months from the date of its entry into force.

However, article 3, paragraph 1 (requirements for simplified access to data for new products), shall apply to connected products and the services related to them placed on the market after 32 months from the date of entry into force of the regulation

Latest version:  Adopted version.

Earlier versions:

Council adopted a revised version on 22 March 2023. Provisional Agreement version published on 14 July 2023 can be found here.

Commission's proposal published 23 February 2022, link.

 

Hannes Snellman blog posts:

 

(Last updated 1 December 2023)