Amendment 220· Data Act Article 2(60)

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(60) ‘data localisation requirement’ means any obligation, prohibition, condition, limit or other requirement provided for in the laws, regulations or administrative provisions of a Member State or resulting from general and consistent administrative practices in a Member State and in bodies governed by public law, including in the field of public procurement, without prejudice to Directive 2014/24/EU, which imposes the processing of data in the territory of a specific Member State or hinders the processing of data in any other Member State. A requirement shall not constitute a data localisation requirement within the meaning of this point where it is justified by reasons or public security or where it is necessary and proportionate in order to protect personal data, sensitive data or high-value datasets from any access, transfer or use resulting from the extra-territorial application of a law of a third country that may be cause harm to the Union or its Member States;

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