Texts to 22 Oct 2026

Amendment 326· Data Act Article 32ab(2)

Alternative

Tabled by
Sophia Kircher (EPP)
Committee and document
IMCO·amendments 125–328 to the draft opinion (IMCO-AM-790905, PE790.905)·16 July 2026
Source
Official text, pp. 157–158·printed header: Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 / Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 / Article 32ab – paragraph 2
Targets
Article 32ab(2) of the Data Act

Text of the amendment

As tabled

Wordingagainst the Commission’s

(2) In the case of exceptionally extensive and complex requests for re-use, that two-month period may be extended by up to 30 days. In such cases the competent public sector bodies or the competent bodies referred to in paragraph 1 of Article 32z shall notify the applicant as soon as possible that more time is needed for conducting the procedure, togetherincluding withan theexplanation reasonsof forwhy theadditional delaytime is needed.

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Data Act Article 32ab with this amendment

Amendment 326 applied to the Commission proposal, no other amendment

Unchanged: (1)
1.

Unless shorter time limits have been established in accordance with national law, the competent public sector bodies or the competent bodies referred to in paragraph 1 of Article 32z shall adopt a decision on the request for the re-use of certain categories of protected data within two months of the date of receipt of the request.

2.

In the case of exceptionally extensive and complex requests for re-use, that two- month period may be extended by up to 30 days. In such cases the competent public sector bodies or the competent bodies referred to in paragraph 1 of Article 32z shall notify the applicant as soon as possible that more time is needed for conducting the procedure, togetherincluding withan theexplanation reasonsof forwhy theadditional delaytime is needed.

Amended
Unchanged: (3)
3.

Any natural or legal person directly affected by a decision as referred to in paragraph 1 shall have an effective right of redress in the Member State where the relevant body is located. Such a right of redress shall be laid down in national law and shall include the possibility of review by an impartial body with the appropriate expertise, such as the national competition authority, the relevant access-to-documents authority, the supervisory authority established in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 or a national judicial authority, whose decisions are binding upon the public sector body or the competent body concerned.

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Target

Wording of the targeted provisionlaw in force, Commission proposal, latest Council text

No Council text amends Article 32ab(2).

Cite this amendment

Amendment 326 (Sophia Kircher), European Parliament, Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, amendments 125–328 to the draft opinion on COM(2025) 837 (IMCO-AM-790905, PE790.905, 16 July 2026), pp. 157–158

Link, short form and official text
Reference

Amendment 326 (Sophia Kircher), European Parliament, Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, amendments 125–328 to the draft opinion on COM(2025) 837 (IMCO-AM-790905, PE790.905, 16 July 2026), pp. 157–158

Short form

IMCO Amendment 326 (IMCO-AM-790905), p. 157