Amendment 79· Data Act Article 32g(1)
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Text of the amendment
As tabled
Wordingagainst the Commission’s
(1) The competent authorities referred to in Article 32b shall, either on their own initiative or on a request by a natural or legal person, monitor and supervise whether recognised data intermediation services providers and recognised data altruism organisations comply with the requirements laid down in this Chapter, including whether they continue to comply with the requirements for registration laid down therein. Those competent authorities may also monitor and supervise the compliance of data intermediation services providers, on the basis of a request by a natural or legal person.
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Data Act Article 32g with this amendment
Amendment 79 applied to the Commission proposal, no other amendment
The competent authorities referred to in Article 32b shall, either on their own initiative or on a request by a natural or legal person, monitor and supervise whether recognised data intermediation services providers and recognised data altruism organisations comply with the requirements laid down in this Chapter, including whether they continue to comply with the requirements for registration laid down therein. Those competent authorities may also monitor and supervise the compliance of data intermediation services providers, on the basis of a request by a natural or legal person.
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The competent authorities shall have the power to request from recognised data intermediation services providers or recognised data altruism organisations, or their legal representative, all the information that is necessary to verify compliance with the requirements laid down in this Chapter. Any request for information shall be proportionate to the performance of the task and shall be reasoned.
Where a competent authority finds that a recognised data intermediation services provider or a recognised data altruism organisation does not comply with one or more of the requirements laid down in this Chapter, it shall notify that entity, or its legal representative, of those findings and give it the opportunity to state its views, within 30 days of the receipt of the notification.
The competent authority shall have the power to require the cessation of the non- compliance referred to in paragraph 3 either immediately or within a reasonable time limit and shall take appropriate and proportionate measures with the aim of ensuring compliance.
If a recognised data intermediation services provider or a recognised data altruism organisation does not comply with one or more of the requirements laid down in this Chapter even after having been notified in accordance with paragraph 3, that entity shall:
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lose its right to use the label referred to in Article 32a in written and spoken communication;
be removed from the public Union register referred to in Article 32a. Any decision revoking the right to use the label as referred to in the first subparagraph, point (a), shall be made public by the competent authority.
Any decision revoking the right to use the label as referred to in the first subparagraph, point (a), shall be made public by the competent authority.
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Justification
Changes following EDPB-EDPS opinion, paras. 147 and 148
Target
Wording of the targeted provisionlaw in force, Commission proposal, latest Council text
Council text of 22 October 2026ST 14756/26
(1)The competent authorities referred to in Article 32b shall supervise whether recognised data intermediation services providers and recognised data altruism organisations comply with the requirements laid down in this Chapter, including whether they continue to comply with the requirements for registration laid down therein. Those competent authorities may also monitor and supervise the compliance of data intermediation services providers and recognised data altruism organisations, on the basis of a request by a natural or legal person.
Cite this amendment
Amendment 79 (draft opinion by Alex Agius Saliba), European Parliament, Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, draft opinion on COM(2025) 837 (IMCO-PA-789877, PE789.877, 8 June 2026), pp. 63–64
Link, short form and official text
Amendment 79 (draft opinion by Alex Agius Saliba), European Parliament, Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, draft opinion on COM(2025) 837 (IMCO-PA-789877, PE789.877, 8 June 2026), pp. 63–64
IMCO Amendment 79 (IMCO-PA-789877), p. 63