Amendment 206· Digital Omnibus proposal Recital 26a (new)

(26a)The framework should mitigate vendor lock-in, in particular dependence on non-European providers, and facilitate switching between data processing services, including Artificial Intelligence-as-a-Service (AIaaS), in accordance with the free flow of data within the Union. Very large enterprises and operators of closed or restricted data ecosystems should not, without objective justification, create unnecessary barriers to the lawful sharing, licensing, exchange or re-use of high-value datasets used for research, innovation, advanced data processing or the development of artificial intelligence systems. Such datasets may include trade secrets, strategic industrial information, research data and data originating from natural persons, whether identifiable, pseudonymised or otherwise non-identifiable. Any such sharing, licensing, exchange or re-use should be subject to appropriate safeguards for personal data, trade secrets, cybersecurity, intellectual property rights and legitimate economic-security interests. Where appropriate, operators should apply measures supporting interoperability, portability, privacy-preserving technologies, secure processing environments, business continuity and resilience against unilateral service disruption, including disruption resulting from measures adopted by third-country authorities.