Amendment 575· Data Act Article 2(52)
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(52) ‘high-value datasets’ means datapersonal and non-personal data, as well as documents thewhose re-use of which is associated with important benefits for society, the environment and the economy, in particular because of their suitability for the creation of value-added services, applications and new, high-quality and decent jobs, and because of the number of potential beneficiaries of the value-added services and applications based on those data and documents;
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Commission proposalCOM(2025) 837
(52) ‘re-use’ means the use by natural persons or legal entities of documents held by: (a) public sector bodies, for commercial or non-commercial purposes other than the initial purpose within the public task for which the documents were produced, except for the exchange of documents between public sector bodies purely in pursuit of their public tasks; or (b) public undertakings, under Chapter VIIc Section 2 for commercial or non-commercial purposes other than for the initial purpose of providing services in the general interest for which the documents were produced, except for the exchange of documents between public undertakings and public sector bodies purely in pursuit of the public tasks of public sector bodies;
Council text of 22 October 2026ST 14756/26, Article 2(51)
(51)‘re-use’ means the use by natural or legal persons of data or documents held by:
(a)public sector bodies, for commercial or non-commercial purposes other than the initial purpose within the public task for which the data or documents were produced, except for the exchange of data or documents between public sector bodies purely in pursuit of their public tasks; or
(b)public undertakings, under Chapter VIIc Section 2 for commercial or non-commercial purposes other than for the initial purpose of providing services in the general interest for which the data or documents were produced, except for the exchange of data or documents between public undertakings and public sector bodies purely in pursuit of the public tasks of public sector bodies;
Cite this amendment
Amendment 575 (Julie Rechagneux and others), European Parliament, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, amendments 527–776 to the draft report on COM(2025) 837 (CJ72-AM-791071, PE791.071v01-00, 27 July 2026), pp. 29–30
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Amendment 575 (Julie Rechagneux and others), European Parliament, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, amendments 527–776 to the draft report on COM(2025) 837 (CJ72-AM-791071, PE791.071v01-00, 27 July 2026), pp. 29–30
ITRE–LIBE Amendment 575 (CJ72-AM-791071), p. 29