Amendment 590· Digital Omnibus proposal Article 1(3), introductory part
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Tracker noteThis amendment changes the Commission’s amending instruction, not the wording of the act itself.
Paragraph 8 as it would readagainst the Commission’s
3. in Article 4, paragraph 8 is replaced by the following: Trade secrets will not be disclosed. Data capable of revealing trade secrets shall likewise be exempt from disclosure, except where the data holder and user have agreed on and implemented sufficient confidentiality safeguards.
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Justification
Chapter II creates legal uncertainty for B2B relationships as well as huge administrative burdens for companies that want to protect their trade secrets (on a case-by-case basis). Businesses that already have negotiated data-sharing arrangements now face statutory obligations based on legally defined conditions rather than mutual agreement. This amendment introduces a trade secret safeguard to preserve the Data Act’s objectives without undermining existing commercial arrangements or business confidentiality.
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Amendment 590 (Bart Groothuis 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. 40–41
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Amendment 590 (Bart Groothuis 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. 40–41
ITRE–LIBE Amendment 590 (CJ72-AM-791071), p. 40