Amendment 656· Data Act Article 16(2a) (new)
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Text of the amendment
As tabled
Amending instruction
8a. In Article 16, the following paragraph is added:
Paragraph it would add
A public sector body, the Commission, the European Central Bank or a Union body that has received data on the basis of a public emergency shall:
(a)have implemented technical and organisational measures that preserve the confidentiality and integrity of the requested data and the security of the data transfers, in particular of personal data, and safeguard the rights and freedoms of data subjects; and
(b)erase the data as soon as they are no longer necessary for the stated purpose and inform the data holder and the individuals or organisations that received the data pursuant to Article 21(1), without undue delay, that the data have been erased, unless archiving is required under Union or national law on public access to documents in the context of transparency obligations.'
Data Act Article 16 with this amendment
Amendment 656 applied to the Commission proposal, no other amendment
Unchanged: (1) and (2)
This Chapter shall not affect the obligations laid down in Union or national law for the purposes of reporting, complying with requests for access to information or demonstrating or verifying compliance with legal obligations.
This Chapter shall not apply to activities carried out by public sector bodies, the Commission, the European Central Bank or Union bodies relating to the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal or administrative offences or the execution of criminal penalties, or to customs or taxation administration. This Chapter does not affect Union or national law governing such activities.
A public sector body, the Commission, the European Central Bank or a Union body that has received data on the basis of a public emergency shall:
+Newhave implemented technical and organisational measures that preserve the confidentiality and integrity of the requested data and the security of the data transfers, in particular of personal data, and safeguard the rights and freedoms of data subjects; and
+Newerase the data as soon as they are no longer necessary for the stated purpose and inform the data holder and the individuals or organisations that received the data pursuant to Article 21(1), without undue delay, that the data have been erased, unless archiving is required under Union or national law on public access to documents in the context of transparency obligations.'
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Wording of the targeted provisionlaw in force, Commission proposal, latest Council text
No Council text amends Article 16(2a) (new).
Cite this amendment
Amendment 656 (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), p. 103
Link, short form and official text
Amendment 656 (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), p. 103
ITRE–LIBE Amendment 656 (CJ72-AM-791071), p. 103