Amendment 682· Data Act Article 22a
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Where a dispute arises concerning a request for data under Article 15a, including its refusal, or modification under Article 18(5), the level of compensation, or the transmission or making available of data under Article 21(5), the data holder, the public sector body, the Commission, the European Central Bank or the Union body may lodge a complaint with the competent authority, designated pursuant to Article 37, of the Member State where the data holder is established.; Prior to referring the matter to the competent authority, the parties shall, where appropriate, seek to resolve the dispute through a modification of the request.
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Data Act Article 22a with this amendment
Amendment 682 applied to the Commission proposal, no other amendment
Where a dispute arises concerning a request for data under Article 15a, including its refusal, or modification under Article 18(5), the level of compensation, or the transmission or making available of data under Article 21(5), the data holder, the public sector body, the Commission, the European Central Bank or the Union body may lodge a complaint with the competent authority, designated pursuant to Article 37, of the Member State where the data holder is established.’; Prior to referring the matter to the competent authority, the parties shall, where appropriate, seek to resolve the dispute through a modification of the request.
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Justification
In the interest of legal certainty and of a coherent system of remedies, Article 22a establishes a single procedural avenue for the settlement of disputes arising from data requests made in the context of a public emergency.
Target
Wording of the targeted provisionlaw in force, Commission proposal, latest Council text
Commission proposalCOM(2025) 837
Article 22a Right to lodge a complaint Where a dispute arises concerning a request for data under Article 15a, including its refusal, modification, the level of compensation, or the transmission or making available of data, the data holder, the public sector body, the Commission, the European Central Bank or the Union body may lodge a complaint with the competent authority, designated pursuant to Article 37, of the Member State where the data holder is established.
Council text of 22 October 2026ST 14756/26
Article 22a Right to lodge a complaint
Where a dispute arises concerning a request for data under Article 15a, including its refusal, modification, the level of compensation, or the transmission or making available of data, the data holder, the public sector body, the Commission, the European Central Bank or the Union body may lodge a complaint with the competent authority, designated pursuant to Article 37, of the Member State where the data holder is established.;
Cite this amendment
Amendment 682 (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. 119–120
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Amendment 682 (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. 119–120
ITRE–LIBE Amendment 682 (CJ72-AM-791071), p. 119