Texts to 22 Oct 2026

Amendment 897· Data Act Article 42(1)(da) (new)

Addition

Tabled by
Julie Rechagneux and 7 others (ECR, PfE)Julie Rechagneux, Mélanie Disdier, Aleksandar Nikolic, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Alexandre Varaut, Fabrice Leggeri, Marion Maréchal, Christophe Bay
Committee and document
ITRE–LIBE·amendments 777–1052 to the draft report (CJ72-AM-791072, PE791.072v01-00)·27 July 2026
Source
Official text, pp. 72–73·printed header: Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 23 / Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 / Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point da (new)
Targets
Article 42(1)(da) (new) of the Data Act

Text of the amendment

As tabled

Wording it would add

(da)collecting best practices and providing technical support for pseudonymisation and ensuring data processing in a manner that effectively preserves the privacy, confidentiality, integrity and accessibility of the information contained in the data for which re-use is allowed, including techniques for the anonymisation, generalisation, suppression and randomisation of personal data or other state-of-the-art privacy-preserving methods, and the deletion of commercially confidential information, including trade secrets or content protected by intellectual property rights;

Data Act Article 42 with this amendment

Amendment 897 applied to the Commission proposal, no other amendment

1.

The EDIB shall support the consistent application of this Regulation by:

Amended
Unchanged: (a), (b), (c) and (d)
(a)

serving as a forum for strategic discussions on data policies, data governance, international data flows and cross-sectoral developments relevant to the European data economy;

(b)

advising and assisting the Commission with regard to developing consistent practice of competent authorities in the enforcement of Chapters II, III, V, VII, VIIa and VIIc;

(c)

facilitating cooperation between competent authorities through capacity- building and the exchange of information;

(d)

fostering an exchange of experience and good practice between the Member States in the field of re-use of public sector information in collaboration with other relevant governance bodies.’;

(da)

collecting best practices and providing technical support for pseudonymisation and ensuring data processing in a manner that effectively preserves the privacy, confidentiality, integrity and accessibility of the information contained in the data for which re-use is allowed, including techniques for the anonymisation, generalisation, suppression and randomisation of personal data or other state-of-the-art privacy-preserving methods, and the deletion of commercially confidential information, including trade secrets or content protected by intellectual property rights;

New

Full text on the Data Act Article 42 page

Justification

Re-instated from Article 7(4)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2022/868, this provision aims to operationalise the uptake of privacy-preserving methods by data holders and data processing services, so as to mitigate the risk of re-identification. This task should be added to the roles of the European Data Innovation Board, in close cooperation with the European Data Protection Board, so as to ensure the protection of natural persons against re-identification and against the unlawful transfer and use of personal data.

Target

Wording of the targeted provisionlaw in force, Commission proposal, latest Council text

No Council text amends Article 42(1)(da) (new).

Cite this amendment

Amendment 897 (Julie Rechagneux and others), European Parliament, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, amendments 777–1052 to the draft report on COM(2025) 837 (CJ72-AM-791072, PE791.072v01-00, 27 July 2026), pp. 72–73

Link, short form and official text
Reference

Amendment 897 (Julie Rechagneux and others), European Parliament, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, amendments 777–1052 to the draft report on COM(2025) 837 (CJ72-AM-791072, PE791.072v01-00, 27 July 2026), pp. 72–73

Short form

ITRE–LIBE Amendment 897 (CJ72-AM-791072), p. 72

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