Amendment 152· Data Act Article 2

(29)‘public emergency’ means an exceptional situation, limited in time, such as a public health emergency, an emergency resulting from natural disasters, a human-induced major disaster, including a major cybersecurity incident, negatively affecting the population of the Union or the whole or part of a Member State, with a risk of serious and lasting repercussions for living conditions or economic stability, financial stability, or the substantial and immediate degradation of economic assets in the Union or the relevant Member State and which is determined or officially declared in accordance with the relevant procedures under Union or national law; for the purposes of this Regulation, ‘responding to a public emergency’ refers to the immediate actions necessary to address and manage the emergency while it is ongoing, whereas ‘mitigating or supporting the recovery from a public emergency’ refers to actions taken after or once the immediate phase of the emergency has passed, aimed at limiting its consequences and restoring normal conditions;