Texts to 22 Oct 2026

Amendment 205· Data Act Article 32c(d)(iii)

Alternative

Tabled by
Emil Radev (EPP)
Committee and document
JURI·amendments 69–296 to the draft opinion (JURI-AM-790236, PE790.236v01-00)·29 June 2026
Source
Official text, pp. 115–116·printed header: Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 / Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 / Article 32 c – paragraph 1 – point d – point iii
Targets
Article 32c(d)(iii) of the Data Act

Text of the amendment

As tabled

Wordingagainst the Commission’s

(iii) the value-added services are offered through a separate legal person. SMEs/SMCs may offer value-added services through a functionally separate entity;

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Data Act Article 32c with this amendment

Amendment 205 applied to the Commission proposal, no other amendment

In order to qualify for registration in the public Union register referred to in Article 32a paragraph 1 point (a), a data intermediation services provider shall meet all of the following requirements: (a) they do not use the data for which it provides data intermediation services for purposes other than to put them at the disposal of data users; (b) the data they collect with respect to any activity of a natural or legal person for the purpose of the provision of the data intermediation service, including the date, time and geolocation data, duration of activity and connections to other natural or legal persons established by the person who uses the data intermediation service, are used only for the development of that data intermediation service; (c) where they offer additional tools and services to data holders or data subjects for the specific purpose of facilitating the exchange of data, such as temporary storage, curation, conversion, encryption, anonymisation and pseudonymisation, such tools and services are used only at the explicit request or approval of the data holder or data subject; (d) where data intermediation service providers which are not micro and small sized enterprises offer value-added services to their clients other than the services referred to in point (c), they fulfil the following conditions: (i) the value-added services are explicitly requested by the user; (ii) the data are not used for other purposes than performing the value-added service; (iii) the value-added services are offered through a separate legal person. SMEs/SMCs may offer value-added services through a functionally separate entity; (iv) the undertaking seeking to offer the value-added services is not designated as a gatekeeper pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2022/1925; (v) the commercial terms, including pricing, for the provision of data intermediation services to a data holder or data user are not dependent upon whether the data holder or data user uses value-added services provided by the data intermediation services provider or by a related entity; (e) the data intermediation services provider offering services to data subjects acts in the data subjects’ best interest where it facilitates the exercise of their rights, in particular by informing and, where appropriate, advising data subjects in a concise, transparent, intelligible and easily accessible manner about intended data uses by data users and standard terms and conditions attached to such uses before data subjects give consent.

(a)

they do not use the data for which it provides data intermediation services for purposes other than to put them at the disposal of data users;

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(b)

the data they collect with respect to any activity of a natural or legal person for the purpose of the provision of the data intermediation service, including the date, time and geolocation data, duration of activity and connections to other natural or legal persons established by the person who uses the data intermediation service, are used only for the development of that data intermediation service;

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(c)

where they offer additional tools and services to data holders or data subjects for the specific purpose of facilitating the exchange of data, such as temporary storage, curation, conversion, encryption, anonymisation and pseudonymisation, such tools and services are used only at the explicit request or approval of the data holder or data subject;

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(d)

where data intermediation service providers which are not micro and small sized enterprises offer value-added services to their clients other than the services referred to in point (c), they fulfil the following conditions:

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(i)

the value-added services are explicitly requested by the user;

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(ii)

the data are not used for other purposes than performing the value-added service;

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(iii)

the value-added services are offered through a functionally separate entity;

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(iv)

the undertaking seeking to offer the value-added services is not designated as a gatekeeper pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2022/1925;

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(v)

the commercial terms, including pricing, for the provision of data intermediation services to a data holder or data user are not dependent upon whether the data holder or data user uses value-added services provided by the data intermediation services provider or by a related entity;

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(e)

the data intermediation services provider offering services to data subjects acts in the data subjects’ best interest where it facilitates the exercise of their rights, in particular by informing and, where appropriate, advising data subjects in a concise, transparent, intelligible and easily accessible manner about intended data uses by data users and standard terms and conditions attached to such uses before data subjects give consent.

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Justification

This amendment reverts to the original wording to preserve the independence of data intermediation services. In a highly concentrated cloud market, allowing providers to act as intermediaries may create conflicts of interest. The requirement for a separate legal entity ensures functional separation, transparency and effective oversight, thereby fostering trust and fair competition.

Target

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

Council text of 22 October 2026ST 14756/26

(iii)the data intermediation services are offered through an entity functionally separate from entities offering other services;

Cite this amendment

Amendment 205 (Emil Radev), European Parliament, Committee on Legal Affairs, amendments 69–296 to the draft opinion on COM(2025) 837 (JURI-AM-790236, PE790.236v01-00, 29 June 2026), pp. 115–116

Link, short form and official text
Reference

Amendment 205 (Emil Radev), European Parliament, Committee on Legal Affairs, amendments 69–296 to the draft opinion on COM(2025) 837 (JURI-AM-790236, PE790.236v01-00, 29 June 2026), pp. 115–116

Short form

JURI Amendment 205 (JURI-AM-790236), p. 115

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