Amendment 57· Data Act Article 32n(1)
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Wordingagainst the Commission’s
(1) Data or documents in scope of this Section shall, where their re-use is allowed, be re-usable for commercial or non-commercial purposes in accordance with Section 1 and Section 2 Subsection 3.
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Data Act Article 32n with this amendment
Amendment 57 applied to the Commission proposal, no other amendment
Data or documents in scope of this Section shall, where their re-use is allowed, be re-usable for commercial or non- commercial purposes in accordance with Section 1 and Section 2 Subsection 3.
For data or documents in which libraries, including university libraries, museums and archives hold intellectual property rights and for data or documents held by public undertakings, where the re-use of such data or documents is allowed, those data or documents shall be re-usable for commercial or non-commercial purposes in accordance with Section 1 and Section 2 Subsection 3.
Subsection 2 Requests for re-use
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Justification
This amendment reintroduces the general horizontal principle currently contained in Article 1(2) DGA concerning the relationship between this Chapter, existing Union and national access regimes, and other legal obligations. It helps ensure legal certainty by clarifying that the Regulation does not alter existing rules governing access to documents, confidentiality obligations or applicable legal frameworks.
Target
Wording of the targeted provisionlaw in force, Commission proposal, latest Council text
Council text of 22 October 2026ST 14756/26
(1)Data or documents in scope of this Section shall be re-usable for commercial or non-commercial purposes in accordance with Section 1 and Section 2 Subsection 2.
Cite this amendment
Amendment 57 (draft opinion by Brando Benifei), European Parliament, Committee on Legal Affairs, draft opinion on COM(2025) 837 (JURI-PA-789142, PE789.142v01-00, 5 June 2026), p. 46
Link, short form and official text
Amendment 57 (draft opinion by Brando Benifei), European Parliament, Committee on Legal Affairs, draft opinion on COM(2025) 837 (JURI-PA-789142, PE789.142v01-00, 5 June 2026), p. 46
JURI Amendment 57 (JURI-PA-789142), p. 46