Texts to 22 Oct 2026

Digital Omnibus proposal· Recital 21

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Recital 21 Digital Omnibus proposal as printed in the Council text of 22 October 2026

Source Council, 22 October 2026. Recital 21: ST 14756/26, page 15 · exact text page

Both Directive (EU) 2019/1024 and Chapter II of Regulation (EU) 2022/868 regulate the re-use of public sector information for innovation purposes. The interplay of the two sets of rules has created legal uncertainty, mainly for public sector bodies. An alignment of the rules in one legal instrument is therefore necessary to bring further legal coherence and certainty.

How the recital changed

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Parliament amendments

6 amendments to this recital

4 amendments would delete the whole recital: members of S&D and Greens/EFA, and the JURI rapporteur.

By political group; co-sponsored amendments count for each group
TypeThe LeftS&DGreens/EFANIRapporteur
− Deletion·12·1
~ Alternative1··1·

By political group

  • − Deletion S&D 1 Greens/EFA 2 Rapporteur 1
  • ~ Alternative The Left 1 NI 1

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  1. 9 Deletion Brando Benifei (rapporteur)Rapporteur · JURI Deletes the recital

    (21) Both Directive (EU) 2019/1024 and Chapter II of Regulation (EU) 2022/868 regulate the re-use of public sector information for innovation purposes. The interplay of the two sets of rules has created legal uncertainty, mainly for public sector bodies. An alignment of the rules in one legal instrument is therefore necessary to bring further legal coherence and certainty.

    Rapporteur
    Brando Benifei
    Group
    Rapporteur
    Targets
    Digital Omnibus proposal Recital 21
    Document
    JURI draft opinion
    Printed header
    Recital 21
  2. 102 Deletion David CormandGreens/EFA · JURI Deletes the recital

    (21) Both Directive (EU) 2019/1024 and Chapter II of Regulation (EU) 2022/868 regulate the re-use of public sector information for innovation purposes. The interplay of the two sets of rules has created legal uncertainty, mainly for public sector bodies. An alignment of the rules in one legal instrument is therefore necessary to bring further legal coherence and certainty.

    Tabled by
    David Cormand
    Group
    Greens/EFA
    Targets
    Digital Omnibus proposal Recital 21
    Document
    JURI amendments 69–296 to the draft opinion
    Printed header
    Recital 21
  3. 152 Deletion David CormandGreens/EFA · IMCO Deletes the recital

    (21) Both Directive (EU) 2019/1024 and Chapter II of Regulation (EU) 2022/868 regulate the re-use of public sector information for innovation purposes. The interplay of the two sets of rules has created legal uncertainty, mainly for public sector bodies. An alignment of the rules in one legal instrument is therefore necessary to bring further legal coherence and certainty.

    Tabled by
    David Cormand on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
    Group
    Greens/EFA
    Targets
    Digital Omnibus proposal Recital 21
    Document
    IMCO amendments 125–328 to the draft opinion
    Printed header
    Recital 21
  4. 175 Deletion Elena Sancho Murillo +6S&D · ITRE–LIBE Deletes the recital

    (21) Both Directive (EU) 2019/1024 and Chapter II of Regulation (EU) 2022/868 regulate the re-use of public sector information for innovation purposes. The interplay of the two sets of rules has created legal uncertainty, mainly for public sector bodies. An alignment of the rules in one legal instrument is therefore necessary to bring further legal coherence and certainty.

    Tabled by
    Elena Sancho Murillo, Marina Kaljurand, Brando Benifei, José Cepeda, Lina Gálvez, Francisco Assis, Alex Agius Saliba
    Group
    S&D
    Targets
    Digital Omnibus proposal Recital 21
    Document
    ITRE–LIBE amendments 79–250 to the draft report
    Printed header
    Recital 21
  5. 176 Alternative João OliveiraThe Left · ITRE–LIBE “interest into account. Action should be taken to promote data or document re-use models that are based on open licences, including for non-commercial…”

    (21) Both Directive (EU) 2019/1024 and Chapter II of Regulation (EU) 2022/868 regulate the re-use of public sector information for innovation purposes. The interplay of the two sets of rules has created legal uncertainty, mainly for public sector bodies.The interplay of the two sets of rules could be clarified and consolidated to ensure that the conditions for re-use are objective, transparent, proportionate, democratic and consistent with standardised open licences, and take the public interest into account. Action should be taken to promote data or document re-use models that are based on open licences, including for non-commercial users, researchers, civil society organisations, public interest bodies and community-led open knowledge projects. Public sector bodies should pursue open data regimes except where they determine that the data or documents in question contain information comprising certain categories of protected data. An alignment of the rules in one legal instrument is therefore necessary to bring further legal coherence and certainty.In those circumstances, they should limit public access thereto and consider making the data available for re-use in a protected format. Re-use regimes should seek to safeguard the public domain, the open licence status of the data or documents in question, interoperability, and the capacity for open knowledge projects to re-use and disseminate data and documents from the public sector.

    Tabled by
    João Oliveira
    Group
    The Left
    Targets
    Digital Omnibus proposal Recital 21
    Document
    ITRE–LIBE amendments 79–250 to the draft report
    Printed header
    Recital 21
  6. 177 Alternative Diana Iovanovici ŞoşoacăNI · ITRE–LIBE “so as to improve European sustainability and boost competitiveness at Union level”

    (21) Both Directive (EU) 2019/1024 and Chapter II of Regulation (EU) 2022/868 regulate the re-use of public sector information for innovation purposes. The interplay of the two sets of rules has created legal uncertainty, mainly for public sector bodies. An alignment of the rules in one legal instrument with standard and clear wordings is therefore necessary to bring further legal coherence and certainty so as to improve European sustainability and boost competitiveness at Union level.

    Tabled by
    Diana Iovanovici Şoşoacă
    Group
    NI
    Targets
    Digital Omnibus proposal Recital 21
    Document
    ITRE–LIBE amendments 79–250 to the draft report
    Printed header
    Recital 21