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Recital 23
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Data and documents, which can be made publicly available for reuse, and data and documents, which are protected on the grounds of commercial confidentiality, including business, professional and company secrets, statistical confidentiality, the protection of intellectual property rights of third parties or the protection of personal data, are often held by the same public sector bodies. Therefore, it is necessary to align definitions and common principles applying to all public sector information and address questions regarding the interplay of the two sets of rules.
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Recital 23
June Presidency compromise · 10 June
Data and documents, which can be made publicly available for reuse, and data and documents, which are protected on the grounds of commercial confidentiality, including business, professional and company secrets, statistical confidentiality, the protection of intellectual property rights of third parties or the protection of personal data, are often held by the same public sector bodies. Therefore, it is necessary to align definitions and common principles applying to all public sector information and to address questions regarding the interplay of the two sets of rules.
Recital 23
June Presidency compromise · 18 June
Data and documents, which can be made publicly available for reuse, and data and documents, which are protected on the grounds of commercial confidentiality, including business, professional and company secrets, statistical confidentiality, the protection of intellectual property rights of third parties or the protection of personal data, are often held by the same public sector bodies. Therefore, it is necessary to align definitions and common principles applying to all public sector information and to address questions regarding the interplay of the two sets of rules.
Recital 23
September Presidency compromise
Data and documents, which can be made publicly available for reuse, and data and documents, which are protected on the grounds of commercial confidentiality, including business, professional and company secrets, statistical confidentiality, the protection of intellectual property rights of third parties or the protection of personal data, are often held by the same public sector bodies. Therefore, it is necessary to align definitions and common principles applying to all public sector information and to address questions regarding the interplay of the two sets of rules.
Recital 23 3 Council drafts
Recital 23
10 June 2026 · June Presidency compromise · 10 June
Data and documents, which can be made publicly available for reuse, and data and documents, which are protected on the grounds of commercial confidentiality, including business, professional and company secrets, statistical confidentiality, the protection of intellectual property rights of third parties or the protection of personal data, are often held by the same public sector bodies. Therefore, it is necessary to align definitions and common principles applying to all public sector information and to address questions regarding the interplay of the two sets of rules.
Recital 23
18 June 2026 · June Presidency compromise · 18 June
Data and documents, which can be made publicly available for reuse, and data and documents, which are protected on the grounds of commercial confidentiality, including business, professional and company secrets, statistical confidentiality, the protection of intellectual property rights of third parties or the protection of personal data, are often held by the same public sector bodies. Therefore, it is necessary to align definitions and common principles applying to all public sector information and to address questions regarding the interplay of the two sets of rules.
Recital 23
3 September 2026 · September Presidency compromise
Data and documents, which can be made publicly available for reuse, and data and documents, which are protected on the grounds of commercial confidentiality, including business, professional and company secrets, statistical confidentiality, the protection of intellectual property rights of third parties or the protection of personal data, are often held by the same public sector bodies. Therefore, it is necessary to align definitions and common principles applying to all public sector information and to address questions regarding the interplay of the two sets of rules.
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Remove proposed wordingAmendment 180 · João Oliveira ITRE · LIBE
(23) Data and documents, which can be made publicly available for reuse, and data and documents, which are protected on the grounds of commercial confidentiality, including business, professional and company secrets, statistical confidentiality, the protection of intellectual property rights of third parties or the protection of personal data, are often held by the same public sector bodies. Therefore, it is necessary to align definitions and common principles applying to all public sector information and address questions regarding the interplay of the two sets of rules.
Alternative wordingAmendment 181 · Diana Iovanovici Şoşoacă ITRE · LIBE
(23) Data and documents, which can be made publicly available for reuse, and data and documents, which are protected on the grounds of commercial confidentiality, including business, professional and company secrets, statistical confidentiality, the protection of intellectual property rights of third parties,orand the protection of personal data or fundamental rights and freedoms, are often held by the same public sector bodies. Therefore, it is necessary to align definitions and common principles applying to all public sector information and address questions regarding the interplay of the two sets of rules. Such an approach helps to strike a balance between promoting transparency and the reuse of public sector information and the need to protect legitimate interests relating to confidentiality, intellectual property and data protection. In this way, public authorities can facilitate access to reusable data without compromising rights and interests protected by the applicable law, while also ensuring legal certainty and uniform application of the relevant rules.
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Recital 23
European Commission proposal → Council Presidency text · ST 10426/26
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Data and documents, which can be made publicly available for reuse, and data and documents, which are protected on the grounds of commercial confidentiality, including business, professional and company secrets, statistical confidentiality, the protection of intellectual property rights of third parties or the protection of personal data, are often held by the same public sector bodies. Therefore, it is necessary to align definitions and common principles applying to all public sector information and to address questions regarding the interplay of the two sets of rules.
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European Commission proposal
Data and documents, which can be made publicly available for reuse, and data and documents, which are protected on the grounds of commercial confidentiality, including business, professional and company secrets, statistical confidentiality, the protection of intellectual property rights of third parties or the protection of personal data, are often held by the same public sector bodies. Therefore, it is necessary to align definitions and common principles applying to all public sector information and address questions regarding the interplay of the two sets of rules.
Council Presidency text · ST 10426/26
Data and documents, which can be made publicly available for reuse, and data and documents, which are protected on the grounds of commercial confidentiality, including business, professional and company secrets, statistical confidentiality, the protection of intellectual property rights of third parties or the protection of personal data, are often held by the same public sector bodies. Therefore, it is necessary to align definitions and common principles applying to all public sector information and to address questions regarding the interplay of the two sets of rules.
Recital 23
Council Presidency text · ST 10426/26 → Council Presidency text · ST 10677/26
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Data and documents, which can be made publicly available for reuse, and data and documents, which are protected on the grounds of commercial confidentiality, including business, professional and company secrets, statistical confidentiality, the protection of intellectual property rights of third parties or the protection of personal data, are often held by the same public sector bodies. Therefore, it is necessary to align definitions and common principles applying to all public sector information and to address questions regarding the interplay of the two sets of rules.
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Council Presidency text · ST 10426/26
Data and documents, which can be made publicly available for reuse, and data and documents, which are protected on the grounds of commercial confidentiality, including business, professional and company secrets, statistical confidentiality, the protection of intellectual property rights of third parties or the protection of personal data, are often held by the same public sector bodies. Therefore, it is necessary to align definitions and common principles applying to all public sector information and to address questions regarding the interplay of the two sets of rules.
Council Presidency text · ST 10677/26
Data and documents, which can be made publicly available for reuse, and data and documents, which are protected on the grounds of commercial confidentiality, including business, professional and company secrets, statistical confidentiality, the protection of intellectual property rights of third parties or the protection of personal data, are often held by the same public sector bodies. Therefore, it is necessary to align definitions and common principles applying to all public sector information and to address questions regarding the interplay of the two sets of rules.
Recital 23
Council Presidency text · ST 10677/26 → Council Presidency text · ST 12535/26
Changes in context
Data and documents, which can be made publicly available for reuse, and data and documents, which are protected on the grounds of commercial confidentiality, including business, professional and company secrets, statistical confidentiality, the protection of intellectual property rights of third parties or the protection of personal data, are often held by the same public sector bodies. Therefore, it is necessary to align definitions and common principles applying to all public sector information and to address questions regarding the interplay of the two sets of rules.
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Council Presidency text · ST 10677/26
Data and documents, which can be made publicly available for reuse, and data and documents, which are protected on the grounds of commercial confidentiality, including business, professional and company secrets, statistical confidentiality, the protection of intellectual property rights of third parties or the protection of personal data, are often held by the same public sector bodies. Therefore, it is necessary to align definitions and common principles applying to all public sector information and to address questions regarding the interplay of the two sets of rules.
Council Presidency text · ST 12535/26
Data and documents, which can be made publicly available for reuse, and data and documents, which are protected on the grounds of commercial confidentiality, including business, professional and company secrets, statistical confidentiality, the protection of intellectual property rights of third parties or the protection of personal data, are often held by the same public sector bodies. Therefore, it is necessary to align definitions and common principles applying to all public sector information and to address questions regarding the interplay of the two sets of rules.
Recital 23
Wording reproduced in the amendment → Amendment 180 · ITRE–LIBE amendments 79–250 to the draft report: removal
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(23) Data and documents, which can be made publicly available for reuse, and data and documents, which are protected on the grounds of commercial confidentiality, including business, professional and company secrets, statistical confidentiality, the protection of intellectual property rights of third parties or the protection of personal data, are often held by the same public sector bodies. Therefore, it is necessary to align definitions and common principles applying to all public sector information and address questions regarding the interplay of the two sets of rules.
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Wording reproduced in the amendment
(23) Data and documents, which can be made publicly available for reuse, and data and documents, which are protected on the grounds of commercial confidentiality, including business, professional and company secrets, statistical confidentiality, the protection of intellectual property rights of third parties or the protection of personal data, are often held by the same public sector bodies. Therefore, it is necessary to align definitions and common principles applying to all public sector information and address questions regarding the interplay of the two sets of rules.
Amendment 180 · ITRE–LIBE amendments 79–250 to the draft report: removal
Wording reproduced in the amendment → Amendment 181 · ITRE–LIBE amendments 79–250 to the draft report
Changes in context
(23) Data and documents, which can be made publicly available for reuse, and data and documents, which are protected on the grounds of commercial confidentiality, including business, professional and company secrets, statistical confidentiality, the protection of intellectual property rights of third parties,orand the protection of personal data or fundamental rights and freedoms, are often held by the same public sector bodies. Therefore, it is necessary to align definitions and common principles applying to all public sector information and address questions regarding the interplay of the two sets of rules. Such an approach helps to strike a balance between promoting transparency and the reuse of public sector information and the need to protect legitimate interests relating to confidentiality, intellectual property and data protection. In this way, public authorities can facilitate access to reusable data without compromising rights and interests protected by the applicable law, while also ensuring legal certainty and uniform application of the relevant rules.
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Wording reproduced in the amendment
(23) Data and documents, which can be made publicly available for reuse, and data and documents, which are protected on the grounds of commercial confidentiality, including business, professional and company secrets, statistical confidentiality, the protection of intellectual property rights of third parties or the protection of personal data, are often held by the same public sector bodies. Therefore, it is necessary to align definitions and common principles applying to all public sector information and address questions regarding the interplay of the two sets of rules.
Amendment 181 · ITRE–LIBE amendments 79–250 to the draft report
(23) Data and documents, which can be made publicly available for reuse, and data and documents, which are protected on the grounds of commercial confidentiality, including business, professional and company secrets, statistical confidentiality, the protection of intellectual property rights of third parties, and the protection of personal data or fundamental rights and freedoms, are often held by the same public sector bodies. Therefore, it is necessary to align definitions and common principles applying to all public sector information and address questions regarding the interplay of the two sets of rules. Such an approach helps to strike a balance between promoting transparency and the reuse of public sector information and the need to protect legitimate interests relating to confidentiality, intellectual property and data protection. In this way, public authorities can facilitate access to reusable data without compromising rights and interests protected by the applicable law, while also ensuring legal certainty and uniform application of the relevant rules.
