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Texts to 22 Oct 2026

Data Act· Article 18

Text

Article 18 Data Act as printed in the Council text of 22 October 2026

Compliance with requests for data

Source Council, 22 October 2026. Article 18: ST 14756/26, page 76 · exact text page

Scope This text prints Article 18(2), introductory wording, Article 18(5) only.

Article 18(2), introductory wording

2.

Without prejudice to specific needs regarding the availability of data defined in Union or national law, a data holder may decline or seek the modification of a request to make data available under this Chapter without undue delay and, in any event, no later than five working days after the receipt of a request pursuant to Article 15a(2) and without undue delay and, in any event, no later than 30 working days after the receipt of a request pursuant to Article 15a(3), on any of the following grounds:

Article 18(5)

The Council draft deletes this provision and supplies no replacement wording. Open the official source to read the instruction in context.

The amending passage as printed

(b) paragraph 5 is deleted;

Article 18 in the whole Data Act

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Each text against the law in force: ~Amends amends the law in force−Deletes deletes a provision of the law in force— neither the law in force nor the text has it changed from the text before

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What each text does

  1. 19 Nov 2025 Commission proposalCOM(2025) 837 Amends Amends paragraph 2 and deletes paragraph 5. Article 18 in this text
  2. 8 Jun 2026 IMCO draft opinion · Alex Agius Saliba (rapporteur)IMCO-PA-789877 2 amendments to this article. Amendments in this document
  3. 10 Jun 2026 Council textST 10426/26 Unchanged Same as the text before. Article 18 in this text
  4. 18 Jun 2026 Council textST 10677/26 Unchanged Same as the text before. Article 18 in this text
  5. 22 Jun 2026 ITRE–LIBE draft report · Aura Salla and Marina Kaljurand (rapporteurs)CJ72-PR-786818 1 amendment to this article. Amendments in this document
  6. 29 Jun 2026 JURI amendments 69–296 to the draft opinionJURI-AM-790236 1 amendment to this article.
  7. 27 Jul 2026 ITRE–LIBE amendments 527–776 to the draft reportCJ72-AM-791071 2 amendments to this article. Amendments in this document
  8. 3 Sep 2026 Council textST 12535/26 Unchanged Same as the text before. Article 18 in this text
  9. 2 Oct 2026 Council textST 13886/26 Unchanged Same as the text before. Article 18 in this text
  10. 22 Oct 2026 Council textST 14756/26 Unchanged Same as the text before. Article 18 in this text

Paragraph 2

Changed by the Commission

Parliament amendments 2

1 would delete the introductory wording and 1 proposes alternative wording.

  1. 51 Alternative Alex Agius Saliba (rapporteur)Rapporteur · IMCO “Without prejudice to specific needs regarding the availability of data defined in Union or national law, a data holder may decline or seek the…”

    2. Without prejudice to specific needs regarding the availability of data defined in Union or national law, a data holder may decline or seek the modification of a request to make data available under this Chapter without undue delay and, in any event, no later than five working days after the receipt of a request pursuant to Article 15a(2) and without undue delay and, in any event, no later than 30 working days after the receipt of a request pursuant to Article 15a(3), on any of the following grounds:;

    Rapporteur
    Alex Agius Saliba
    Group
    Rapporteur
    Targets
    Data Act Article 18(2), introductory wording
    Document
    IMCO draft opinion
    Printed header
    Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point a / Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 / Article 18 – paragraph 2
  2. 191 Deletion Laurence FarrengRenew · JURI Deletes the introductory wording

    Tracker noteThe amendment names this article, but which paragraph or point it changes has not been automatically established, so it is not yet linked to a specific point.

    10. Article 18 is amended as follows: (a) in paragraph 2, the introductory wording is replaced by the following: 2. Without prejudice to specific needs regarding the availability of data defined in Union or national law, a data holder may decline or seek the modification of a request to make data available under this Chapter without undue delay and, in any event, no later than five working days after the receipt of a request pursuant to Article 15a(2) and without undue delay and, in any event, no later than 30 working days after the receipt of a request pursuant to Article 15a(3), on any of the following grounds:;’

    Tabled by
    Laurence Farreng
    Group
    Renew
    Targets
    Data Act Article 18
    Document
    JURI amendments 69–296 to the draft opinion
    Printed header
    Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 / Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 / Article 18

Paragraph 5

Deleted by the Commission

Parliament amendments 1

1 would delete the wording.

  1. 191 Deletion Laurence FarrengRenew · JURI Deletes the introductory wording

    Text and details of Amendment 191 under paragraph 2

Provisions only Parliament amendments would add or change

4 amendments on 1 unit the Commission proposal leaves unchanged

Paragraph 1Not amended by the Commission4 proposals

  1. 19 Alternative Aura Salla and Marina Kaljurand (rapporteurs)Rapporteurs · ITRE–LIBE “A data holder receiving a request to make data available under this Chapter shall make the data available to the requesting public sector body, the…”

    (-a) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

    1. A data holder receiving a request to make data available under this Chapter shall make the data available to the requesting public sector body, the Commission, the European Central Bank or a Union body without undue delay, takinghaving intoimplemented accountthe necessary technical, organisational and legal measures.

    Rapporteurs
    Aura Salla and Marina Kaljurand
    Group
    Rapporteurs
    Targets
    Data Act Article 18 – paragraph 1
    Document
    ITRE–LIBE draft report
    Printed header
    Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point -a (new) / Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 / Article 18 – paragraph 1
  2. 50 Alternative Alex Agius Saliba (rapporteur)Rapporteur · IMCO “to implement data protection principles and to protect personal data and safeguard the rights and freedoms of data subjects”

    (-a) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

    1. A data holder receiving a request to make data available under this Chapter shall make the data available to the requesting public sector body, the Commission, the European Central Bank or a Union body without undue delay, takingand intoshall accountimplement the necessary technical, organisational and legal measures to implement data protection principles and to protect personal data and safeguard the rights and freedoms of data subjects.’

    Justification

    In line with the advice in the joint EDPB-EDPS Joint Opinion, paras. 126-127 to specify the data holders must implement the technical, organisational and legal measures requested, not just take them into account’. This would also be in line with Articles 17(1)(g) and 19(1)(b).

    Rapporteur
    Alex Agius Saliba
    Group
    Rapporteur
    Targets
    Data Act Article 18 – paragraph 1
    Document
    IMCO draft opinion
    Printed header
    Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point -a (new) / Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 / Article 18 – paragraph 1
  3. 665 Addition Michael McNamara +4Renew · ITRE–LIBE “A data holder receiving a request to make data available under this Chapter shall make the data available to the requesting public sector body, the…”

    (ba) (-a) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following

    1.A data holder receiving a request to make data available under this Chapter shall make the data available to the requesting public sector body, the Commission, the European Central Bank or a Union body without undue delay, having implemented the necessary technical, organisational and legal measures.

    Tabled by
    Michael McNamara, Irena Joveva, Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Christophe Grudler
    Group
    Renew
    Targets
    Data Act Article 18 – paragraph 1
    Document
    ITRE–LIBE amendments 527–776 to the draft report
    Printed header
    Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point b a (new) / Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 / Article 18 – paragraph 1
  4. 666 Addition Elena Sancho Murillo +6S&D · ITRE–LIBE “A data holder receiving a request to make data available under this Chapter shall make the data available to the requesting public sector body, the…”

    In Article 18, paragraph 1 is amended as follows

    A data holder receiving a request to make data available under this Chapter shall make the data available to the requesting public sector body, the Commission, the European Central Bank or a Union body without undue delay, having implemented the necessary technical, organisational and legal measures to comply with data protection principles and to protect personal data and safeguard the rights and freedoms of data subjects.

    Tabled by
    Elena Sancho Murillo, Marina Kaljurand, Brando Benifei, José Cepeda, Lina Gálvez, Francisco Assis, Alex Agius Saliba
    Group
    S&D
    Targets
    Data Act Article 18 – paragraph 1
    Document
    ITRE–LIBE amendments 527–776 to the draft report
    Printed header
    Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 a (new) / Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 / Article 18 – paragraph 1