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Data Act· Article 21

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Article 21 Data Act as printed in the Council text of 22 October 2026

Sharing of data obtained in the context of a public emergency with research organisations or statistical bodies

Source Council, 22 October 2026. Article 21: ST 14756/26, page 78 · exact text page

Article 21, heading

Sharing of data obtained in the context of a public emergency with research organisations or statistical bodies

Article 21(5)

5.

Where a public sector body, the Commission, the European Central Bank or a Union body intends to transmit or make data available under paragraph 1, it shall without undue delay notify the data holder from whom the data was received, stating the following:

(a)

the identity and contact details of the organisation or the individual receiving the data;

(b)

the purpose of the transmission or making available of the data;

(c)

the period for which the data is to be used;

(d)

the technical protection and organisational measures taken, including where personal data or trade secrets are involved.

Article 21 in the whole Data Act

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What each text does

  1. 19 Nov 2025 Commission proposalCOM(2025) 837 Amends Amends the article and paragraph 5. Article 21 in this text
  2. 10 Jun 2026 Council textST 10426/26 Changed Changes paragraph 5. Article 21 in this text
  3. 18 Jun 2026 Council textST 10677/26 Unchanged Same as the text before. Article 21 in this text
  4. 29 Jun 2026 JURI amendments 69–296 to the draft opinionJURI-AM-790236 1 amendment to this article. Amendments in this document
  5. 27 Jul 2026 ITRE–LIBE amendments 527–776 to the draft reportCJ72-AM-791071 2 amendments to this article. Amendments in this document
  6. 3 Sep 2026 Council textST 12535/26 Unchanged Same as the text before. Article 21 in this text
  7. 2 Oct 2026 Council textST 13886/26 Unchanged Same as the text before. Article 21 in this text
  8. 22 Oct 2026 Council textST 14756/26 Unchanged Same as the text before. Article 21 in this text

Article 21: Text of the article

Changed by the Commission

Parliament amendments 1

1 would delete the heading.

  1. 193 Deletion Laurence FarrengRenew · JURI Deletes the heading

    (a) the heading is replaced by the following: ‘Sharing of data obtained in the context of a public emergency with research organisations or statistical bodies;’

    Tabled by
    Laurence Farreng
    Group
    Renew
    Targets
    Data Act Article 21
    Document
    JURI amendments 69–296 to the draft opinion
    Printed header
    Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point a / Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 / Article 21 – paragraph 1 – heading

Paragraph 5

Changed by the Commission · changed by the Council on 10 June

Parliament amendments 2

2 propose alternative wording.

  1. 679 Alternative Michael McNamara +5Renew · ITRE–LIBE “the period for which the data is to be used;”

    (c) the period for which the data is to be used and the technical protection;

    Tabled by
    Michael McNamara, Irena Joveva, Sophie Wilmès, Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Christophe Grudler
    Group
    Renew
    Targets
    Data Act Article 21(5)
    Document
    ITRE–LIBE amendments 527–776 to the draft report
    Printed header
    Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point b / Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 / Article 21 – paragraph 5 – point c
  2. 680 Alternative Michael McNamara +5Renew · ITRE–LIBE “the technical protection and organisational measures taken, including where personal data or trade secrets are involved.;”

    (d) the technical protection and organisational measures taken, including where personal data or trade secrets are involved.;

    Tabled by
    Michael McNamara, Irena Joveva, Sophie Wilmès, Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Christophe Grudler
    Group
    Renew
    Targets
    Data Act Article 21(5)
    Document
    ITRE–LIBE amendments 527–776 to the draft report
    Printed header
    Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point b / Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 / Article 21 – paragraph 5 – point d