Data Act· Article 32aa

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Article 32aa Data Act as printed in the Council text of 22 October 2026

Single information point

Source Council, 22 October 2026. Article 32aa: ST 14756/26, page 119 · exact text page

Article 32aa

Its wording is printed below, under Article 32aa, heading, (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5).

Article 32aa, heading

Single information point

Article 32aa(1)

(1)

Each Member State shall designate a single information point. That point shall make available easily accessible information concerning the application of Articles 32w, 32x and 32y. The single information point may be linked to sectoral, regional or local information points.

Article 32aa(2)

(2)

The single information point shall be competent to receive enquiries or requests for the re-use of the certain categories of protected data and shall transmit them, where possible and appropriate by automated means, to the competent public sector bodies, or the competent bodies referred to in Paragraph 1 of Article 32z, where relevant.

Article 32aa(3)

(3)

The single information point may include a separate, simplified and well-documented information channel for SMEs, SMCs, start-ups and research establishments addressing their needs and capabilities in requesting the re-use of certain categories of data referred to in Article 2(53).

Article 32aa(4)

(4)

The single information point shall make available by electronic means a searchable asset list containing an overview of all available data resources including, where relevant, those data resources that are available at sectoral, regional or local information points with relevant information describing the available data, including at least the conditions for their re-use.

Article 32aa(5)

(5)

The Commission shall establish a European single access point offering a searchable electronic register of data available in the national single information points and further information on how to request data via those national single information points.

Article 32aa in the whole Data Act

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Element	Commission19 Nov 2025Art 32aa	Council10 Jun 2026Art 32aa	Council18 Jun 2026Art 32aa	Council3 Sep 2026Art 32aa	Council2 Oct 2026Art 32aa	Council22 Oct 2026Art 32aa
	What each text would do to the law in force
Compared with	law in force	the proposal	10 Jun text	18 Jun text	3 Sep text	2 Oct text
Designation of a national single information point	32aa(1) Adds Added	32aa(1) Adds, changed since the proposal Changed	32aa(1) Adds Unchanged	32aa(1) Adds Unchanged	32aa(1) Adds Unchanged	32aa(1) Adds Unchanged
Receiving and forwarding re-use requests	32aa(2) Adds Added	32aa(2) Adds Unchanged	32aa(2) Adds Unchanged	32aa(2) Adds Unchanged	32aa(2) Adds Unchanged	32aa(2) Adds Unchanged
Separate channel for SMEs, SMCs, start-ups and research establishments	32aa(3) Adds Added	32aa(3) Adds, changed since the proposal Changed	32aa(3) Adds, changed since 10 Jun Changed	32aa(3) Adds Unchanged	32aa(3) Adds Unchanged	32aa(3) Adds Unchanged
Searchable asset list	32aa(4) Adds Added	32aa(4) Adds, changed since the proposal Changed	32aa(4) Adds Unchanged	32aa(4) Adds, changed since 18 Jun Changed	32aa(4) Adds Unchanged	32aa(4) Adds Unchanged
European single access point	32aa(5) Adds Added	32aa(5) Adds Unchanged	32aa(5) Adds Unchanged	32aa(5) Adds, changed since 18 Jun Changed	32aa(5) Adds Unchanged	32aa(5) Adds Unchanged

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Each text against the text before it: +Added in this text, not in the text before~Changed wording changed=Unchanged same as the text before

Parliament amendments

3 amendments to this article

2 propose alternative wording and 1 would add wording.

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Paragraph (3)Separate channel for SMEs, SMCs, start-ups and research establishments1 amendment

865 Alternative João OliveiraThe Left · ITRE–LIBE “The single information point may include a separate, simplified and well-documented information channel for SMEs, start-ups and research…”

(3) The single information point may include a separate, simplified and well-documented information channel for SMEs~~, SMCs~~, start-ups and research establishments addressing their needs and capabilities in requesting the re-use of the categories of data referred to in Article 2(54).

Tabled by
João Oliveira
Group
The Left
Targets
Data Act Article 32aa(3)
Document
ITRE–LIBE amendments 777–1052 to the draft report
Source
Official text, page 53
Printed header
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 / Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 / Article 32 aa – paragraph 3
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Paragraph (5)European single access point1 amendment

228 Alternative Ton Diepeveen +1PfE · JURI “uniform functional and technical requirements to be set by ENISA; c. national reporting portals provide for interoperable, automated and secure…”

(5) The Commission shall establish a European single access point offering a searchable electronic register of data or documents available in the national single information points and further information on how to request data or documents via those national single information points.The Commission shall ensure that a. Member States remain responsible for establishing and operating a single integrated national reporting portal for all statutory reporting obligations, including at a minimum notifications under the CRA, NIS2, CER, DORA, eIDAS and the GDPR. b. these national reporting portals are designed to be interoperable on the basis of uniform functional and technical requirements to be set by ENISA; c. national reporting portals provide for interoperable, automated and secure transmission of relevant notifications to competent authorities in other Member States and/or to ENISA, where this is necessary under Union law or national law; d. ENISA performs a supporting and coordinating role in promoting interoperability, standardisation and quality assurance, without becoming responsible for central storage or processing of all incident notifications at EU level.

Tabled by
Ton Diepeveen, Pascale Piera
Group
PfE
Targets
Data Act Article 32aa(5)
Document
JURI amendments 69–296 to the draft opinion
Source
Official text, pages 129–130
Printed header
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 / Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 / Article 32 a a – paragraph 5
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New paragraphs1 amendment

866 Addition Julie Rechagneux +8ECR, PfE · ITRE–LIBE “Member States remain responsible for establishing and operating a single integrated national reporting portal for all statutory reporting…”

(5a)In article 32aa, the following paragraph is added:

(a)Member States remain responsible for establishing and operating a single integrated national reporting portal for all statutory reporting obligations, including at a minimum notifications under the CRA, NIS2, CER, DORA, eIDAS and the GDPR.
(b)these national reporting portals are designed to be interoperable on the basis of uniform functional and technical requirements to be set by ENISA;
(c)national reporting portals provide for interoperable, automated and secure transmission of relevant notifications to competent authorities in other Member States and/or to ENISA, where this is necessary under Union law or national law;
(d)ENISA performs a supporting and coordinating role in promoting interoperability, standardisation and quality assurance, without becoming responsible for central storage or processing of all incident notifications at EU level.

Tabled by
Julie Rechagneux, Mélanie Disdier, Aleksandar Nikolic, Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Alexandre Varaut, Fabrice Leggeri, Marion Maréchal, Christophe Bay
Group
ECR, PfE
Targets
Data Act Article 32aa – paragraph 5a (new)
Document
ITRE–LIBE amendments 777–1052 to the draft report
Source
Official text, pages 53–54
Printed header
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 / Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 / Article 32aa – paragraph 5a (new)
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