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Data Act· Article 32ab

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Article 32ab Data Act as printed in the Council text of 3 September 2026

Source Council, 3 September 2026. Article 32ab: ST 12535/26, page 102 · exact text page

Dropped

This Council draft drops the change the Commission proposed. It deletes nothing from the law in force. The dropped wording reappears, merged and changed, in Article 32la of this draft.

The tracker does not establish the wording of Article 32ab in the Council text of 2 October 2026 (ST 13886/26); see its Article 32la.

How the article has changed

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Provisions only Parliament would add or change1 unit Not in the law in force or this text In neither text Not in the law in force or this text In neither text Not in the law in force or this text In neither text Not in the law in force or this text In neither text Not in the law in force or this text In neither text Not in the law in force or this text In neither text 1

Each text against the law in force: +Adds adds a provision the law in force lacks— neither the law in force nor the text has it changed from the text before

Each text against the text before it: +Added in this text, not in the text before−Dropped drops a provision the text before added— in neither text

What each text does

  1. 19 Nov 2025 Commission proposalCOM(2025) 837 Adds Adds the article. Article 32ab in this text
  2. 10 Jun 2026 Council textST 10426/26 Dropped Drops the article. Article 32ab in this text
  3. 18 Jun 2026 Council textST 10677/26 No amendment to this article. Article 32ab in this text
  4. 16 Jul 2026 IMCO amendments 125–328 to the draft opinionIMCO-AM-790905 1 amendment to this article. Amendments in this document
  5. 3 Sep 2026 Council textST 12535/26 No amendment to this article. Article 32ab in this text
  6. 2 Oct 2026 Council textST 13886/26 No amendment to this article.
  7. 22 Oct 2026 Council textST 14756/26 No amendment to this article.

Article 32ab: Text of the article

Added by the Commission · dropped by the Council on 10 June

Wording moved Article 32la in the Council texts of 10 June, 18 June and 3 September 2026 takes this wording, merged with Article 32o, with changes.

  • (1) becomes 2.merged with Article 32o(2) and 32ab(2)
  • (2) becomes 2.merged with Article 32o(2) and 32ab(1)
  • (3) becomes 4.
How the wording moved

A merge with changes. Paragraph (3) of Article 32ab, on the right of redress, becomes paragraph 4 of Article 32la word for word. Paragraphs (1) and (2), on the decision period and its extension, merge with Article 32o(2) into paragraph 2, whose time limits change: in principle 20 working days, at most two months for particularly complex requests and three months for requests relating to protected data, in place of two months extendable by 30 days.

Provisions only Parliament amendments would add or change

1 amendment on 1 unit the Commission proposal leaves unchanged

Paragraph 2Not amended by the Commission

  1. 326 Alternative Sophia KircherEPP · IMCO “In the case of exceptionally extensive and complex requests for re-use, that two-month period may be extended by up to 30 days. In such cases the…”

    (2) In the case of exceptionally extensive and complex requests for re-use, that two-month period may be extended by up to 30 days. In such cases the competent public sector bodies or the competent bodies referred to in paragraph 1 of Article 32z shall notify the applicant as soon as possible that more time is needed for conducting the procedure, togetherincluding withan theexplanation reasonsof forwhy theadditional delaytime is needed.

    Tabled by
    Sophia Kircher
    Group
    EPP
    Targets
    Data Act Article 32ab(2)
    Document
    IMCO amendments 125–328 to the draft opinion
    Printed header
    Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 / Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 / Article 32ab – paragraph 2