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Data Act· Article 32b

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

Competent authorities for the registration of data intermediation services providers and data altruism organisations

Source Council, 22 October 2026. Article 32b: ST 14756/26, page 84 · exact text page

Article 32b

Its wording is printed below, under Article 32b, heading, (1) and (2).

Article 32b, heading

Competent authorities for the registration of data intermediation services providers and data altruism organisations

Article 32b(1)

(1)

Each Member State shall designate one or more competent authorities responsible for the application and enforcement of this Chapter in accordance with Article 37(1).

Article 32b(2)

(2)

The competent authorities shall be set up in a manner so that their independence from any recognised data intermediation services provider or recognised data altruism organisation is guaranteed.

Article 32b in the whole Data Act

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What each text does

  1. 19 Nov 2025 Commission proposalCOM(2025) 837 Adds Adds the article. Article 32b in this text
  2. 10 Jun 2026 Council textST 10426/26 Unchanged Same as the text before. Article 32b in this text
  3. 18 Jun 2026 Council textST 10677/26 Unchanged Same as the text before. Article 32b 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. 16 Jul 2026 IMCO amendments 125–328 to the draft opinionIMCO-AM-790905 1 amendment to this article. Amendments in this document
  6. 27 Jul 2026 ITRE–LIBE amendments 527–776 to the draft reportCJ72-AM-791071 1 amendment to this article. Amendments in this document
  7. 3 Sep 2026 Council textST 12535/26 Unchanged Same as the text before. Article 32b in this text
  8. 2 Oct 2026 Council textST 13886/26 Changed Adds paragraphs 1 and 2 and changes the article. Article 32b in this text
  9. 22 Oct 2026 Council textST 14756/26 Unchanged Same as the text before. Article 32b in this text

Article 32b: Text of the article

Added by the Commission · changed by the Council on 2 October

Parliament amendments 1

1 proposes alternative wording.

  1. 199 Alternative Emil RadevEPP · JURI “Competent authorities for the voluntary registration of data intermediation services providers and data altruism organisations”

    Competent authorities for the voluntary registration of data intermediation services providers and data altruism organisations

    Tabled by
    Emil Radev
    Group
    EPP
    Targets
    Data Act Article 32b
    Document
    JURI amendments 69–296 to the draft opinion
    Printed header
    Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 / Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 / Article 32 b – title

Paragraph 1

Added by the Council on 2 October

Parliament amendments 2

2 propose alternative wording.

  1. 278 Alternative Virginie JoronPfE · IMCO “and which have direct access to the register referred to in Article 32a”

    (1) Each Member State shall designate one or more competent authorities responsible for the application and enforcement of this Chapter in accordance with Article 37(1), and which have direct access to the register referred to in Article 32a.

    Tabled by
    Virginie Joron
    Group
    PfE
    Targets
    Data Act Article 32b(1)
    Document
    IMCO amendments 125–328 to the draft opinion
    Printed header
    Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 / Regulation 2023/2854 / Article 32 b
  2. 723 Alternative Julie Rechagneux +7ECR, PfE · ITRE–LIBE “and having direct access to the register referred to in Article 32a”

    (1) Each Member State shall designate one or more competent authorities responsible for the application and enforcement of this Chapter in accordance with Article 37(1), and having direct access to the register referred to in Article 32a.

    Tabled by
    Julie Rechagneux, Mélanie Disdier, Aleksandar Nikolic, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Alexandre Varaut, Fabrice Leggeri, Marion Maréchal, Christophe Bay
    Group
    ECR, PfE
    Targets
    Data Act Article 32b(1)
    Document
    ITRE–LIBE amendments 527–776 to the draft report
    Printed header
    Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 / Regulation 2023/2854 / Article 32b – paragraph 1

Paragraph 2

Added by the Council on 2 October