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Data Act · Regulation (EU) 2023/2854

Article 32i

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Article 32i

Subject matter and scope

  1. 1.

    This Chapter establishes a set of rules governing the re-use and the practical arrangements for facilitating the re-use of the following:

    1. (a)

      existing data and documents held by public sector bodies of the Member States, including certain categories of protected data;

    2. (b)

      existing data and documents held by public undertakings that are:

      1. (i)

        active in the areas referred to in Chapter II of Directive 2014/25/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council;

      2. (ii)

        acting as public service operators pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

      3. (iii)

        acting as air carriers fulfilling public service obligations pursuant to Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council; or

      4. (iv)

        acting as Community shipowners fulfilling public service obligations pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3577/92 ;

    3. (c)

      research data pursuant to the conditions set out in Article 32t.

  2. 2.

    This Chapter does not apply to the following:

    1. (a)

      data and documents the supply of which is an activity falling outside the scope of the public task of the public sector bodies concerned as defined by law or by other binding rules in the Member State, or, in the absence of such rules, as defined in accordance with common administrative practice in the Member State in question, provided that the scope of the public tasks is transparent and subject to review;

    2. (b)

      data and documents held by public undertakings and:

      1. (i)

        produced outside the scope of the provision of services in the general interest as defined by law or other binding rules in the Member State;

      2. (ii)

        related to activities directly exposed to competition and therefore, pursuant to Article 34 of Directive 2014/25/EU, not subject to procurement rules;

    3. (c)

      data and documents, such as sensitive data, which are excluded from access by virtue of the access regimes in the Member State on grounds of the protection of national security (namely, State security), defence, or public security;

    4. (d)

      data and documents held by public service broadcasters and their subsidiaries, and by other bodies or their subsidiaries for the fulfilment of a public service broadcasting remit.

  3. 3.

    Section 2 of this Chapter does not apply to:

    1. (a)

      data or documents, such as sensitive data or documents, which are excluded from access by virtue of the access regimes in the Member State, including on grounds of:

      1. (i)

        statistical confidentiality;

      2. (ii)

        commercial confidentiality (including business, professional or company secrets);

    2. (b)

      data or documents access to which is restricted by virtue of the access regimes in the Member States,

      1. (i)

        including cases whereby citizens or legal entities have to prove a particular interest to obtain access to documents;

      2. (ii)

        on grounds of protection of personal data, and parts of data or documents accessible by virtue of those regimes which contain personal data the re- use of which has been defined by law as being incompatible with the law concerning the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data or as undermining the protection of privacy and the integrity of the individual, in particular in accordance with Union or national law regarding the protection of personal data; logos, crests and insignia;

    3. (c)

      data or documents for which third parties hold intellectual property rights;

    4. (d)

      data or documents held by cultural establishments other than libraries, including university libraries, museums and archives;

    5. (e)

      data or documents held by educational establishments of secondary level and below, and, in the case of all other educational establishments, data other than those referred to in paragraph 1, point (c);

    6. (f)

      data or documents other than those referred to in paragraph 1, point (c), held by research performing organisations and research funding organisations, including organisations established for the transfer of research results;

    7. (g)

      Data or documents access to which is excluded or restricted on grounds of critical entity or critical infrastructure protection related information as defined in points (1) and (4) of Article 2 of Directive (EU) 2022/2557.

  4. 4.

    Section 3 of this Chapter does not apply to:

    1. (a)

      data and documents that are not certain categories of protected data;

    2. (b)

      data or documents held by public undertakings;

    3. (c)

      data or documents held by cultural establishments and educational establishments;

    4. (d)

      data and documents covered by Section 2 of this Chapter.

  5. 5.

    This Chapter builds on, and is without prejudice to, Union and national access regimes, in particular with regard to the granting of access to and disclosure of official documents.

  6. 6.

    The obligations imposed in accordance with this Chapter shall apply only insofar as they are compatible with the provisions of international agreements on the protection of intellectual property rights, in particular the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (Berne Convention), the Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement and the World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty (WCT).

  7. 7.

    The right for the maker of a database provided for in Article 7(1) of Directive 96/9/EC shall not be exercised by public sector bodies in order to prevent the re-use of data and documents or to restrict re-use beyond the limits set by this Chapter.

  8. 8.

    This Chapter governs the re-use of existing data and documents held by public sector bodies and public undertakings of the Member States, including data and documents to which Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council applies.

  9. 9.

    This Chapter is without prejudice to Union and national law and international agreements to which the Union or Member States are party on the protection of categories of data or documents referred to in Article 2(54).

Commission source wording and instructions

Article 32i

Commission proposal

Article 32i Subject matter and scope (1) This Chapter establishes a set of rules governing the re-use and the practical arrangements for facilitating the re-use of the following: (a) existing data and documents held by public sector bodies of the Member States, including certain categories of protected data; (b) existing data and documents held by public undertakings that are: (i) active in the areas referred to in Chapter II of Directive 2014/25/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council; (ii) acting as public service operators pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council; (iii) acting as air carriers fulfilling public service obligations pursuant to Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council; or (iv) acting as Community shipowners fulfilling public service obligations pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3577/92 ; (c) research data pursuant to the conditions set out in Article 32t. (2) This Chapter does not apply to the following: (a) data and documents the supply of which is an activity falling outside the scope of the public task of the public sector bodies concerned as defined by law or by other binding rules in the Member State, or, in the absence of such rules, as defined in accordance with common administrative practice in the Member State in question, provided that the scope of the public tasks is transparent and subject to review; (b) data and documents held by public undertakings and: (i) produced outside the scope of the provision of services in the general interest as defined by law or other binding rules in the Member State; (ii) related to activities directly exposed to competition and therefore, pursuant to Article 34 of Directive 2014/25/EU, not subject to procurement rules; (c) data and documents, such as sensitive data, which are excluded from access by virtue of the access regimes in the Member State on grounds of the protection of national security (namely, State security), defence, or public security; (d) data and documents held by public service broadcasters and their subsidiaries, and by other bodies or their subsidiaries for the fulfilment of a public service broadcasting remit. (3) Section 2 of this Chapter does not apply to: (a) data or documents, such as sensitive data or documents, which are excluded from access by virtue of the access regimes in the Member State, including on grounds of: (i) statistical confidentiality; (ii) commercial confidentiality (including business, professional or company secrets); (b) data or documents access to which is restricted by virtue of the access regimes in the Member States, (i) including cases whereby citizens or legal entities have to prove a particular interest to obtain access to documents; (ii) on grounds of protection of personal data, and parts of data or documents accessible by virtue of those regimes which contain personal data the re-use of which has been defined by law as being incompatible with the law concerning the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data or as undermining the protection of privacy and the integrity of the individual, in particular in accordance with Union or national law regarding the protection of personal data; logos, crests and insignia; (c) data or documents for which third parties hold intellectual property rights; (d) data or documents held by cultural establishments other than libraries, including university libraries, museums and archives; (e) data or documents held by educational establishments of secondary level and below, and, in the case of all other educational establishments, data other than those referred to in paragraph 1, point (c); (f) data or documents other than those referred to in paragraph 1, point (c), held by research performing organisations and research funding organisations, including organisations established for the transfer of research results; (g) Data or documents access to which is excluded or restricted on grounds of critical entity or critical infrastructure protection related information as defined in points (1) and (4) of Article 2 of Directive (EU) 2022/2557. (4) Section 3 of this Chapter does not apply to: (a) data and documents that are not certain categories of protected data; (b) data or documents held by public undertakings; (c) data or documents held by cultural establishments and educational establishments; (d) data and documents covered by Section 2 of this Chapter. (5) This Chapter builds on, and is without prejudice to, Union and national access regimes, in particular with regard to the granting of access to and disclosure of official documents. (6) The obligations imposed in accordance with this Chapter shall apply only insofar as they are compatible with the provisions of international agreements on the protection of intellectual property rights, in particular the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (Berne Convention), the Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement and the World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty (WCT). (7) The right for the maker of a database provided for in Article 7(1) of Directive 96/9/EC shall not be exercised by public sector bodies in order to prevent the re-use of data and documents or to restrict re-use beyond the limits set by this Chapter. (8) This Chapter governs the re-use of existing data and documents held by public sector bodies and public undertakings of the Member States, including data and documents to which Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council applies. (9) This Chapter is without prejudice to Union and national law and international agreements to which the Union or Member States are party on the protection of categories of data or documents referred to in Article 2(54).

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Council Presidency texts

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Article 32i

June Presidency compromise · 10 June

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Article 32i Subject matter and scope

Competing proposals

European Parliament amendments

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Additional proposed wording Amendment 28 ITRE–LIBE draft report · Aura Salla and Marina Kaljurand (rapporteurs)
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Alternative wording Amendment 29 ITRE–LIBE draft report · Aura Salla and Marina Kaljurand (rapporteurs)
(5) This Chapter builds on, and is without prejudice to, Union and national access regimes, in particular with regard to the granting of access to and disclosure of official documents, or the re-use of data, and is without prejudice to the confidentiality obligations of public sector bodies under Union or national law.
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Alternative wording Amendment 56 JURI draft opinion · Brando Benifei (rapporteur)
(5) This Chapter buildsdoes not create any obligation on public sector bodies to allow the re-use of data or documents, andnor isdoes withoutit prejudicerelease to,public sector bodies from their confidentiality obligations under Union andor national access regimes, in particular with regard to the granting of access to and disclosure of official documentslaw.
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This amendment reintroduces the general horizontal principle currently contained in Article 1(2) DGA concerning the relationship between this Chapter, existing Union and national access regimes, and other legal obligations. It helps ensure legal certainty by clarifying that the Regulation does not alter existing rules governing access to documents, confidentiality obligations or applicable legal frameworks.

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Alternative wording Amendment 82 IMCO draft opinion · Alex Agius Saliba (rapporteur)
(5) This Chapter buildsdoes not create any obligation on public sector bodies to allow the re-use of data, andnor isdoes withoutit prejudicerelease to,public sector bodies from their confidentiality obligations under Union andor national access regimes, in particular with regard to the granting of access to and disclosure of official documentslaw.
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Inserts art. 1(2) of the DGA which provides a clearer drafting.

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Alternative wording Amendment 296 · Sophia Kircher IMCO
(c) research data pursuant to the conditions set out in Article 32t, including clinical research data generated through publicly funded research programmes, clinical trials, registries and other scientific research activities.
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Additional proposed wording Amendment 297 · Virginie Joron IMCO
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Additional proposed wording Amendment 298 · Virginie Joron IMCO
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Additional proposed wording Amendment 299 · Virginie Joron IMCO
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Additional proposed wording Amendment 300 · Virginie Joron IMCO
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Additional proposed wording Amendment 793 · Julie Rechagneux, Mélanie Disdier, Aleksandar Nikolic, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Alexandre Varaut, Fabrice Leggeri, Marion Maréchal, Christophe Bay ITRE · LIBE

(1a) In Article 32i, the following paragraph is inserted:

Public sector bodies allowing the re-use of data and documents under this Chapter shall apply appropriate technical and organisational measures to prevent the re-identification of pseudonymised data, personal data breaches, and any unlawful acquisition, use, disclosure or transfer of the data. Where the data are made available in pseudonymised or anonymised form, state-of-the-art privacy-preserving and privacy-enhancing techniques shall be applied to that effect. Data and documents relating to natural persons, or protected by trade secrets or by a legal obligation of confidentiality relating to legal persons, shall be made available for re-use only where they have been anonymised or, where anonymisation is not possible, subject to appropriate safeguards, including such techniques and binding conditions on the re-user preventing any re-identification or misuse.'

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Public sector bodies allowing the re-use of data must apply appropriate technical and organisational measures. The amendment requires reliance on state-of-the-art privacy-preserving techniques — anonymisation, pseudonymisation, aggregation, disclosure control, encryption, secure processing environments — proportionate to the nature of the data and the level of risk, so as to enable broad re-use while maintaining a high level of protection.

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Additional proposed wording Amendment 794 · Elena Sancho Murillo, Marina Kaljurand, Brando Benifei, José Cepeda, Lina Gálvez, Francisco Assis, Alex Agius Saliba ITRE · LIBE

(1a) In Article 32i, the following paragraph is inserted:

This Regulation does not create any obligation on public sector bodies to allow the re-use of data, nor does it release public sector bodies from their confidentiality obligations under Union or national law.'

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Additional proposed wording Amendment 795 · Michael McNamara, Irena Joveva, Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Christophe Grudler ITRE · LIBE
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Additional proposed wording Amendment 796 · Julie Rechagneux, Mélanie Disdier, Aleksandar Nikolic, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Alexandre Varaut, Fabrice Leggeri, Marion Maréchal, Christophe Bay ITRE · LIBE

(1b) In Article 32i, the following paragraph is inserted:

A public sector body that has allowed the re-use of data and documents in accordance with this Chapter, and that has applied the measures referred to in paragraph 11, shall not be held liable for any unlawful use, re-identification, disclosure or onward transfer of the data carried out by the re-user or by any third party to whom the re-user has made the data available. The re-user shall ensure that its re-use of the data, and any onward transfer of the data, complies with this Chapter and with Union and national law, including Regulation (EU) 2016/679. The re-user shall be liable for any misuse, unlawful re-identification or unauthorised transfer of the data carried out by it or by such third parties. This paragraph is without prejudice to the liability of the public sector body for a failure to comply with its own obligations under this Chapter.'

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Additional proposed wording Amendment 797 · Michael McNamara, Irena Joveva, Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Christophe Grudler ITRE · LIBE

(1b) In Article 32i, the following paragraph is inserted:

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Additional proposed wording Amendment 798 · Mary Khan ITRE · LIBE

(da) In Article 32i(2), the following subparagraph is added:

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Additional proposed wording Amendment 799 · Julie Rechagneux, Mélanie Disdier, Aleksandar Nikolic, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Alexandre Varaut, Fabrice Leggeri, Marion Maréchal, Christophe Bay ITRE · LIBE

(aa) In article 32i, paragraph 1, the following point is inserted

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Additional proposed wording Amendment 800 · Julie Rechagneux, Mélanie Disdier, Aleksandar Nikolic, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Alexandre Varaut, Fabrice Leggeri, Marion Maréchal, Christophe Bay ITRE · LIBE

(ga) In Article 32i, paragraph 3, the following point is added

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Additional proposed wording Amendment 801 · Elena Sancho Murillo, Marina Kaljurand, Brando Benifei, José Cepeda, Lina Gálvez, Francisco Assis, Alex Agius Saliba ITRE · LIBE

(9a) In Article 32i, the following paragraph is inserted:

This Chapter shall not create a legal basis or obligation for the processing, disclosure, access to, or re-use of personal data. Nothing in this Chapter shall be interpreted as limiting the rights of data subjects or the obligations of controllers and processors under Regulations (EU) 2016/679 and (EU) 2018/1725.'

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Additional proposed wording Amendment 802 · Elena Sancho Murillo, Marina Kaljurand, Brando Benifei, José Cepeda, Lina Gálvez, Francisco Assis, Alex Agius Saliba ITRE · LIBE

(9b) In Article 32i, the following paragraph is added:

In the case of mixed datasets, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 applies. Personal data shall not be made available for re-use unless a valid legal basis exists under that Regulation and appropriate safeguards are applied.'

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