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Data Act· Article 32s

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

Practical arrangements

Source Council, 22 October 2026. Article 32s: ST 14756/26, page 107 · exact text page

Article 32s

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

Article 32s, heading

Practical arrangements

Article 32s(1)

(1)

Member States shall make practical arrangements facilitating the search for data or documents available for re-use, such as asset lists of main data or documents with relevant metadata, accessible where possible and appropriate online and in machine-readable format, and on data portals that are linked to the asset lists. Where possible, Member States shall facilitate the cross-linguistic search for data or documents, in particular by enabling metadata aggregation at Union level.

Member States shall also encourage public sector bodies to make practical arrangements facilitating the preservation of data and documents available for re-use.

Article 32s(2)

(2)

Member States shall, in cooperation with the Commission, ensure simple access to datasets, in particular by providing a single point of access and by progressively making available suitable datasets held by public sector bodies with regard to the data or documents to which this Section applies, as well as to data and documents held by Union institutions, in formats that are accessible, readily findable and re-usable by electronic means.

Article 32s 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 32s in this text
  2. 10 Jun 2026 Council textST 10426/26 Changed Changes the article. Article 32s in this text
  3. 18 Jun 2026 Council textST 10677/26 Unchanged Same as the text before. Article 32s 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 Changed Changes the article. Article 32s in this text
  6. 2 Oct 2026 Council textST 13886/26 Changed Adds paragraphs 1 and 2 and changes the article. Article 32s in this text
  7. 22 Oct 2026 Council textST 14756/26 Unchanged Same as the text before. Article 32s in this text

Article 32s: Text of the article

Added by the Commission · changed by the Council on 10 June · changed on 3 September · changed on 2 October

Parliament amendments 1

1 would add wording.

  1. 313 Addition Virginie JoronPfE · IMCO “A Member State may restrict the dissemination or re-use of certain research data where the applicable context does not offer adequate guarantees…” numbered 1a

    1a.A Member State may restrict the dissemination or re-use of certain research data where the applicable context does not offer adequate guarantees against the unauthorised transfer of knowledge, the infringement of intellectual property rights or the exposure of data to the extraterritorial application of third-country legislation liable to have a detrimental effect on the security or economic security of the Union or a Member State.

    Tabled by
    Virginie Joron
    Group
    PfE
    Targets
    Data Act Article 32s
    Document
    IMCO amendments 125–328 to the draft opinion
    Printed header
    Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 / Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 / Article 32 s

Paragraph 1

Added by the Council on 2 October

Paragraph 2

Added by the Council on 2 October