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Texts to 22 Oct 2026

Data Act· Article 32z

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

Competent bodies

Source Council, 22 October 2026. Article 32z: ST 14756/26, page 117 · Article 32z · pp. 117–118 · exact text page

Article 32z

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

Article 32z, heading

Competent bodies

Article 32z(1)

(1)

For the purpose of carrying out the tasks referred to in this Article, each Member State shall designate one or more competent bodies, which may be competent for particular sectors, but that collectively need to cover all sectors, to assist the public sector bodies which grant or refuse access for the re-use of certain categories of protected data. Member States may either establish one or more competent bodies or rely on existing public sector bodies or on internal services of public sector bodies that fulfil the conditions laid down in this Section.

Article 32z(2)

(2)

The competent bodies may be empowered to grant access for the re-use of certain categories of protected data pursuant to Union or national law which provides for such access to be granted.

Article 32z(3)

(3)

The assistance referred to in paragraph 1 shall include, where necessary:

Article 32z(3)(a)

(a)

providing technical support by making available a secure processing environment for providing access for the re-use of certain categories of protected data;

Article 32z(3)(b)

(b)

providing guidance and technical support on how to best structure and store certain categories of protected data to make those data easily accessible;

Article 32z(3)(c)

(c)

providing technical support for anonymization, pseudonymisation and state-of-the-art privacy-preserving methods, and the commercially confidential information, including trade secrets or content protected by intellectual property rights;

Article 32z(3)(d)

(d)

assisting the public sector bodies, where relevant, to provide support to re-users in requesting consent for re-use from data subjects or permission from data holders in line with their specific decisions, including on the jurisdiction in which the data processing is intended to take place and assisting the public sector bodies in establishing technical mechanisms that allow the transmission of requests for consent or permission from re-users, where practically feasible;

Article 32z(3)(e)

(e)

providing public sector bodies with assistance in assessing the adequacy of contractual commitments made by a re-user pursuant to Article 32x(2).

Article 32z in the whole Data Act

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Element Commission19 Nov 2025Art 32z Council10 Jun 2026Art 32z Council18 Jun 2026Art 32z Council3 Sep 2026Art 32z Council2 Oct 2026Art 32z Council22 Oct 2026Art 32z
Compared withlaw in forcethe proposal10 Jun text18 Jun text3 Sep text2 Oct text
Designation of competent bodies
32z(1) Adds Added
32z(1) Adds, changed since the proposal Changed
32z(1) Adds Unchanged
32z(1) Adds, changed since 18 Jun Changed
32z(1) Adds Unchanged
32z(1) Adds Unchanged
Power to grant access for re-use
32z(2) Adds Added
32z(2) Adds, changed since the proposal Changed
32z(2) Adds Unchanged
32z(2) Adds Unchanged
32z(2) Adds Unchanged
32z(2) Adds Unchanged
Resources of competent bodies
32z(3) Adds Added
Not in the law in force or this text, dropped since the proposal Dropped
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
Assistance to public sector bodies
32z(4) Adds Added
32z(3) Adds, changed since the proposal Changed
32z(3) Adds, changed since 10 Jun Changed
32z(3) Adds, changed since 18 Jun Changed
32z(3) Adds Unchanged
32z(3) Adds Unchanged

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~Changed wording changed−Dropped drops a provision the text before added=Unchanged same as the text before— in neither text

Parliament amendments

1 amendment to this article

1 would add wording.

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TypeECRPfE
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  • + Addition ECR 1 PfE 1
  1. 864 Addition Julie Rechagneux +7ECR, PfE · ITRE–LIBE “providing technical support for anonymisation, pseudonymisation and state-of-the-art privacy-preserving methods, including encryption and secure…”

    (ea) In Article 32z, paragraph 4, the following point is added

    (ea)providing technical support for anonymisation, pseudonymisation and state-of-the-art privacy-preserving methods, including encryption and secure processing environments, not limited to personal data but also extending to commercially confidential information, with particular attention to the residual risk of re-identification taking into account the means reasonably likely to be used;'

    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 32z – paragraph 4 – point ea (new)
    Document
    ITRE–LIBE amendments 777–1052 to the draft report
    Printed header
    Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 / Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 / Article 32z – paragraph 4 – point ea (new)