Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 — Article 32z

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Article 32z

Competent bodies

1.

For the purpose of carrying out the tasks referred to in this Article, each Member State shall designate one or more competent bodies in accordance with Article 37(1), 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 new 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.
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. Where they grant or refuse access for re-use, those competent bodies shall be subject to Articles 32k, 32w, 32x, 32y and 32ab.
3.

The competent bodies shall have adequate legal, financial, technical and human resources to carry out the tasks assigned to them, including the necessary technical knowledge to be able to comply with relevant Union or national law concerning the access regimes for the categories of protected data referred to in in Article 2(54).
4.
The assistance referred to in paragraph 1 shall include, where necessary:
1. (a)
  
  providing technical support by making available a secure processing environment for providing access for the re-use of data or documents;
2. (b)
  
  providing guidance and technical support on how to best structure and store data to make that those data or documents easily accessible;
3. (c)
  
  providing technical support for anonymization, pseudonymisation and state-of- the-art privacy-preserving methods. not limited to personal data, but also to commercially confidential information, including trade secrets or content protected by intellectual property rights;
4. (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;
5. (e)
  
  providing public sector bodies with assistance in assessing the adequacy of contractual commitments made by a re-user pursuant to Article 32x(2).

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Article 32z

Commission proposal

Article 32z Competent bodies (1) For the purpose of carrying out the tasks referred to in this Article, each Member State shall designate one or more competent bodies in accordance with Article 37(1), 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 new 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. (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. Where they grant or refuse access for re-use, those competent bodies shall be subject to Articles 32k, 32w, 32x, 32y and 32ab. (3) The competent bodies shall have adequate legal, financial, technical and human resources to carry out the tasks assigned to them, including the necessary technical knowledge to be able to comply with relevant Union or national law concerning the access regimes for the categories of protected data referred to in in Article 2(54). (4) The assistance referred to in paragraph 1 shall include, where necessary: (a) providing technical support by making available a secure processing environment for providing access for the re-use of data or documents; (b) providing guidance and technical support on how to best structure and store data to make that those data or documents easily accessible; (c) providing technical support for anonymization, pseudonymisation and state-of-the-art privacy-preserving methods. not limited to personal data, but also to commercially confidential information, including trade secrets or content protected by intellectual property rights; (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; (e) providing public sector bodies with assistance in assessing the adequacy of contractual commitments made by a re-user pursuant to Article 32x(2).

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Article in June Presidency compromise · 10 June Council text

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Article 32z

Competent bodies

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 new 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.
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.
3.
The assistance referred to in paragraph 1 shall include, where necessary:
1. (a)
  
  providing technical support by making available a secure processing environment for providing access for the re-use of data or documents;
2. (b)
  
  providing guidance and technical support on how to best structure and store data to make that those data or documents easily accessible;
3. (c)
  
  providing technical support for anonymization, pseudonymisation and state-ofthe-art privacy-preserving methods, and the commercially confidential information, including trade secrets or content protected by intellectual property rights;
4. (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;
5. (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

June Presidency compromise · 10 June

Council wording reconstructed for this provision from the official operation

Article 32z Competent bodies

(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 new 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.

(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. (3) The assistance referred to in paragraph 1 shall include, where necessary:

(a)

providing technical support by making available a secure processing environment for providing access for the re-use of data or documents;

(b)

providing guidance and technical support on how to best structure and store data to make that those data or documents easily accessible; (c) providing technical support for anonymization, pseudonymisation and state-ofthe-art privacy-preserving methods, and the commercially confidential information, including trade secrets or content protected by intellectual property rights;

(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;

(e)

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

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Article in June Presidency compromise · 18 June Council text

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Article 32z

Competent bodies

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 new 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.
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.
3.
The assistance referred to in paragraph 1 shall include, where necessary:
1. (a)
  
  providing technical support by making available a secure processing environment for providing access for the re-use of data or documents;
2. (b)
  
  providing guidance and technical support on how to best structure and store protected data to make those data or documents easily accessible;
3. (c)
  
  providing technical support for anonymization, pseudonymisation and state-ofthe-art privacy-preserving methods, and the commercially confidential information, including trade secrets or content protected by intellectual property rights;
4. (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;
5. (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

June Presidency compromise · 18 June

Council wording reconstructed for this provision from the official operation

Article 32z Competent bodies

(1)

(2)

(a)

providing technical support by making available a secure processing environment for providing access for the re-use of data or documents;

(b)

providing guidance and technical support on how to best structure and store protected data to make those data or documents easily accessible; (c) providing technical support for anonymization, pseudonymisation and state-ofthe-art privacy-preserving methods, and the commercially confidential information, including trade secrets or content protected by intellectual property rights;

(d)

(e)

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

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Article 32z

Competent bodies

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.
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.
3.
The assistance referred to in paragraph 1 shall include, where necessary:
1. (a)
  
  providing technical support by making available a secure processing environment for providing access for the re-use of certain categories of protected data;
2. (b)
  
  providing guidance and technical support on how to best structure and store certain categories of protected data to make those data easily accessible;
3. (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;
4. (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;
5. (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

September Presidency compromise

Council wording reconstructed for this provision from the official operation

Article 32z Competent bodies (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. (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. (3) The assistance referred to in paragraph 1 shall include, where necessary: (a) providing technical support by making available a secure processing environment for providing access for the re-use of certain categories of protected data; (b) providing guidance and technical support on how to best structure and store certain categories of protected data to make those data easily accessible; (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; (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; (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 3 Council drafts

Article 32z

10 June 2026 · June Presidency compromise · 10 June

Council wording reconstructed for this provision from the official operation

Article 32z Competent bodies

(1)

(2)

(a)

providing technical support by making available a secure processing environment for providing access for the re-use of data or documents;

(b)

(d)

(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

18 June 2026 · June Presidency compromise · 18 June

Council wording reconstructed for this provision from the official operation

Article 32z Competent bodies

(1)

(2)

(a)

providing technical support by making available a secure processing environment for providing access for the re-use of data or documents;

(b)

(d)

(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

3 September 2026 · September Presidency compromise

Council wording reconstructed for this provision from the official operation

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(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;'

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Article 32z

Competent bodies

1.

For the purpose of carrying out the tasks referred to in this Article, each Member State shall designate one or more competent bodies in accordance with Article 37(1), 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 new 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.
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. Where they grant or refuse access for re-use, those competent bodies shall be subject to Articles 32k, 32w, 32x, 32y and 32ab.
3.

The competent bodies shall have adequate legal, financial, technical and human resources to carry out the tasks assigned to them, including the necessary technical knowledge to be able to comply with relevant Union or national law concerning the access regimes for the categories of protected data referred to in in Article 2(54).
4.
The assistance referred to in paragraph 1 shall include, where necessary:
1. (a)
  
  providing technical support by making available a secure processing environment for providing access for the re-use of data or documents;
2. (b)
  
  providing guidance and technical support on how to best structure and store data to make that those data or documents easily accessible;
3. (c)
  
  providing technical support for anonymization, pseudonymisation and state-of- the-art privacy-preserving methods. not limited to personal data, but also to commercially confidential information, including trade secrets or content protected by intellectual property rights;
4. (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;
5. (e)
  
  providing public sector bodies with assistance in assessing the adequacy of contractual commitments made by a re-user pursuant to Article 32x(2).
6. (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;'

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Article 32z

European Commission proposal → Council Presidency text · ST 10426/26

Changes in context

Article 32z Competent bodies (1) For the purpose of carrying out the tasks referred to in this Article, each Member State shall designate one or more competent bodies ~~in accordance with Article 37(1)~~, 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 new 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. (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. ~~Where they grant or refuse access for re-use, those competent bodies shall be subject to Articles 32k, 32w, 32x, 32y and 32ab.~~ (3) The competent bodies shall have adequate legal, financial, technical and human resources to carry out the tasks assigned to them, including the necessary technical knowledge to be able to comply with relevant Union or national law concerning the access regimes for the categories of protected data referred to in in Article 2(54). (4) The assistance referred to in paragraph 1 shall include, where necessary: (a) providing technical support by making available a secure processing environment for providing access for the re-use of data or documents; (b) providing guidance and technical support on how to best structure and store data to make that those data or documents easily accessible; (c) providing technical support for anonymization, pseudonymisation and ~~state-of-the-art~~state-ofthe-art privacy-preserving methods~~. not limited to personal data~~, ~~but~~and ~~also to~~the commercially confidential information, including trade secrets or content protected by intellectual property rights; (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; (e) providing public sector bodies with assistance in assessing the adequacy of contractual commitments made by a re-user pursuant to Article 32x(2).

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European Commission proposal

Council Presidency text · ST 10426/26

Article 32z Competent bodies (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 new 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. (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. (3) The assistance referred to in paragraph 1 shall include, where necessary: (a) providing technical support by making available a secure processing environment for providing access for the re-use of data or documents; (b) providing guidance and technical support on how to best structure and store data to make that those data or documents easily accessible; (c) providing technical support for anonymization, pseudonymisation and state-ofthe-art privacy-preserving methods, and the commercially confidential information, including trade secrets or content protected by intellectual property rights; (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; (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

Council Presidency text · ST 10426/26 → Council Presidency text · ST 10677/26

Changes in context

Article 32z Competent bodies (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 new 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. (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. (3) The assistance referred to in paragraph 1 shall include, where necessary: (a) providing technical support by making available a secure processing environment for providing access for the re-use of data or documents; (b) providing guidance and technical support on how to best structure and store protected data to make ~~that~~ those data or documents easily accessible; (c) providing technical support for anonymization, pseudonymisation and state-ofthe-art privacy-preserving methods, and the commercially confidential information, including trade secrets or content protected by intellectual property rights; (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; (e) providing public sector bodies with assistance in assessing the adequacy of contractual commitments made by a re-user pursuant to Article 32x(2).

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Council Presidency text · ST 10426/26

Article 32z Competent bodies (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 new 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. (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. (3) The assistance referred to in paragraph 1 shall include, where necessary: (a) providing technical support by making available a secure processing environment for providing access for the re-use of data or documents; (b) providing guidance and technical support on how to best structure and store data to make that those data or documents easily accessible; (c) providing technical support for anonymization, pseudonymisation and state-ofthe-art privacy-preserving methods, and the commercially confidential information, including trade secrets or content protected by intellectual property rights; (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; (e) providing public sector bodies with assistance in assessing the adequacy of contractual commitments made by a re-user pursuant to Article 32x(2).

Council Presidency text · ST 10677/26

Article 32z Competent bodies (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 new 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. (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. (3) The assistance referred to in paragraph 1 shall include, where necessary: (a) providing technical support by making available a secure processing environment for providing access for the re-use of data or documents; (b) providing guidance and technical support on how to best structure and store protected data to make those data or documents easily accessible; (c) providing technical support for anonymization, pseudonymisation and state-ofthe-art privacy-preserving methods, and the commercially confidential information, including trade secrets or content protected by intellectual property rights; (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; (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

Council Presidency text · ST 10677/26 → Council Presidency text · ST 12535/26

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Article 32z Competent bodies (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 ~~new~~ 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. (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. (3) The assistance referred to in paragraph 1 shall include, where necessary: (a) providing technical support by making available a secure processing environment for providing access for the re-use of certain categories of protected data ~~or documents~~; (b) providing guidance and technical support on how to best structure and store certain categories of protected data to make those data ~~or documents~~ easily accessible; (c) providing technical support for anonymization, pseudonymisation and ~~state-ofthe-art~~state-of-the-art privacy-preserving methods, and the commercially confidential information, including trade secrets or content protected by intellectual property rights; (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; (e) providing public sector bodies with assistance in assessing the adequacy of contractual commitments made by a re-user pursuant to Article 32x(2).

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Council Presidency text · ST 10677/26

Article 32z Competent bodies (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 new 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. (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. (3) The assistance referred to in paragraph 1 shall include, where necessary: (a) providing technical support by making available a secure processing environment for providing access for the re-use of data or documents; (b) providing guidance and technical support on how to best structure and store protected data to make those data or documents easily accessible; (c) providing technical support for anonymization, pseudonymisation and state-ofthe-art privacy-preserving methods, and the commercially confidential information, including trade secrets or content protected by intellectual property rights; (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; (e) providing public sector bodies with assistance in assessing the adequacy of contractual commitments made by a re-user pursuant to Article 32x(2).