Article 9

4b.Article 9 is amended as follows:

paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

‘Any compensation agreed upon between a data holder and a data recipient for making data available in business-to-business relations shall be non-discriminatory and not exceed the cost incurred listed in paragraph 2 and publicly available prices for comparable data.’;

paragraph 2 point (b) is deleted;

paragraph 5 is replaced by the following:

‘The European Data Innovation Board shall adopt guidelines on the calculation of reasonable compensation.’;

the following paragraph 6a is added:

'Where a competent authority identifies discrepancies in pricing between comparable data categories or systematic prohibitive pricing, it may set price ceilings for such cases. Competent authorities shall offer direct channels for data recipients to bring such cases to their attention’.