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Data Act

Sets rules on who can access and use data generated by connected products and related services, on business-to-government data sharing in exceptional need, and on switching between cloud and data processing services.

Where it stands

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Product and service design obligations for data access (Article 3(1)) apply to products placed on the market after this dateSep 122 weeks ago

Body
European Parliament and Council
Session
9th parliamentary term
Introduced
Feb 23, 2022
In effect since
Jan 11, 20242 years ago
DataPlatforms
Official page Source: EUR-Lex On Regulations: EU Data Act

Timeline

  1. Sep 12, 2027 in 11 months

    Further partial application scheduled under Article 50, extending the unfair contractual terms rules to certain long-term contracts concluded before 12 September 2025

  2. Sep 12 2 weeks ago

    Product and service design obligations for data access (Article 3(1)) apply to products placed on the market after this date

  3. Sep 12, 2025 1 year ago

    Regulation applies

  4. Jan 11, 2024 2 years ago

    Enters into force

  5. Dec 22, 2023 2 years ago

    Published in the Official Journal

  6. Dec 13, 2023 2 years ago

    Final act signed

  7. Nov 27, 2023 2 years ago

    Council adopts the act

  8. Nov 9, 2023 2 years ago

    Parliament approves the final text, 1st reading

  9. Jul 19, 2023 3 years ago

    ITRE committee approves the text agreed in trilogue

  10. Mar 14, 2023 3 years ago

    Parliament adopts its first reading position (partial vote), opening negotiations

  11. Feb 9, 2023 3 years ago

    ITRE committee vote, 1st reading

  12. Feb 23, 2022 4 years ago

    Commission proposal COM(2022) 68 published, procedure 2022/0047(COD)