Data Act
Table of Contents
Chapter I – GENERAL PROVISIONS
Chapter II – BUSINESS TO CONSUMER AND BUSINESS TO BUSINESS DATA SHARING
Chapter III – OBLIGATIONS FOR DATA HOLDERS OBLIGED TO MAKE DATA AVAILABLE PURSUANT TO UNION LAW
Chapter IV – UNFAIR CONTRACTUAL TERMS RELATED TO DATA ACCESS AND USE BETWEEN ENTERPRISES
Chapter V – MAKING DATA AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC SECTOR BODIES, THE COMMISSION, THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK AND UNION BODIES ON THE BASIS OF AN EXCEPTIONAL NEED
Chapter VI – SWITCHING BETWEEN DATA PROCESSING SERVICES
Chapter VII – UNLAWFUL INTERNATIONAL GOVERNMENTAL ACCESS AND TRANSFER OF NON-PERSONAL DATA
Chapter VIII – INTEROPERABILITY
Chapter IX – IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT
Chapter X – SUI GENERIS RIGHT UNDER DIRECTIVE 96/9/EC
Chapter XI – FINAL PROVISIONS
Recitals (119)
Chapter XI – FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 50
Entry into force and application
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 12 September 2025.
The obligation resulting from Article 3(1) shall apply to connected products and the services related to them placed on the market after 12 September 2026.
Chapter III shall apply in relation to obligations to make data available under Union law or national legislation adopted in accordance with Union law, which enters into force after 12 September 2025.
Chapter IV shall apply to contracts concluded after 12 September 2025.
Chapter IV shall apply from 12 September 2027 to contracts concluded on or before 12 September 2025 provided that they are:
(a) of indefinite duration; or
(b) due to expire at least 10 years from 11 January 2024.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Strasbourg, 13 December 2023.