The European Commission has proposed substantial amendments to Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 – better known as the “Data Act” – as part of its Digital Omnibus legislative package. For now, the EU Council’s consolidated compromise text, which remains subject to further negotiation and may yet change in the course of the legislative process, touches on some of the most commercially sensitive areas of the Data Act: data sharing between private parties and with public authorities, cloud switching, and the re-use of public sector data. That said, on several points where businesses and stakeholders had called for amendments, or at least clarification, the Digital Omnibus leaves the Data Act’s underlying uncertainties unaddressed.
EU Digital Omnibus Package Proposes Amendments to Data Act
