--- title: "EU Data Act (Data Act)" url: "https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/data-act" type: "law-index" date: "" --- # EU Data Act (Data Act) _Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2023 on harmonised rules on fair access to and use of data and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/2394 and Directive (EU) 2020/1828 (Data Act)_ [Recitals (119)](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/data-act/recitals) - [Article 1](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/data-act/article-1): Subject matter and scope - [Article 2](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/data-act/article-2): Definitions - [Article 3](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/data-act/article-3): Obligation to make product data and related service data accessible to the user - [Article 4](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/data-act/article-4): The rights and obligations of users and data holders with regard to access, use and making available product data and related service data - [Article 5](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/data-act/article-5): Right of the user to share data with third parties - [Article 6](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/data-act/article-6): Obligations of third parties receiving data at the request of the user - [Article 7](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/data-act/article-7): Scope of business-to-consumer and business-to-business data sharing obligations - [Article 8](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/data-act/article-8): Conditions under which data holders make data available to data recipients - [Article 9](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/data-act/article-9): Compensation for making data available - [Article 10](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/data-act/article-10): Dispute settlement - [Article 11](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/data-act/article-11): Technical protection measures on the unauthorised use or disclosure of data - [Article 12](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/data-act/article-12): Scope of obligations for data holders obliged pursuant to Union law to make data available - [Article 13](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/data-act/article-13): Unfair contractual terms unilaterally imposed on another enterprise - [Article 14](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/data-act/article-14): Obligation to make data available on the basis of an exceptional need - [Article 15](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/data-act/article-15): Exceptional need to use data - [Article 16](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/data-act/article-16): Relationship with other obligations to make data available to public sector bodies, the Commission, the European Central Bank and Union bodies - [Article 17](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/data-act/article-17): Requests for data to be made available - [Article 18](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/data-act/article-18): Compliance with requests for data - [Article 19](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/data-act/article-19): Obligations of public sector bodies, the Commission, the European Central Bank and Union bodies - [Article 20](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/data-act/article-20): Compensation in cases of an exceptional need - [Article 21](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/data-act/article-21): Sharing of data obtained in the context of an exceptional need with research organisations or statistical bodies - [Article 22](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/data-act/article-22): Mutual assistance and cross-border cooperation - [Article 23](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/data-act/article-23): Removing obstacles to effective switching - [Article 24](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/data-act/article-24): Scope of the technical obligations - [Article 25](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/data-act/article-25): Contractual terms concerning switching - [Article 26](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/data-act/article-26): Information obligation of providers of data processing services - [Article 27](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/data-act/article-27): Obligation of good faith - [Article 28](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/data-act/article-28): Contractual transparency obligations on international access and transfer - [Article 29](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/data-act/article-29): Gradual withdrawal of switching charges - [Article 30](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/data-act/article-30): Technical aspects of switching - [Article 31](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/data-act/article-31): Specific regime for certain data processing services - [Article 32](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/data-act/article-32): International governmental access and transfer - [Article 33](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/data-act/article-33): Essential requirements regarding interoperability of data, of data sharing mechanisms and services, as well as of common European data spaces - [Article 34](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/data-act/article-34): Interoperability for the purposes of in-parallel use of data processing services - [Article 35](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/data-act/article-35): Interoperability of data processing services - [Article 36](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/data-act/article-36): Essential requirements regarding smart contracts for executing data sharing agreements - [Article 37](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/data-act/article-37): Competent authorities and data coordinators - [Article 38](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/data-act/article-38): Right to lodge a complaint - [Article 39](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/data-act/article-39): Right to an effective judicial remedy - [Article 40](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/data-act/article-40): Penalties - [Article 41](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/data-act/article-41): Model contractual terms and standard contractual clauses - [Article 42](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/data-act/article-42): Role of the EDIB - [Article 43](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/data-act/article-43): Databases containing certain data - [Article 44](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/data-act/article-44): Other Union legal acts governing rights and obligations on data access and use - [Article 45](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/data-act/article-45): Exercise of the delegation - [Article 46](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/data-act/article-46): Committee procedure - [Article 47](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/data-act/article-47): Amendment to Regulation (EU) 2017/2394 - [Article 48](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/data-act/article-48): Amendment to Directive (EU) 2020/1828 - [Article 49](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/data-act/article-49): Evaluation and review - [Article 50](https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/data-act/article-50): Entry into force and application Source text: EUR-Lex, Official Journal HTML (CELEX 32023R2854). 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