ESBG submitted its position to the European Commission on the proposed Data Act on 12 May. ESBG welcomed the Commission’s data strategy and its commitment to create a single market for data that will constitute a potential source of growth and innovation.
We believe that a European approach to data is essential to ensure competitiveness, avoid fragmentation of national regulations, and benefit from a scale effect. Moreover, ESBG members stressed that the horizontal regulatory approach is crucial to establish the key rules and principles for all sectors as, in our view, an open data economy should be multilateral and cross-sectoral.
The European Commission published its proposal for the Data Act in February and opened this call for feedback in March. The proposal clarifies who can use, access, and share data generated in the EU across all economic sectors, and on what terms. The Data Act aims to provide a harmonised framework for data sharing, conditions for access by public bodies, international data transfers, cloud switching, and interoperability.
The Data Act is based on the results of an open public consultation that the European Commission carried out in 2021, to which ESBG responded in September. It is the second main legislative initiative directly related to data, following the recent adoption of the Data Governance Act, which aimed to increase trust and facilitate data sharing across the EU and between sectors.
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