Data Governance Act

The Data Governance Act (DGA) is a regulation by the European Union that aims to create a framework which will facilitate data-sharing.^[1][2] The proposal was first announced within the 2020 European strategy for data and was officially presented by Margrethe Vestager in 25 November 2020.^[3] The DGA covers the data of public bodies, private companies, and citizens. Its main aims are to safely enable the sharing of sensitive data held by public bodies, to regulate data sharing by private actors.^{[4][failed verification]}

Regulation (EU) 2022/868

European Union regulation
Text with EEA relevance
Title	Regulation (EU) 2022/868 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2022 on European data governance and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 (Data Governance Act)
Made by	European Parliament and Council of the European Union
Made under	Article 114 of the TFEU
Journal reference	L 152, 3 June 2022, p. 1–44
History
Entry into force	23 June 2022
Applies from	24 September 2023
Preparative texts
Commission proposal	COM/2020/767 final - 2020/0340/COD
Current legislation

On 30 November 2021, the EU Parliament and Council reached an agreement on the wording of the DGA.^[5] Following its adoption, it was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 3 June 2022.^[6]

The proposed legislation has been analyzed by independent parties.^[7][8][9]

See also

• Data Act (European Union)
• General Data Protection Regulation

External links

• Official version of the Data Governance Act on EUR-lex
• Procedure 2020/0340/COD on EUR-Lex
• Procedure 2020/0340(COD) on ŒIL

References

1. European Commission (25 November 2020). Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European data governance (Data Governance Act) — COM/2020/767 final. Brussels, Belgium: European Commission. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021. Document 52020PC0767.
2. Stolton, Samuel (26 November 2020). "New EU data brokers won't have to be European, Commission says". www.euractiv.com. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
3. "Margrethe Vestager explains the EU's position in the global battle for data". euronews. 7 May 2021. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
4. "Press corner". European Commission - European Commission. Archived from the original on 27 December 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
5. Bertuzzi, Luca (1 December 2021). "Data governance: new EU law for data-sharing adopted". www.euractiv.com. Archived from the original on 3 February 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
6. "Regulation - 2022/868 - EN - EUR-Lex". eur-lex.europa.eu. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
7. Baloup, Julie; Bayamlıoğlu, Emre; Benmayor, Aliki; Ducuing, Charlotte; Dutkiewicz, Lidia; Lalova, Teodora; Miadzvetskaya, Yuliya; Peeters, Bert (23 June 2021). White Paper on the Data Governance Act. Leuven, Belgium: KU Leuven Centre for IT and IP Law (imec). SSRN 3872703. Archived from the original on 13 July 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
8. Streinz, Thomas (14 October 2021). "Chapter 0: The evolution of European data law". In Craig, Paul; de Búrca, Gráinne (eds.). The evolution of EU law (3rd ed.). Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-019284656-3. Paperback edition. Publication date provisional.
9. van Eechoud, Mireille (1 April 2021). "A serpent eating its tail: the Database Directive meets the Open Data Directive" (PDF). International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law. 52 (4): 375–378. doi:10.1007/s40319-021-01049-7. ISSN 2195-0237. S2CID 234823202. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2022. An editorial.