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European Union: Council adopts Data Governance Act

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Council adopts Data Governance Act

On 16 May 2022, the Council passed the Data Governance Act. The Data Governance Act (DGA) aims to improve data sharing trust, establish new EU laws on data marketplace neutrality, and make it easier to reuse some public-sector data. In important fie…

Scope

Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Implementation Level
supranational
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament

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2020-11-25
under deliberation

The European Commission has submitted the proposal for a "Data Governance Act" (DGA) to the Europea…

2021-06-03
in consultation

On 3 June 2021, the European Commission opened a public consultation on the Data Governance Act and…

2021-09-03
processing consultation

On 3 September 2021, the European Commission closed the public consultation on the Data Governance …

2021-10-01
under deliberation

The EU Council agreed on a common position on the proposal for a Data Governance Act (DGA) on 1 Oct…

2021-12-06
processing consultation

On 6 December 2021, the European Commission published a summary report on the public consultation o…

2022-04-06
under deliberation

On 6 April 2022, the European Parliament passed the Data Governance Act. The Data Governance Act (D…

2022-05-16
under deliberation

On 16 May 2022, the Council passed the Data Governance Act. The Data Governance Act (DGA) aims to i…

2022-05-30
adopted

On 30 May 2022, the Data Governance Act (DGA) was signed by the President of the European Parliamen…

2023-09-24
in force

On 24 September 2023, the Data Governance Act is implemented. The Act aims to improve data sharing …