Data & Privacy
AI & Trust
Cybersecurity
Digital Services & Media
CHAPTER I
General provisionsArticles 1 — 2
CHAPTER II
Re-use of certain categories of protected data held by public sector bodiesArticles 3 — 9
CHAPTER III
Requirements applicable to data intermediation servicesArticles 10 — 15
CHAPTER IV
Data altruismArticles 16 — 25
CHAPTER V
Competent authorities and procedural provisionsArticles 26 — 28
CHAPTER VI
European Data Innovation BoardArticles 29 — 30
CHAPTER VII
International access and transferArticles 31 — 31
CHAPTER VIII
Delegation and committee procedureArticles 32 — 33
CHAPTER IX
Final and transitional provisionsArticles 34 — 38
Data intermediation services are expected to play a key role in the data economy, in particular in supporting and promoting voluntary data sharing practices between undertakings or facilitating data sharing in the context of obligations set by Union or national law. They could become a tool to facilitate the exchange of substantial amounts of relevant data. Data intermediation services providers, which may include public sector bodies, that offer services that connect the different actors have the potential to contribute to the efficient pooling of data as well as to the facilitation of bilateral data sharing. Specialised data intermediation services that are independent from data subjects, data holders and data users could have a facilitating role in the emergence of new data-driven ecosystems independent from any player with a significant degree of market power, while allowing non-discriminatory access to the data economy for undertakings of all sizes, in particular SMEs and start-ups with limited financial, legal or administrative means. This will be particularly important in the context of the establishment of common European data spaces, namely purpose- or sector-specific or cross-sectoral interoperable frameworks of common standards and practices to share or jointly process data for, , the development of new products and services, scientific research or civil society initiatives. Data intermediation services could include bilateral or multilateral sharing of data or the creation of platforms or databases enabling the sharing or joint use of data, as well as the establishment of specific infrastructure for the interconnection of data subjects and data holders with data users.
In order to assist data subjects and data holders to easily identify, and thereby increase their trust in, data intermediation services providers recognised in the Union, a common logo recognisable throughout the Union should be established, in addition to the label ‘data intermediation services provider recognised in the Union’.