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EHDS
European Health Data Space Regulation

Understanding the European Health Data Space Regulation

Full name of the law
Full name of the law

Regulation (EU) 2025/327 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2025 on the European Health Data Space and amending Directive 2011/24/EU and Regulation (EU) 2024/2847

Link to the official text
Link to the official text
http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/327/oj
Adoption date
Adoption date

11 February 2025

Transposition or application date
Transposition or application date

26 March 2027. Application timelines for some Articles differ (Article 105)

Relevant EU-level authorities and groups
Relevant EU-level authorities and groups
  • European Health Data Space Board (EHDS Board)

  • Article 93 Stakeholder Forum

  • Steering Groups for MyHealth@EU and HealthData@EU

Relevant Member States authorities
Relevant Member States authorities
  • Digital health authorities

  • Health data access bodies

  • Market surveillance authorities

Objectives of the law
Objectives of the law
  • To facilitate access to electronic health data for its primary and secondary use.

Scope
Scope
  • Manufacturers, importers and distributors of electronic health record (EHR) systems

  • Health data holders and health data users

  • Health data intermediation entities

  • European Commission

  • EU Member States

Key obligations under the law
Key obligations under the law
  • Member States: Establish digital health authorities, designate national contact points, and ensure service implementation.

  • Manufacturers of EHR systems: Before placing an EHR system on the market, ensure that the system provides capabilities of two harmonized components (interoperability and logging), including passing automated tests, preparing technical documentation, providing an information sheet, issuing an EU declaration of conformity, affixing the CE marking, and registering the system in the designated database.

  • Importers of EHR systems: Place on the market only EHR systems which are in conformity with the essential requirements as well as the common specifications referred to in the EHDS.

  • Health data holders: Make enumerated minimum electronic health data categories (Article 51) available for secondary use.
  • Health data users: Process electronic health data for secondary use only under a data permit, an approved data request, or an access approval from an authorized HealthData@EU participant in specific cases.

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Guidance (guidelines, recommendations, etc.) and templates issued by the EHDS Board and the European Commission relevant to the EHDS

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Legislation (decisions, implementing decisions, implementing regulation, etc.) adopted by the European Commission relevant to the EHDS

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Relevant registers maintained by the EHDS Board and the European Commission relevant to the EHDS

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EHDS Board and European Commission consultations, press releases, internal documents, annual reports, leaflets and similar information materials and ad hoc statements that do not constitute guidance

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Draft versions of the EHDS Board and the European Commission guidance or templates (e.g., issued for the purposes of public consultation) and invalidated guidance and templates (e.g., documents superseded by other guidance)

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Not Included

Documents issued by the national authorities relevant to the EHDS

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EU and national court judgments

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