The European Parliament announced, on 9 February 2023, that its Industry, Research and Energy Committee had adopted, on the same day, the draft Regulation on Harmonised Rules on Fair Access to and Use of Data ('the Draft Data Act'). In particular, the Parliament specified that the Committee strengthened some of the Draft Data Act's provisions to protect trade secrets and avoid a situation where increased access to data is used by competitors to retro-engineer services or devices, and also set stricter conditions on business-to-government data requests. In addition, the Parliament specified that the Draft Data Act will be put to a vote by the full Parliament during the 13-16 March plenary ses
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EU: Parliament Committee adopts draft Data Act
February 13, 2023
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The EU Parliament's Industry, Research and Energy Committee adopted the Draft Data Act on 9 February 2023, which includes strengthened provisions to protect trade secrets and sets stricter conditions for business-to-government data requests. The Draft Data Act aims to provide fair access to and use of data, preventing competitors from using increased data access to reverse-engineer services or devices. It will be voted on by the full Parliament during the 13-16 March plenary session, with Pilar del Castillo Vera highlighting its potential as a game changer for industrial data access, competitiveness, and innovation.