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- 1 Article 8 Conditions under which data holders make data available to data recipients
- 3 Article 10 Dispute settlement
- 1 Article 41 Model contractual terms and standard contractual clauses
CHAPTER I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER II
BUSINESS TO CONSUMER AND BUSINESS TO BUSINESS DATA SHARING
CHAPTER III
OBLIGATIONS FOR DATA HOLDERS OBLIGED TO MAKE DATA AVAILABLE PURSUANT TO UNION LAW
CHAPTER IV
UNFAIR CONTRACTUAL TERMS RELATED TO DATA ACCESS AND USE BETWEEN ENTERPRISES
CHAPTER V
MAKING DATA AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC SECTOR BODIES, THE COMMISSION, THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK AND UNION BODIES ON THE BASIS OF AN EXCEPTIONAL NEED
CHAPTER VI
SWITCHING BETWEEN DATA PROCESSING SERVICES
CHAPTER VII
UNLAWFUL INTERNATIONAL GOVERNMENTAL ACCESS AND TRANSFER OF NON-PERSONAL DATA
CHAPTER VIII
INTEROPERABILITY
CHAPTER IX
IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT
CHAPTER X
SUI GENERIS RIGHT UNDER DIRECTIVE 96/9/EC
CHAPTER XI
FINAL PROVISIONS
- data
- metadata
- personal data
- non-personal data
- connected product
- related service
- processing
- data processing service
- same service type
- data intermediation service
- data subject
- user
- data holder
- data recipient
- product data
- related service data
- readily available data
- trade secret
- trade secret holder
- profiling
- making available on the market
- placing on the market
- consumer
- enterprise
- small enterprise
- microenterprise
- Union bodies
- public sector body
- public emergency
- customer
- virtual assistants
- digital assets
- on-premises ICT infrastructure
- switching
- data egress charges
- switching charges
- functional equivalence
- exportable data
- smart contract
- interoperability
- common specifications
- harmonised standard
- data 39
- shall 28
- dispute 24
- settlement 21
- body 18
- available 12
- article 11
- accordance 10
- recipient 10
- parties 9
- under 8
- terms 8
- holder 8
- contractual 8
- union 7
- disputes 7
- reasonable 7
- chapter 6
- make 6
- a 6
- conditions 6
- before 6
- user 6
- making 6
- non-discriminatory 5
- fair 5
- including 5
- request 5
- recipients 4
- obligations 4
- paragraph 4
- decision 4
- access 4
- bodies 4
- manner 4
- fees 4
- have 4
- relation 3
- rights 3
- been 3
- certified 3
- state 3
- article 3
- within 3
- information 3
- commission 3
- transparent 3
- national 3
- binding 3
- legislation 3
Article 8
Conditions under which data holders make data available to data recipients
1. Where, in business-to-business relations, a data holder is obliged to make data available to a data recipient under Article 5 or under other applicable Union law or national legislation adopted in accordance with Union law, it shall agree with a data recipient the arrangements for making the data available and shall do so under fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms and conditions and in a transparent manner in accordance with this Chapter and Chapter IV.
2. A contractual term concerning access to and the use of data, or liability and remedies for the breach or termination of data-related obligations, shall not be binding if it constitutes an unfair contractual term within the meaning of Article 13 or if, to the detriment of the user, it excludes the application of, derogates from or varies the effect of the user’s rights under Chapter II.
3. A data holder shall not discriminate regarding the arrangements for making data available between comparable categories of data recipients, including partner enterprises or linked enterprises of the data holder when making data available. Where a data recipient considers that the conditions under which data has been made available to it are discriminatory, the data holder shall without undue delay provide the data recipient, upon its reasoned request, with information showing that there has been no discrimination.
4. A data holder shall not make data available to a data recipient, including on an exclusive basis, unless requested to do so by the user under Chapter II.
5. Data holders and data recipients shall not be required to provide any information beyond what is necessary to verify compliance with the contractual terms agreed for making data available or with their obligations under this Regulation or other applicable Union law or national legislation adopted in accordance with Union law.
6. Unless otherwise provided for in Union law, including Article 4(6) and Article 5(9) of this Regulation, or by national legislation adopted in accordance with Union law, an obligation to make data available to a data recipient shall not oblige the disclosure of trade_secrets.
Article 10
Dispute settlement
1. Users, data holders and data recipients shall have access to a dispute settlement body, certified in accordance with paragraph 5 of this Article, to settle disputes pursuant to Article 4(3) and (9) and Article 5(12) as well as disputes relating to the fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms and conditions for, and transparent manner of, making data available in accordance with this Chapter and Chapter IV.
2. Dispute settlement bodies shall make the fees, or the mechanisms used to determine the fees, known to the parties concerned before those parties request a decision.
3. For disputes referred to a dispute settlement body pursuant to Article 4(3) and (9) and Article 5(12), where the dispute settlement body decides a dispute in favour of the user or of the data recipient, the data holder shall bear all the fees charged by the dispute settlement body and shall reimburse that user or that data recipient for any other reasonable expenses that it has incurred in relation to the dispute settlement. If the dispute settlement body decides a dispute in favour of the data holder, the user or the data recipient shall not be required to reimburse any fees or other expenses that the data holder paid or is to pay in relation to the dispute settlement, unless the dispute settlement body finds that the user or the data recipient manifestly acted in bad faith.
4. Customers and providers of data processing services shall have access to a dispute settlement body, certified in accordance with paragraph 5 of this Article, to settle disputes relating to breaches of the rights of customers and the obligations of providers of data processing services, in accordance with Articles 23 to 31.
5. The Member State where the dispute settlement body is established shall, at the request of that body, certify that body where it has demonstrated that it meets all of the following conditions:
| (a) | it is impartial and independent, and it is to issue its decisions in accordance with clear, non-discriminatory and fair rules of procedure; |
| (b) | it has the necessary expertise, in particular in relation to fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms and conditions, including compensation, and on making data available in a transparent manner, allowing the body to effectively determine those terms and conditions; |
| (c) | it is easily accessible through electronic communication technology; |
| (d) | it is capable of adopting its decisions in a swift, efficient and cost-effective manner in at least one official language of the Union. |
6. Member States shall notify to the Commission the dispute settlement bodies certified in accordance with paragraph 5. The Commission shall publish a list of those bodies on a dedicated website and keep it updated.
7. A dispute settlement body shall refuse to deal with a request to resolve a dispute that has already been brought before another dispute settlement body or before a court or tribunal of a Member State.
8. A dispute settlement body shall grant parties the possibility, within a reasonable period of time, to express their points of view on the matters those parties have brought before that body. In that context, each party to a dispute shall be provided with the submissions of the other party to their dispute and any statements made by experts. The parties shall be given the possibility to comment on those submissions and statements.
9. A dispute settlement body shall adopt its decision on a matter referred to it within 90 days of receipt of a request pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 4. That decision shall be in writing or on a durable medium and shall be supported by a statement of reasons.
10. Dispute settlement bodies shall draw up and make publicly available annual activity reports. Such annual reports shall include, in particular, the following general information:
| (a) | an aggregation of the outcomes of disputes; |
| (b) | the average time taken to resolve disputes; |
| (c) | the most common reasons for disputes. |
11. In order to facilitate the exchange of information and best practices, a dispute settlement body may decide to include recommendations in the report referred to in paragraph 10 as to how problems can be avoided or resolved.
12. The decision of a dispute settlement body shall be binding on the parties only if the parties have explicitly consented to its binding nature prior to the start of the dispute settlement proceedings.
13. This Article does not affect the right of parties to seek an effective remedy before a court or tribunal of a Member State.
Article 41
Model contractual terms and standard contractual clauses
The Commission, before 12 September 2025, shall develop and recommend non-binding model contractual terms on data access and use, including terms on reasonable compensation and the protection of trade_secrets, and non-binding standard contractual clauses for cloud computing contracts to assist parties in drafting and negotiating contracts with fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory contractual rights and obligations.
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