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Data Act: Proposal for a Regulation on harmonised rules on fair access to and use of data

The Data Act aims to maximise the value of data in the economy by ensuring that a wider range of stakeholders gain control over their data and that more data is available for innovative use, while preserving incentives to invest in data generation.

Data Act: Proposal for a Regulation on harmonised rules on fair access to and use of data

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The Data Act complements the Data Governance Regulation proposed in November 2020, the first deliverable under the European strategy for data

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