What is DGA?

Regulation (EU) 2022/868 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2022 on European Data Governance and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 (the Data Governance Act) – the DGA for short – is part of the European Union's broader data strategy which seeks to incentivise actors to increase data sharing and thus give impetus to the development of the Digital Single Market. The main motivation is to create a common legislative framework for managing and sharing data in a transparent, trustworthy and secure manner. These rules came into force on 24 September 2024 and will be followed by the so-called Common European Data Spaces for specific sectors such as healthcare, mobility, manufacturing, financial services, energy, agriculture, etc.

The DGA creates four new legal regimes:

  • Conditions for the re-use of certain categories of data held by public sector bodies,
  • A framework for the activities of data intermediation services providers,
  • A framework for voluntary disclosure of data or so-called data altruism,
  • Measures to ensure secure sharing of non-personal data outside the EU.
What data does the DGA make available?

The data to which the DGA regulates access is data held by public sector bodies in areas such as health, environment, energy, agriculture, mobility, finance, manufacturing or public administration. To date, this data has been protected for reasons such as commercial or statistical confidentiality, intellectual property protection or data protection to the extent that it does not fall within the scope of the EU Directive (2019/1024) on open data and the re-use of public sector information. The purpose of the regulation is to provide the possibility of secondary use of various types of inaccessible personal and non-personal public sector data for commercial, scientific or other uses.

What is the role of CTU?

CTU has been designated as the supervisory authority for compliance with the obligations of data intermediation service providers and recognised data altruism organisations, including the maintenance of the national register of recognised data altruism organisations. It also represents the Czech Republic in the European Data Innovation Board (EDIB).

 

Currently, CTU can only exercise those competences under the DGA which do not affect the rights and obligations of persons, as the relevant adaptation law is still in the legislative process.

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