Summary statistics
Overlaps: 2 · Conflicts: 0 · Gaps: 2
4 article-level crossrefs catalogued between Data Governance Act and DMA from the Fontvera EU regulatory corpus. Article numbers are verbatim from the underlying obligation_crossrefs table; descriptions are extracted, not paraphrased.
All crossrefs between these regulations
| Article (A) | Article (B) | Type | Severity | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMA Art 13 | Data Governance Act Art 13 | overlap | low | [entity affected: Member States] Both regulations require Member States to designate competent authorities or bodies to handle specific regulatory tasks (enforcement for DMA, data intermediation for D |
| DMA Art 1 | Data Governance Act Art 13 | overlap | low | [entity affected: National authorities] Both regulations mandate cooperation and information exchange between national authorities and the Commission or other relevant sectoral authorities to ensure c |
| DMA Art ? | Data Governance Act Art ? | gap | high | [entity affected: Data Intermediation Service Providers] Neither regulation explicitly addresses the conflict if a Data Intermediation Service Provider is also designated as a Gatekeeper, creating amb |
| DMA Art ? | Data Governance Act Art ? | gap | medium | [entity affected: Public Sector Bodies] Neither regulation clearly defines the liability or compliance obligations for public sector bodies that use data intermediation services to share data with gat |
Overlaps explained
No conflict-type crossrefs were catalogued for this pair, but the 2 overlaps below mean a single control can be designed to satisfy both regulations at once. Plan the controls jointly to avoid duplicate effort:
- DMA Art 13 vs Data Governance Act Art 13 (low severity) — [entity affected: Member States] Both regulations require Member States to designate competent authorities or bodies to handle specific regulatory tasks (enforcement for DMA, data intermediation for DGA).
- DMA Art 1 vs Data Governance Act Art 13 (low severity) — [entity affected: National authorities] Both regulations mandate cooperation and information exchange between national authorities and the Commission or other relevant sectoral authorities to ensure consistent enforcement.
Which regulation takes precedence
EU law does not lay down a universal precedence rule between Data Governance Act and DMA. In practice three resolution approaches apply: lex specialis (the more specific provision wins when both purport to govern the same conduct); regulator guidance (EDPB, EBA, ESMA and the AI Office have all issued joint readings on overlapping articles — check the most recent applicable opinion); and document the choice (when the regulations leave the call to the controller, the audit defence is your written reasoning, not the regulator's silence). Where the corpus surfaces a conflict rather than an overlap, treat that as an escalation path to legal — not a control-design question.
What this means for your compliance team
Treat the 2 overlaps as design opportunities — one control, two regulatory anchors. Treat the 0 conflicts as escalation paths to legal: the regulations themselves don't resolve them, you do, and you document the reasoning. The 2 gaps point at scenarios where one regulation is silent while the other speaks — assume the regulator who has the explicit rule will win.
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