§ Data Act · Article 30
Data Act Article 30: Obligations, Deadlines & Penalties
At a glance
Article 30 of the Data Act imposes 7 obligations on provider. At least one obligation carries an explicit compliance deadline.
§ Obligations
All obligations under Article 30
Obligation 1
Providers of data processing services concerning scalable and elastic computing resources limited to infrastructural elements shall take all reasonable measures to facilitate functional equivalence for the customer after switching to a service covering the same service type.
Regulation (EU) 2023/2854, Article 30, Article 30
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provider
- Action required
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facilitate
- Deadline
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- Penalty
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Obligation 2
The source provider of data processing services concerning scalable and elastic computing resources limited to infrastructural elements shall facilitate the switching process by providing capabilities, adequate information, documentation, technical support and, where appropriate, the necessary tools.
Regulation (EU) 2023/2854, Article 30, Article 30
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provider
- Action required
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provide
- Deadline
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- Penalty
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Obligation 3
Providers of data processing services, other than those referred to in paragraph 1, shall make open interfaces available to an equal extent to all their customers and the concerned destination providers of data processing services free of charge to facilitate the switching process.
Regulation (EU) 2023/2854, Article 30, Article 30
- Obligated entity
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provider
- Action required
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make available
- Deadline
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- Penalty
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Obligation 4
The open interfaces made available by providers of data processing services (other than those in paragraph 1) shall include sufficient information on the service concerned to enable the development of software to communicate with the services, for the purposes of data portability and interoperability.
Regulation (EU) 2023/2854, Article 30, Article 30
- Obligated entity
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provider
- Action required
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include
- Deadline
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- Penalty
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Obligation 5
For data processing services other than those referred to in paragraph 1, providers of data processing services shall ensure compatibility with common specifications based on open interoperability specifications or harmonised standards for interoperability.
Regulation (EU) 2023/2854, Article 30, Article 30
- Obligated entity
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provider
- Action required
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ensure
- Deadline
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at least 12 months after the references to those common specifications or harmonised standards for interoperability of data processing services were published in the central Union standards repository
- Penalty
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Obligation 6
Providers of data processing services other than those referred to in paragraph 1 shall update the online register referred to in Article 26, point (b) in accordance with their obligations under paragraph 3 of this Article.
Regulation (EU) 2023/2854, Article 30, Article 30
- Obligated entity
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provider
- Action required
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update
- Deadline
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- Penalty
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Obligation 7
In the case of switching between services of the same service type for which common specifications or harmonised standards have not been published, the provider of data processing services shall, at the request of the customer, export all exportable data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format.
Regulation (EU) 2023/2854, Article 30, Article 30
- Obligated entity
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provider
- Action required
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export
- Deadline
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at the request of the customer
- Penalty
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§ Frequently asked
Questions about Article 30
Who must comply with Article 30 of the Data Act?
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provider.
What does Article 30 of the Data Act require?
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facilitate provide make available
What is the compliance deadline for Data Act Article 30?
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at least 12 months after the references to those common specifications or harmonised standards for interoperability of data processing services were published in the central Union standards repository; at the request of the customer