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EU Data Act · Chapter V · Making Data Available to Public Sector Bodies, the Commission, the ECB and Union Bodies on the Basis of an Exceptional Need

Article 22

Mutual assistance and cross-border cooperation

Precise reading

Public bodies cooperate across borders; requests to holders in other Member States route via that state's competent authority.

A summary of the operative demand, not the statute.

Plain reading

Cross-border asks go through channels, not around them.

Paraphrase.

Facts

Applies from12 September 2025
BindsPublic Sector Body
Cross-referencesArticle 17
On the traceNot at any stop.
Rights that rest on itNone of the seven.

The Regulation in the Official Journal · This article in the knowledge base

Not legal advice. This is the author’s own reading of the law, written to help facilities managers ask better questions. It has not been reviewed by a lawyer. For decisions, read the official text and take legal advice.