EU Data Act · Chapter III · Obligations for Data Holders Obliged to Make Data Available Pursuant to Union Law
Article 9
Compensation for making data available
Precise reading
Compensation agreed between holder and recipient must be non-discriminatory and reasonable, and may include a margin — except toward SMEs and non-profit research, where it may not exceed the cost of making data available. Calculation transparency is required.
A summary of the operative demand, not the statute.
Plain reading
Data access has a price tag, but a regulated one: cost-based for the small, transparent for everyone.
Paraphrase.
Facts
| Applies from | 12 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Binds | Data Holder |
| Cross-references | Article 8 |
| On the trace | Stop 3, Cloud service |
| Rights that rest on it | Take-it-or-leave-it data clauses can't bind you. |
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.