Position Statement of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition of 25 May 2022 on the Commission's Proposal of 23 February 2022 for a Regulation on Harmonised Rules on Fair Access to and Use of Data (Data Act)

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Josef Drexl

Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition; Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU)

Carolina Banda

Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition; Ludwig Maximilian University Munich (LMU)

Begoña Gonzalez Otero

Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition

Jörg Hoffmann

Max Planck Law Network - Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition

Daria Kim

Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition

Shraddha Kulhari

Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition

Valentina Moscon

Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition

Heiko Richter

Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition

Klaus Wiedemann

Max Planck Law Network - Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition

Date Written: May 25, 2022

Abstract

On 23 February 2022, the European Commission issued a Proposal for a Regulation on harmonised rules on fair access to and use of data (Data Act). The overarching objective of the Proposal is to ‘ensure fairness in the digital environment, stimulate a competitive data market, open opportunities for data-driven innovation and make data available for all’. The Institute hereby presents its Position Statement that features a comprehensive analysis of whether and to what extent the proposed rules might reach the envisaged objectives. It comments on all parts of the Proposal, including the new IoT data access and use right. Finally, the Institute offers a set of recommendations as to how the proposed provisions should be amended in the legislative process to align them better with the objectives of the Data Act.

Keywords: EU Data Act Proposal, IoT data, access and use right, data economy, data-driven innovation

Suggested Citation

Drexl, Josef and Banda, Carolina and Gonzalez Otero, Begoña and Hoffmann, Jörg and Kim, Daria and Kulhari, Shraddha and Moscon, Valentina and Richter, Heiko and Wiedemann, Klaus, Position Statement of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition of 25 May 2022 on the Commission's Proposal of 23 February 2022 for a Regulation on Harmonised Rules on Fair Access to and Use of Data (Data Act) (May 25, 2022). Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 22-05, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4136484 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4136484

Josef Drexl (Contact Author)

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Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU)

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Carolina Banda

Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition ( email )

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Germany
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Ludwig Maximilian University Munich (LMU) ( email )

Germany

Begoña Gonzalez Otero

Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition ( email )

Marstallplatz 1
Munich, Bayern 80539
Germany

Jörg Hoffmann

Max Planck Law Network - Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition ( email )

Marstallplatz 1
Munich, Bayern 80539
Germany

Daria Kim

Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition ( email )

Marstallplatz 1
Munich, Bayern 80539
Germany

Shraddha Kulhari

Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition ( email )

Marstallplatz 1
Munich, Bayern 80539
Germany

Valentina Moscon

Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition ( email )

Marstallplatz 1
Munich, Bayern 80539
Germany

Heiko Richter

Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition ( email )

Marstallplatz 1
Munich, Bayern 80539
Germany

Klaus Wiedemann

Max Planck Law Network - Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition ( email )

Marstallplatz 1
Munich, Bayern 80539
Germany

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