What changed
Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 (the Data Act) entered into force on 11 January 2024 and has applied since 12 September 2025. It establishes harmonised rules on access to and use of data generated by connected products and related services, including data-sharing obligations, safeguards in data contracts, and measures to ease switching between data-processing (cloud) services.
Why it matters
The Data Act's obligations are in application now: users of connected products can exercise data-access rights, and cloud customers can invoke the switching provisions. Contract terms signed before alignment may need repapering.
Who is affected
Manufacturers of connected products, providers of related services, data holders, and data-processing (cloud and edge) service providers operating in the EU.
What to check next
Verify you can operationally answer data-access requests, that your B2B data contracts pass the unfair-terms test, and that cloud contracts meet the switching and exit requirements.
Key dates
- 2024-01-11Entry into force
- 2025-09-12Data Act applies
Source. EUR-Lex — Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 (Data Act) ↗
Document: Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 — CELEX 32023R2854
Verified by Trusq against this source on 4 Jul 2026. Trusq publishes only what it can trace to an official source; the source text prevails. Not legal advice.
Document: Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 — CELEX 32023R2854
Verified by Trusq against this source on 4 Jul 2026. Trusq publishes only what it can trace to an official source; the source text prevails. Not legal advice.