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Art. 44 Data Act · Chapter XI: FINAL PROVISIONS

# Article 44 Data Act: Other Union legal acts governing rights and obligations on data access and use

Official Journal text of 22 December 2023, as corrected (OJ L, 2024/90790, 9.12.2024). Retrieved 30 October 2026.

## Official text

### Article 44(1)

**1.** The specific obligations for the making available of data between businesses, between businesses and consumers, and on exceptional basis between businesses and public bodies, in Union legal acts that entered into force on or before 11 January 2024, and delegated or implementing acts pursuant thereto, shall remain unaffected.

### Article 44(2)

**2.** This Regulation is without prejudice to Union law specifying, in light of the needs of a sector, a common European data space, or an area of public interest, further requirements, in particular in relation to:

#### Article 44(2)(a)

**(a)** technical aspects of data access;

#### Article 44(2)(b)

**(b)** limits on the rights of data holders to access or use certain data provided by users;

#### Article 44(2)(c)

**(c)** aspects going beyond data access and use.

### Article 44(3)

**3.** This Regulation, with the exception of Chapter V, is without prejudice to Union and national law providing for access to and authorising the use of data for scientific research purposes.

## Source

Source: Regulation (EU) 2023/2854, OJ L, 2023/2854, 22.12.2023, as corrected. Only the text published in the Official Journal is authentic. © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu

[Article 44 on EUR-Lex](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32023R2854#art_44)

Official Journal text of 22 December 2023, as corrected (OJ L, 2024/90790, 9.12.2024). Retrieved 30 October 2026.

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