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title: "Recital 44 Data Act"
canonical: "https://dposchool.com/data-act/recital/44"
source: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32023R2854#rct_44"
source_note: "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"
text_as_of: "2026-10-30"
language: "en"
publisher: "DPO School"
---

Recitals

# Recital 44 Data Act

Official Journal text of 22 December 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2026.

## Official text

In order to ensure that the conditions for mandatory data access are fair for both parties to a contract, the general rules on data access rights should refer to the rule on avoiding unfair contractual terms.

## 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

[Recital 44 on EUR-Lex](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32023R2854#rct_44)

Official Journal text of 22 December 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2026.

This is reference material, not legal advice.

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