The Open Data Directive, Data Governance and Data Act and their
possible impact on research
 

On 1 August 2022, the European Commission’s Directorate-General for
Research and Innovation
[https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/research-and-innovation_en]
published a study titled ‘Study on the Open Data Directive, Data
Governance and Data Act and their possible impact on research
[https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/a313139b-1147-11ed-8fa0-01aa75ed71a1]’.
In the study, the authors focused on the possible impact that three
major legislative instruments in the European Strategy for data (the
Open Data Directive
[https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/legislation-open-data],
the Data Governance Act
[https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52020PC0767],
and the proposed Data Act
[https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_22_1113])
may have in the field of research, especially regarding research
performing organisations and research funding institutions. 

The study recognises that the impact the three legislative instruments
have on research is currently limited as the Data Governance Act was
recently approved and still needs to be implemented, while the Data
Act is still in its proposal phase. They also note that several key
legal issues need to be resolved going forward. These issues relate to
the ambiguities in the scope of the application to research data, the
interpretation of provisions, and the consistency between the
instruments that use open science research policy.

Curious to know more? Read the full report
[https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/a313139b-1147-11ed-8fa0-01aa75ed71a1]!

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Publication Date/Time
2022-09-16T07:30:00+00:00
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