Data Act: dispute over deadlines and functional equivalence

Rapporteur Adam Bielan (ECR) has warned the Internal Market Committee (IMCO) that the Data Act will reduce the range of cloud services in the EU to the lowest common denominator. Regarding functional equivalence, for example, „we have to decide whether we focus on imposing additional obligations on the provider to make it easier for the customer to switch, or whether we impose additional tasks on the provider that are difficult or impossible to fulfill,“ Bielan said.