Data Act

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Overview

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Compliance Deadlines

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Stakeholder Roles

• manufacturer - Manufacturers of connected products and IoT devices
• importer - Entities placing connected products on the EU market
• distributor - Providers of related services
• authorized_representative - EU representatives for non-EU manufacturers
• notified_body - Bodies for conformity assessment
• market_surveillance - National competent authorities
• consumer - Data holders and users of connected products

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Requirement Types

• obligation - Mandatory data access and sharing requirements
• prohibition - Restrictions on data use and contractual terms
• right - Rights of data holders (users) to access and share data
• procedure - Data sharing request and compensation procedures
• general - General provisions and definitions

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API Usage

# Get all Data Act articles
curl https://api.law4devs.eu/v1/frameworks/data_act/articles

# Get Data Act framework details
curl https://api.law4devs.eu/v1/frameworks/data_act

# Get Data Act requirements
curl https://api.law4devs.eu/v1/frameworks/data_act/requirements

# Get Data Act recitals
curl https://api.law4devs.eu/v1/frameworks/data_act/recitals

# Python SDK
from law4devs import Law4Devs

client = Law4Devs(api_key="your-api-key")

# List all Data Act articles
articles = client.articles.list("data_act")

# Get Data Act requirements by stakeholder role
requirements = client.requirements.list("data_act", role="manufacturer")

# Search Data Act articles by tag
articles = client.articles.search("data_act", query="data sharing")

// TypeScript SDK
import { Law4Devs } from '@law4devs/sdk';

const client = new Law4Devs({ apiKey: 'your-api-key' });

// List all Data Act articles
const articles = await client.articles.list('data_act');

// Get Data Act requirements by stakeholder role
const requirements = await client.requirements.list('data_act', { role: 'manufacturer' });

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Key Topics

• User rights to access and use IoT-generated data
• Data holder and data recipient obligations
• Fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms
• Switching between data processing services
• Interoperability requirements for connected products
• Public sector data access in exceptional circumstances
• Protection of trade secrets and confidential information
• Unfair contractual terms protection for SMEs