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Is this the end of Business-to-Government (B2G) sharing? How the European Commission’s Digital Omnibus Confines B2G Data Sharing to a ‘Last Resort’ Option
The European Union’s pursuit to create a single data market has always been a balancing act between fostering public interest goals and safeguarding private enterprise. The Data Act (Regulation (EU) 2023/2854), which became applicable on September 12 2025, codified this tension, particularly in its Business-to-Government (B2G) provisions under Chapter V. Initially, these provisions required data holders to share data with public sector bodies in cases of “exceptional need”, which was divided into two tracks: urgent Public Emergencies and non-emergency Public Interest Tasks.

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