Data Strategy Briefing — December 22, 2023
The Data Act was published in the Official Journal, confirming entry into force on 11 January 2024 and application from September 2025.
Executive briefing: Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 (Data Act) was published in the Official Journal on 22 December 2023, triggering a 20-day countdown to entry into force on 11 January 2024 and a 20-month implementation runway before most obligations apply on 11 September 2025.
Key data governance checkpoints
- Timeline confirmation. Lock in programme plans around the 20-month window for data access rights, contract fairness, public-sector emergency requests, and cloud switching requirements.
- Smart contract review. Evaluate automated agreements that process data-sharing requests against Article 30 safeguards on termination, traceability, and reset features.
- SME protections. Catalogue contracts where large enterprises interact with SMEs to ensure prohibited clauses are removed before application.
Operational priorities
- Implementation milestones. Sequence telemetry cataloguing, request-handling automation, and switching tooling to land before September 2025.
- Governance frameworks. Stand up data-sharing committees that oversee request validation, trade secret masking, and dispute resolution.
- Monitoring. Track delegated and implementing acts that will further define interoperability standards and compensation methodologies.
Enablement moves
- Publish Data Act readiness dashboards covering system remediation status, policy updates, and training completion rates.
- Update customer and partner communications to reflect the official enforcement calendar and associated rights.
Sources
Zeph Tech orchestrates Data Act delivery programmes that connect legal interpretation, engineering execution, and change management.