Key Dates for EU Data Act: 11 January 2024: Regulation entered into force. 12 September 2025: Main obligations are now applicable: switching rights, interoperability, transparency. 12 January 2027: Switching and egress fees prohibited.
Why This Matters
The EU Data Act is now fully in effect. It strengthens customer rights to switch between cloud services, access their own data, and benefit from interoperable systems. For organisations that rely on cloud-based contract management, this regulation has direct implications: your CLM vendor must be able to support data portability and switching rights, and you need contracts with cloud providers that reflect the Act’s requirements.
This sits alongside a broader set of EU data regulations shaping how organisations manage contracts and data. For GDPR-specific contract requirements, see GDPR & Contract Management: 6 Must-Have Features. For the implications of the EU AI Act on AI-enabled contract tools, see The EU AI Act: What We Know So Far. For Precisely’s approach to data sovereignty and EU hosting, read Why Data Sovereignty Matters for Contract Management and What It Means for AI.
Implications for contract management
The EU Data Act requires that contracts with cloud service providers include provisions on: data access and portability, switching rights and exit procedures, interoperability standards, and transparency about where data is processed and stored. Organisations that manage these vendor contracts through a CLM platform can enforce clause standards systematically, ensuring compliance is built into the contract creation process rather than checked manually after the fact.
