Before the Data Act starts applying from 12 September 2025, the Commission will recommend model contractual terms for data access and use and standard contractual clauses for cloud computing. The Commission has set up an Expert Group to develop these models, which will form the basis for the Commission Recommendation in 2025. These models intend to help especially small and medium-size companies and other organisations which may lack resources to draft and negotiate fair contractual clauses for data sharing or for cloud computing.

In November and December 2024, the Commission will be hosting a series of 6 webinars with businesses, policymakers, lawyers, and experts to discuss the development of both the draft Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) for cloud computing contracts and the draft Model Contractual Terms (MCTs) for data sharing.

The webinars are open to Member State authorities, companies, lawyers, professors, and organisations. You can register via the links below to take part in the discussions and help shape the contracts. Note that registrations will only be accepted if a professional email address is provided.

Following registration, participants will receive a Webex link and relevant documentation to support the discussion (including draft model terms and clauses) a few days before the event.

Webinars

20 November – Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs)

This webinar will cover SCCs implementing the provisions of the Data Act: Switching and Exit, Termination, Security and business continuity. Registration fom

21 November –  Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs)

This webinar will cover SCCs on Liability, Non-amendment, Non-dispersion. Registration form

27 November  – Model Contractual Terms (MCTs)

The topics covered in this webinar includes the contract between data holders and data users, as well as the data use by the data holder, arrangements for access to data by the user, and transfer of the connected product to successors. Registration form

28 November – Model Contractual Terms (MCTs)

The topics covered in this webinar includes the contract between data holders and data recipients but also the link with the user’s request, the contract between the data recipient and the user, as well as the ways in which data can be accessed by the data recipient. Registration form

4 December – Model Contractual Terms (MCTs)

This webinar will cover the reasonable compensation for making data available agreed between data holders and data recipients under the Data Act, as well as a possible compensation for the user in exchange of access and use of the data by the data holder in certain circumstances (for example when the user agrees not to share the data with other entities). Registration form

5 December – Model Contractual Terms (MCTs)

This webinar covers voluntary data sharing and is relevant for bilateral or multilateral data sharing agreements but also for the use of MCTs in data spaces. Registration form