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Union adopts the Data Act

Dated 13 November 2023: Union adopts the Data Act. In the causal graph this event strengthens Digital-Rights and Platform-Power Regulation, a driver that strengthens Alternative sources of information index — an improving welfare path.

Sources: [1][2]

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Adoption is co-legislative.

Who was responsible

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  • Thierry Breton

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.45 · verified

    The file overlapped his industrial portfolio. Co-legislators enacted. Firms still hold the data.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

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Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Commission — Data ActEuropean Commission · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 — Data ActEUR-Lex · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Regulation (EU) 2023/2854 on fair access to industrial and IoT data sat in the digital-industrial shop.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorThierry Breton
  2. contributed toFactUnion adopts the Data Act
  3. strengthensDriverDigital-Rights and Platform-Power Regulation
  4. strengthensIndicatorAlternative sources of information index

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Factrail. (2026). Union adopts the Data Act. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/eu-breton-data-act-2023

https://factrail.ai/facts/eu-breton-data-act-2023

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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