{"id":114436,"date":"2026-07-30T19:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T17:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/industry-science.com\/?post_type=article&#038;p=114436"},"modified":"2026-07-31T15:25:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T13:25:41","slug":"european-single-market-data","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/industry-science.com\/en\/articles\/european-single-market-data\/","title":{"rendered":"The European Dream of a Single Market for Data"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- GITO PUB shortened content start --><\/p>\n<div class=\"gito-pub-frontend-post-protected\"> European regulation of the data economy has gained significant momentum since the adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in 2016. While the GDPR primarily addressed rights protections for natural persons, the EU has also, at least since the 2020 European strategy for data [1], clearly been promoting the EU-wide access to and exchange of data.&nbsp;   This marks a regulatory paradigm shift from a primarily protective approach to one more focused on data utilization. The aim is to significantly increase the EU\u2019s share in the global data economy with the &#8230;<\/div>\n<p><!-- GITO PUB shortened content end --><\/p>\n<div style=\"display:block;text-align:center !important;margin:30px 0;\">\n<div style=\"display:inline-block;border:1px solid #555;padding:10px;max-width:600px;text-align:left;\">\n<h2 class=\"gito-pub-download-section\"><center>Access limited<\/center><\/h2>\n<p>You are currently <strong>not logged in \/ not yet registered<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>To read the content in full, you must have an appropriate subscription. 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Key instruments in this effort are Common European Data Spaces intended to remove legal and practical barriers to data sharing. This article analyzes selected legal obstacles to data sharing, in particular a lack of oversight, uncertainties regarding data protection law, and regulatory fragmentation. The focus is on the European Health Data Space (EHDS), the first implementation of such a data space. Using the EHDS as a case study, the article examines the extent to which Common European Data Spaces are suitable for enabling data sharing, what limitations exist, and under what conditions a transfer to other sectors is conceivable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":114392,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[79167,79168,79298],"tags":[85989,85951,85972,85973,85990,85991,85992],"product_cat":[],"topic":[],"technology":[],"knowhow":[],"industry":[],"writer":[85967],"content-type":[],"potential":[],"solution":[],"glossary":[],"class_list":["post-114436","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","category-design-en","category-translate-en","category-typeset","tag-common-european-data-spaces","tag-data-act","tag-data-governance-act","tag-european-health-data-space-ehds","tag-european-strategy-for-data","tag-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr","tag-secure-processing-environment","writer-nils-wiedemann","product","first","instock","downloadable","virtual","sold-individually","taxable","purchasable","product-type-article"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/industry-science.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Wiedemann_AdobeStock_1274576527_Editorial_Use_Only_MEDIAIMAG.webp",1400,788,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/industry-science.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Wiedemann_AdobeStock_1274576527_Editorial_Use_Only_MEDIAIMAG-150x150.webp",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/industry-science.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Wiedemann_AdobeStock_1274576527_Editorial_Use_Only_MEDIAIMAG-666x375.webp",666,375,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/industry-science.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Wiedemann_AdobeStock_1274576527_Editorial_Use_Only_MEDIAIMAG-768x432.webp",768,432,true],"large":["https:\/\/industry-science.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Wiedemann_AdobeStock_1274576527_Editorial_Use_Only_MEDIAIMAG-1024x576.webp",1020,574,true],"front-page-entry":["https:\/\/industry-science.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Wiedemann_AdobeStock_1274576527_Editorial_Use_Only_MEDIAIMAG-1032x320.webp",1032,320,true],"post-entry":["https:\/\/industry-science.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Wiedemann_AdobeStock_1274576527_Editorial_Use_Only_MEDIAIMAG-764x376.webp",764,376,true],"post-teaser":["https:\/\/industry-science.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Wiedemann_AdobeStock_1274576527_Editorial_Use_Only_MEDIAIMAG-392x320.webp",392,320,true],"post-teaser-mobile":["https:\/\/industry-science.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Wiedemann_AdobeStock_1274576527_Editorial_Use_Only_MEDIAIMAG-608x496.webp",608,496,true],"post-custom-size":["https:\/\/industry-science.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Wiedemann_AdobeStock_1274576527_Editorial_Use_Only_MEDIAIMAG-640x325.webp",640,325,true],"whitepaper-teaser":["https:\/\/industry-science.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Wiedemann_AdobeStock_1274576527_Editorial_Use_Only_MEDIAIMAG-274x376.webp",274,376,true],"card-big":["https:\/\/industry-science.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Wiedemann_AdobeStock_1274576527_Editorial_Use_Only_MEDIAIMAG-514x292.webp",514,292,true],"card-portrait":["https:\/\/industry-science.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Wiedemann_AdobeStock_1274576527_Editorial_Use_Only_MEDIAIMAG-320x440.webp",320,440,true],"card-big-company":["https:\/\/industry-science.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Wiedemann_AdobeStock_1274576527_Editorial_Use_Only_MEDIAIMAG-514x289.webp",514,289,true],"gp-listing":["https:\/\/industry-science.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Wiedemann_AdobeStock_1274576527_Editorial_Use_Only_MEDIAIMAG-196x180.webp",196,180,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/industry-science.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Wiedemann_AdobeStock_1274576527_Editorial_Use_Only_MEDIAIMAG.webp",1400,788,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/industry-science.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Wiedemann_AdobeStock_1274576527_Editorial_Use_Only_MEDIAIMAG.webp",1400,788,false],"woocommerce_thumbnail":["https:\/\/industry-science.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Wiedemann_AdobeStock_1274576527_Editorial_Use_Only_MEDIAIMAG-510x510.webp",510,510,true],"woocommerce_single":["https:\/\/industry-science.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Wiedemann_AdobeStock_1274576527_Editorial_Use_Only_MEDIAIMAG-510x287.webp",510,287,true],"woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail":["https:\/\/industry-science.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Wiedemann_AdobeStock_1274576527_Editorial_Use_Only_MEDIAIMAG-100x100.webp",100,100,true],"dgwt-wcas-product-suggestion":["https:\/\/industry-science.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Wiedemann_AdobeStock_1274576527_Editorial_Use_Only_MEDIAIMAG-64x36.webp",64,36,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Florian Goldmann","author_link":"https:\/\/industry-science.com\/en\/author\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"With their European strategy for data, the EU aims to improve access to and promote the exchange of data in order to create a European single market. 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