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title: "Article 14 — Obligation to make data available on the basis of an exceptional need"
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*In force · Regulation (EU) 2023/2854, OJ L, 2023/2854, 22.12.2023 · Checked against EUR-Lex on 26 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/2854/oj/eng)*

Where a [public sector body](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/data-act/public-sector-body), the Commission, the European Central Bank or a Union body demonstrates an exceptional need, as set out in [Article 15](15.md), to use certain data, including the relevant [metadata](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/data-act/metadata) necessary to interpret and use those data, to carry out its statutory duties in the public interest, data holders that are legal persons, other than public sectors bodies, which hold those data shall make them available upon a duly reasoned request.

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[Chapter V — Making data available to public sector bodies, the Commission, the European Central Bank and Union bodies based on an exceptional need](../chapters/v.md) · [← Article 13](13.md) · [Article 15 →](15.md)