--- title: "Article 20 — Compensation in cases of an exceptional need" type: regulation legal_status: in_force source: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32023R2854" source_retrieved: 2026-10-03 shortTitle: "Article 20 — Compensation in cases of an exceptional need" instrument_type: level1_regulation authority: Commission binding: true binding_character: binding mica_level2: false legal_basis: "Regulation (EU) 2023/2854" instrument: dataact celex: "32023R2854" regulation: Data Act regulation-full: "Regulation (EU) 2023/2854" article: 20 status: in_force object_id: eu.dataact.legal_text.article.20 text_version: "Regulation (EU) 2023/2854, OJ L, 2023/2854, 22.12.2023" source_url: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/2854/oj/eng" check_status: matched verified: true last_checked: 2026-10-26 --- *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)* 1. Data holders other than microenterprises and small enterprises shall make available data necessary to respond to a [public emergency](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/data-act/public-emergency) pursuant to [Article 15(1)](15.md), point (a), free of charge. The [public sector body](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/data-act/public-sector-body), the Commission, the European Central Bank or the Union body that has received data shall provide public acknowledgement to the [data holder](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/data-act/data-holder) if requested by the data holder. 2. The data holder shall be entitled to fair compensation for making data available in compliance with a request made pursuant to [Article 15(1)](15.md), point (b). Such compensation shall cover the technical and organisational costs incurred to comply with the request including, where applicable, the costs of anonymisation, pseudonymisation, aggregation and of technical adaptation, and a reasonable margin. Upon request of the public sector body, the Commission, the European Central Bank or the Union body, the data holder shall provide information on the basis for the calculation of the costs and the reasonable margin. 3. Paragraph 2 shall also apply where a [microenterprise](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/data-act/microenterprise) and [small enterprise](https://www.headlesslaw.com/definitions/data-act/small-enterprise) claims compensation for making data available. 4. Data holders shall not be entitled to compensation for making data available in compliance with a request made pursuant to [Article 15(1)](15.md), point (b), where the specific task carried out in the public interest is the production of official statistics and where the purchase of data is not allowed by national law. Member States shall notify the Commission where the purchase of data for the production of official statistics is not allowed by national law. 5. Where the public sector body, the Commission, the European Central Bank or the Union body disagrees with the level of compensation requested by the data holder, they may lodge a complaint with the competent authority designated pursuant to [Article 37](37.md) of the Member State where the data holder is established. *** [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 19](19.md) · [Article 21 →](21.md)