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EU Reaches Last-Minute Agreement On Health Data Space After Tough Negotiations

 
• By Eliza Slawther

European co-legislators have reached a compromise on the text of the European Health Data Space that will see the controversial opt-out mechanism included in the framework – but with some limitations.

businessman and businesswoman are shaking hands and exchanging folder after agreement was reached

A provisional political agreement on the creation of the European Health Data Space (EHDS) has been reached two days after the European Parliament, the European Commission and the Council of the EU announced they had failed to agree on certain aspects of the new regulation during their last round of negotiations.

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