THE EUROPEANDATA STRATEGYSHAPING EUROPE’SDIGITAL FUTURE

February 2020
#DigitalEU

Creating a single market for data will make the EU more competitive globallyand will enable innovative processes, products and services.
Industrial and commercial data are key drivers of the digital economy. The European Data Strategy will makemore data available for use in the economy and society, while keeping those who generate the data in control.

Examples of industrial and commercial data use
Jet engines filled with thousandsof sensors collect and transmit databack to ensure efficient operation.

Wind farms use industrial
data to reduce visual impact
and optimise wind power.

Real-time traffic avoidance navigation can save
up to 730 million hours. This represents up to€20 billion in labour costs.
Real-time notification of delayed trains
can save 27 million working hours.
This amounts to €740 million inlabour costs.

Better allocation of resources
to fight malaria could save up to€5 billion in healthcare costs
globally.

The EU will create a single market for data where:
Data can flow within the EU and across sectors, for the benefit of all; uropean rules, in particular privacy and data protection, as well asEcompetition law, are fully respected;
The rules for access and use of data are fair, practical and clear.
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The EU will become an attractive, secure anddynamic data economy by:
Setting clear and fair rules on access and re-use of data;rInvesting in next generation standards, tools and infrastructures to storeand process data;
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 ooling European data in key sectors, with EU-wide common and interoperablePdata spaces;Giving users rights, tools and skills to stay in full control of their data.

Global data volume will grow:
2018

Data processing will change:
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With the right policies and adequate investment from the Commission, Member States
and businesses, Europe can seize the opportunities associated with this paradigm shift
and become a leader in data:€4-6 billion to be invested in total

in common European data spaces and a European federationof cloud infrastructure and services

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2018

2025

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€301 billion(2.4% of EU GDP)

€829 billion(5.8% of EU GDP)The number of data professionals(EU27)
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