Article 4 — Implementation plan and governance of the common data platform

1. By 2 July 2026 the Commission shall by means of an implementing act adopt an implementation plan identifying datasets of chemicals data for inclusion in the common data platform together with a timeline for their inclusion. Subsequent implementation plans shall be adopted in line with the governance scheme adopted pursuant to paragraph 4. 2. The Commission shall, by means of an implementing act, establish and manage a platform steering committee, which shall include at least one representative from each of the Agencies and as many representatives from the Commission as from all of the Agencies combined. 3. The platform steering committee shall advise the Commission in the preparation of the common data platform’s governance scheme referred to in paragraph 4. 4. The Commission shall adopt and publish the governance scheme for the common data platform and any revision thereof by means of implementing acts. In preparing the governance scheme, the Commission shall take into account the different levels of responsibility of the Commission and the Agencies in the management and operation of the common data platform. 5. The governance scheme for the common data platform shall describe: (a) the organisation of the main work structures supporting the development and implementation of the common data platform; (b) the preparation and adoption of implementation plans for the common data platform; (c) the principles on data governance and the required standard formats, controlled vocabularies and further conditions for the provision of information and context data to the common data platform; (d) the decision-making procedures for the development of new dedicated services and the inclusion of new functionalities of the common data platform; (e) any other rules or requirements necessary for the operation of the common data platform and the use of the data contained in it, such as the policy regarding data updating, archiving and deletion and the terms and conditions of use; (f) the operation and transparency obligations of the steering committee itself.