In its communication of 19 February 2020 on a European strategy for data, the Commission described its vision of a common European data space and highlighted the need for the development of sectoral data spaces in strategic areas, since not all sectors of the economy and society are moving at the same speed. This Regulation therefore aims to build a data space for chemicals by establishing the common data platform, which is also part of the Green Deal data space, as referred to in the European strategy for data. Furthermore, in that strategy, the Commission highlighted several issues concerning the availability of data for the public good, including accessibility, data infrastructures and governance, interoperability, as well as the lack of adequate sharing of data between public authorities. This Regulation therefore aims to increase the availability of data on chemicals by requiring the Commission and the relevant Union agencies, namely the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA), the ECHA, the European Environment Agency (the EEA), the European Food Safety Authority (the EFSA), and the European Medicines Agency (the EMA) (together the Agencies), to make data available for incorporation in the common data platform, to promote interoperability of those data by providing for the establishment of standard formats and controlled vocabularies, as well as to facilitate data exchange and use by public authorities enabling them to effectively carry out their regulatory and policy development tasks.
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