SAVE THE DATE - Tuesday, October 7, 2025
in the Berlaymont Disctrict in Brussels, Belgium

Trusted Data Transaction - Open Event

Trusted Data Transactions, the future harmonised European standard

It’s now official. On July 1^st 2025, the European Commission has published a Standardization Request for harmonised European Standards (hEN) on Trusted Data Transaction, under the umbrella of a European Trusted Data Framework, which also includes requests for other European standards and European standardisation deliverables.

How will this impact your organization? 

On October 7 2025, in the Berlaymont district in Brussels, join the European Commission Policy Officers, data experts, and practitioners for insightful keynotes, presentations, and engaging roundtable discussions. 

Participate in this exceptional event, and explore: 

• - What trusted data transactions mean for your business, from increased trust to greater interoperability within and across data spaces and ecosystems?
• - How harmonised European standards can unlock new opportunities for growth, innovation and collaboration?
• - Why active participation in standardization is important? Either directly or via industry associations - as it helps ensure that business requirements are embedded in future standards, transforming them into competitive advantages.

Be part of the conversation that will shape the future of data transactions in your organisation.
 

The Trusted Data Transaction pre-standardization initiative, was launched in 2023 by Dawex, Fraunhofer ISST, and TNO, and thrived the collaborative efforts of key stakeholders, including the European Commission, Gaia-X, IDSA, BDVA, Fiware Foundation, iSHARE, Microsoft, Airbus, EDF, Hub One, Prometheus-X, Data Spaces Support Center (DSSC), SQS and Connekt.

Trusted Data Transaction is an important pre-standardization initiative. Its deliverables - CWA Part 1 and Part 2 - serve as direct inputs to CEN JTC25, Working Group 2, for the drafting of harmonised European Standards (hEN) on Trusted Data Transactions, requested by the European Commission and linked to the Article 33 of the Data Act.

The CEN Workshop on Trusted Data Transaction therefore contributes to the building of the EU Trusted Data Framework, one of the top three policy priorities in the 2024 annual Union work programme for European standardization.

• The CWA Part 1 on Trusted Data Transaction, published in Summer 2024, provides key definitions and concepts around the scope of trusted data transactions. This is a crucial step as it sets the foundation for defining the characteristics of trust in a data transaction and the criteria to measure it.
• The CWA Part 2 on Trusted Data Transaction, published in July 2025, defines the trustworthiness requirements for trusted data transactions, through a set of foundational principles, general trustworthiness requirements that apply to all phases of a transaction and specific trustworthiness requirements for each individual phase.

What is a harmonised European Standard?  
A harmonized European Standard is developed by a European Standardization Organization upon a mandate from the EU Commission to support the implementation of EU legislation. In the case of Trusted Data Transaction, it's the article 33 of the Data Act, which addresses “Essential requirements regarding interoperability of data, of data sharing mechanisms and services, as well as of common European Data Spaces”. Complying with such hEN provides a presumption of conformity with the referenced regulation or relevant parts thereof.

Why does a harmonised European Standard on Trusted Data Transactions matter?
A harmonised European Standard will help data space participants - including data providers offering data, and Data Intermediaries offering Data Exchange services - comply with the requirements set out in Article 33 of the Data Act.

Beyond compliance, the harmonised European Standard on Trusted Data Transactions will also foster trust between participants when conducting Data Transactions, and enhance interoperability within and across data spaces, contributing to a more dynamic and competitive European data-driven market.

Don't miss the Open event on Trusted Data Transaction, October 7 2025 to understand what this harmonised European standard means to your organizations.

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