It’s official. The European Commission published its long-anticipated standardization request for data spaces. The document, listed as mandate number 614, marks a clear shift: from exploratory workstreams to coordinated standard-setting across Europe related to Article 33 of the EU Data Act.
The European Standardization Organization has accepted the Standardization Request. The mandate lays out a structured path, with specific roles and timelines. Key topics are assigned to relevant technical committees:
- Trusted Data Transactions (Parts 1–3) will be handled by CEN/CENELEC JTC 25
- Data catalogues and semantic asset frameworks go to ETSI TC Data
- Maturity assessments and internal data governance also sit with JTC 25
This distribution follows a work plan that’s familiar to most stakeholders. What’s new is its official status – complete with item numbers, deadlines, and clear expectations.
The deliverables vary in scope. Some will become harmonized European standards – critical tools for legal compliance under the EU’s New Legislative Framework. Others, such as technical specifications, offer important guidance to data space participants.
The work on the standardization of deliverables was already ongoing when the mandate became official. That might sound rushed, but it wasn’t. Most of the content had already been drafted in anticipation. Everyone knew this moment was coming – and prepared accordingly.
