Regulation (EU) 2025/327 — European Health Data Space
The full text of Regulation (EU) 2025/327, in force since 25 March 2025: 105 articles, 115 recitals and 4 annexes, with a permanent link for every article.
Recitals (115) Definitions (28) Annexes (4) Application timeline Implementing and delegated acts
Corrigenda published: 7.11.2025 (FR, HR and LV versions), 18.3.2026 and 13.8.2026 (HU version). None affects the Spanish or the English version: this is the text in force. Checked on 25 October 2026.
CHAPTER I · GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER II · PRIMARY USE
SECTION 1 · Rights of natural persons in relation to the primary use of their personal electronic health data, and related provisions
- Article 3 Right of natural persons to access their personal electronic health data
- Article 4 Electronic health data access services for natural persons and their representatives
- Article 5 Right of natural persons to insert information in their own EHR
- Article 6 Right of natural persons to rectification
- Article 7 Right to data portability for natural persons
- Article 8 Right to restrict access
- Article 9 Right to obtain information on accessing data
- Article 10 Right of natural persons to opt out in primary use
- Article 11 Access by health professionals to personal electronic health data
- Article 12 Health professional access services
- Article 13 Registration of personal electronic health data
- Article 14 Priority categories of personal electronic health data for primary use
- Article 15 European electronic health record exchange format
- Article 16 Identification management
- Article 17 Requirements for technical implementation
- Article 18 Compensation for making personal electronic health data available
SECTION 2 · Governance for primary use
- Article 19 Digital health authorities
- Article 20 Reporting by digital health authorities
- Article 21 Right to lodge a complaint with a digital health authority
- Article 22 Relationship with supervisory authorities under Regulation (EU) 2016/679
SECTION 3 · Cross-border infrastructure for primary use of personal electronic health data
CHAPTER III · EHR SYSTEMS AND WELLNESS APPLICATIONS
SECTION 1 · Scope and general provisions for EHR systems
- Article 25 Harmonised software components of EHR systems
- Article 26 Placing on the market and putting into service
- Article 27 Relation to Union law governing medical devices, in vitro diagnostic medical devices and AI systems
- Article 28 Claims
- Article 29 Procurement, reimbursement and financing
SECTION 2 · Obligations of economic operators with regard to EHR systems
- Article 30 Obligations of manufacturers of EHR systems
- Article 31 Authorised representatives
- Article 32 Obligations of importers
- Article 33 Obligations of distributors
- Article 34 Cases in which obligations of manufacturers of an EHR system apply to other entities or individuals
- Article 35 Identification of economic operators
SECTION 3 · Conformity of the harmonised software components of EHR systems
- Article 36 Common specifications
- Article 37 Technical documentation
- Article 38 Information sheet accompanying the EHR system
- Article 39 EU declaration of conformity
- Article 40 European digital testing environment
- Article 41 CE marking of conformity
- Article 42 National requirements and reporting to the Commission
SECTION 4 · Market surveillance of EHR systems
- Article 43 Market surveillance authorities
- Article 44 Handling of risks posed by EHR systems and of serious incidents
- Article 45 Handling of non-compliance
- Article 46 Union safeguard procedure
SECTION 5 · Other provisions on interoperability
- Article 47 Labelling of wellness applications
- Article 48 Interoperability of wellness applications with EHR systems
SECTION 6 · Registration of EHR systems and wellness applications
CHAPTER IV · SECONDARY USE
SECTION 1 · General conditions with regard to secondary use
- Article 50 Applicability to health data holders
- Article 51 Minimum categories of electronic health data for secondary use
- Article 52 Intellectual property rights and trade secrets
- Article 53 Purposes for which electronic health data can be processed for secondary use
- Article 54 Prohibited secondary use
SECTION 2 · Governance and mechanisms for secondary use
- Article 55 Health data access bodies
- Article 56 Union health data access service
- Article 57 Tasks of health data access bodies
- Article 58 Obligations of health data access bodies towards natural persons
- Article 59 Reporting by health data access bodies
- Article 60 Duties of health data holders
- Article 61 Duties of health data users
- Article 62 Fees
- Article 63 Enforcement by health data access bodies
- Article 64 General conditions for the imposition of administrative fines by health data access bodies
- Article 65 Relationship with supervisory authorities under Regulation (EU) 2016/679
SECTION 3 · Access to electronic health data for secondary use
- Article 66 Data minimisation and purpose limitation
- Article 67 Health data access applications
- Article 68 Data permit
- Article 69 Health data request
- Article 70 Templates to support access to electronic health data for secondary use
- Article 71 Right to opt out from the processing of personal electronic health data for secondary use
- Article 72 Simplified procedure for access to electronic health data from a trusted health data holder
- Article 73 Secure processing environment
- Article 74 Controllership
SECTION 4 · Cross-border infrastructure for secondary use
- Article 75 HealthData@EU
- Article 76 Access to cross-border registries or databases of electronic health data for secondary use
SECTION 5 · Health data quality and utility for secondary use
- Article 77 Dataset description and dataset catalogue
- Article 78 Data quality and utility label
- Article 79 EU dataset catalogue
- Article 80 Minimum specifications for datasets of high impact
SECTION 6 · Complaints
CHAPTER V · ADDITIONAL ACTIONS
- Article 82 Capacity building
- Article 83 Training programmes and information for health professionals
- Article 84 Digital health literacy and digital health access
- Article 85 Additional requirements for public procurement and Union funding
- Article 86 Storage of personal electronic health data for primary use
- Article 87 Storage of personal electronic health data by health data access bodies and secure processing environments
- Article 88 Third-country transfer of non-personal electronic data
- Article 89 International governmental access to non-personal electronic health data
- Article 90 Additional conditions for transfer of personal electronic health data to a third country or an international organisation
- Article 91 Health data access applications and health data requests from third countries