EU Data Act Legal Representative
If you make connected products available or offer related or data processing services in the EU without being established there, the Data Act requires a legal representative in a member state. We take that role from Germany.
Who needs one?
Providers established outside the EU that offer these services in the Union:
- Manufacturers of connected products placed on the EU market, such as smart devices, vehicles and industrial machinery
- Providers of related services, for example the app that controls the device
- Data holders that must make product data available to users and third parties
- Providers of data processing services, including cloud and edge services subject to the switching rules
Until a representative is designated, the authorities of every member state may act against the provider.
What the representative is for
Under Art. 37(11) Data Act, Regulation (EU) 2023/2854, the representative:
- 01
Is designated in writing in one member state and can be addressed by competent authorities on all matters under the Data Act
- 02
Brings the provider under the jurisdiction of the member state where the representative is established
- 03
Cooperates with the authorities and provides the information they request, without taking over the provider’s own liability
What we do as your representative
Written mandate
A signed appointment you can show to authorities and partners, naming Cloudkasten GmbH in Germany as your representative.
Receipt and forwarding
Correspondence from authorities is received at our registered office, logged and forwarded to your named contacts without delay.
One contact for authorities
A single EU address for the German data coordinator and other competent authorities, instead of exposure in every member state.
A real German company
Cloudkasten GmbH, registered in Germany, with German-admitted lawyers involved in running the service. Not a mailbox.
Your own obligations under the law stay with you; the representative does not take them over. Substantive legal advice is available as a separate engagement.
Request a quote
Tell us about your service. We check that the mandate fits, then send you a fixed annual quote and the mandate to sign.
- Send the form
- Short review call or email
- Quote and mandate
- Designation letter once signed
Need a GDPR Article 27 representative too? That one you can book online.
We usually reply within one business day at the email address you gave.
Common questions
Legal text and related services
This page is general information about the designation duty, not legal advice. Questions? Contact us.