49. Can a request under Chapter V be made repetitively or simultaneously by different public sector bodies?

A data holder cannot be expected to respond to repetitive requests for the same data. Public sector bodies should first check if the data are already available within the public sector. The Data Act therefore empowers a data holder to refuse a request if (i) a similar request for the same purpose has been previously submitted by another public sector body or the Commission, the European Central Bank or another EU body and (ii) the data holder has not been notified of the erasure of the data pursuant to Article 19(1)(c) of the Data Act.