A spokesperson for the European Commission said smart contracts will not be made illegal when the new EU Data Act takes effect, CoinDesk reported. The commission proposed the bill in 2022 following industry concerns that the Data Act, an EU law currently under consideration, imposes unfeasible requirements that smart contracts be resistant to manipulation, secure resets and controlled access. While the new rules will cover software such as self-executing contracts (in the context of data sharing), there should be no problem for suppliers of smart contract software, the spokesperson added. Foresight News previously reported that Polygon Labs issued an open letter to representatives of the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on art in April. The proposed Article 30 of the Data Act is too broad and may not be enforceable in a decentralized system. Polygon Labs proposes to exclude software developers, clarifying that smart contracts are not “agreement.”