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[FYI] Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the re-use of public sector documents
http://register.consilium.eu.int/pdf/en/03/st07/st07946en03.pdf
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COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
Brussels, 21 May 2003
(OR. en) Interinstitutional File: 2002/0123 (COD)
7946/03
TELECOM 49
PI 31
CODEC 379 LEGISLATIVE ACTS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS
Subject : Common position adopted by the Council with a view to the
adoption of a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council
on the re-use of public sector documents
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Whereas:
(1) The Treaty provides for the establishment of an internal market
and of a system ensuring that competition in the internal market is
not distorted. Harmonisation of the rules and practices in the
Member States relating to the exploitation of public sector
information contributes to the achievement of these objectives.
(2) The evolution towards an information and knowledge society
influences the life of every citizen in the Community, inter alia, by
enabling them to gain new ways of accessing and acquiring knowledge.
(3) Digital content plays an important role in this evolution.
Content production has given rise to rapid job creation in recent
years and continues to do so. Most of these jobs are created in
small emerging companies.
(4) The public sector collects, produces, reproduces and disseminates
a wide range of information in many areas of activity, such as
social, economic, geographical, weather, tourist, business, patent
and educational information.
(5) One of the principal aims of the establishment of an internal
market is the creation of conditions conducive to the development of
Community-wide services. Public sector information is an important
primary material for digital content products and services and will
become an even more important content resource with the development
of wireless content services. Broad cross-border geographical
coverage will also be essential in this context. Wider possibilities
of re-using public sector information should inter alia allow
European companies to exploit its potential and contribute to
economic growth and job creation.
(6) There are considerable differences in the rules and practices in
the Member States relating to the exploitation of public sector
information resources, which constitute barriers to bringing out the
full economic potential of this key document resource. Minimum
harmonisation of national rules and practices on the re-use of public
sector documents should therefore be undertaken, in cases where the
differences in national regulations and practices or the absence of
clarity hinder the smooth functioning of the internal market and the
proper development of the information society in the Community.
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