PSI reuse in France : position of the industry

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PSI re-use in France position of the industry

Denis Berthault, Vice-Président of GFII
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OVERVIEW OF THE GFII

• GFII The association of private and public
  actors in the professional electronic information
  field, in all market segments 
• Around 100 members including public institutions
  and private companies (50/50).
• 80 are concerned by re-using PSI
• Cooperation with other concerned organizations
  setting up of a common working group
• ACSEL Association for on-line business and
  services (200 members)
• AFIGEO French Association for Geographic
  Information (130 members)
• GESTE Association of on-line service publishers
  (targeted at households) (110 members)
• FIGEC National Federation for Companies
  Information and Credit Management (12 members)
• GFII French Association of Information Industry
  (100 members)
• SPDG Club of users of geographic information
• Participation of all key stakeholders
• Participation on the work on PSI re-use since the
  beginning, creation of a specific working group
  in 1997 a second on local PSI in 2007
• This group has issued a common position on PSI
  re-use
• The Association does not run an award scheme that
  identifies PSI Re-user
• The Association have case studies available about
  PSI Re-use tax, economics

650 company paying attention to PSI
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WORKS OF GFII ON PSI

• Actions taken with respect to the re-use of PSI
• Meetings
• Articles
• Meetings held on re-use of PSI
• Every month, meeting of the National PSI working
  group
• Every month, meeting of the Regional PSI working
  group
• 3 Training sessions for PSI correspondents
• Meeting Assemblée Nationale Paris (2004),
  Maison de lEurope (2006), I-Expo Paris (2007)
• Conferences during events meeting of the CNIG
  in 2006, INOP Nantes 2007
• Lobbying politicians on PSI re-use 1 or 2
  deputies
• Lobbying government Ministries on PSI Re-use
• Letters to Prime Minister
• Propositions to Ministry of Industry
• CADA 2 meetings
• APIE 2 meetings

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PSI MARKET IN FRANCE

• Electronic information 2006 revenue on the BtoB
  market 1,46 billion , no estimation on BtoC
• Growth of 8,4
• 55 of the revenue made with PSI by owner of the
  data or private sector
• 7 main agencies with a role focused on
  distribution of the information they publish
  INPI, INSEE, Journal Officiel , IGN, METEO
  FRANCE, BRGM, SHOM
• Some administrations do not propose licenses on
  their contents (trading jurisdictions)
• French ministries and local players not aware of
  PSI issues
• The Accessed Administration Documents Commission
  (CADA) which was previously in charge of the
  access to PSI has now become the 1st level
  jurisdiction of all PSI matters
• Immaterial Property State Agency (Agence du
  Patrimoine immatériel de lEtat) created in June
  2007 could become the  engine  of dissemination
  and re-use of PSI in France

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2006 ELECTRONIC INFORMATION REVENUE(BtoB market
only)
Source Serda/ GFII
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PSI CURRENT SITUATION IN FRANCE

• After a good start in the 80s when the 5 majors
  agencies started to license their content, 20
  years passed without major evolution (only legal
  content and geographical)
• It is only because the French Government had to
  transpose the 2003 Directive, that new law
  regulations came in force Ordonnance
  06/06/2005, Decree 30/12/2005 and note from Prime
  Ministry 29/05/06
• Major enhancements were
• a PSI correspondent must be in each ministry,
  administration or public agencies
• A complete repository must be created by each PSI
  provider
• Licenses need to be put in place before any
  payment happens
• Exclusive deal must be reconsidered every year
• Immaterial Property State Agency (APIE) created
  in June 2007 its main purpose is to valorize
  the assets of the French State
• Key players now are
• Ministry of Justice in charge of the
  transposition of the directive
• CADA Accessed Administration Documents
  Commission which was previously in charge of the
  access to PSI has now become the 1st level
  jurisdiction of all PSI matters
• Immaterial Property State Agency (APIE)
• Eric Besson, Secretary of State in charge of the
  development of the digital economy, attached to
  the Prime Minister (since march)

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PSI FRENCH INDUSTRY CONCERNS

• French administrations and local communities not
  aware of the Directive
• No web site or repository to inform potential
  re-users
• New 2006 Intellectual property (authors rights)
  and privacy policy regulations could affect
  development of PSI re-use
• Pricing 1 complex and abusing prices on Company
  (INSEE, INPI) and geographical (IGN) info,
• Pricing 2 no transparency, no explanations, no
  coordination or consistency on prices or pricing
  structures
• Pricing 3 fear of the industry about
  proportional fees on turnover or abusive rise of
  prices
• Ambiguous role of Immaterial Property State
  Agency (APIE)
• No e-Government agency
• Some administrations do not propose licenses
  trading jurisdictions
• Major public data holders dont have a better
  communication on their tariff policy (no
  communication about the real costs)

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WHAT DOES INDUSTRY WANT?

• Government must encourage the growth of the new
  electronic information market around PSI reuse
  for multiple reasons
• that will helps France to promote its ideas, its
  language and projects
• That is an alternative option to replace the old
  industrial world and to provide new jobs
• That will help the French Administration to
  develop its own content, sometimes thanks to
  private/public partnership (ex Health Safety
  Executive in UK)
• A catalog to inform potential re-users on
  available data
• Quality of data
• Not asking for free licenses !
• One single point of contact for all legal,
  technical and pricing matter (idem HMSO in UK)
• A creative pricing policy to help new comers to
  come in
• In conclusion there is a huge need that the
  Public Sector culture comes closer to market
  needs and expectations

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ANNEXES

• Extracts of CADA decisions
• - Ref. 20074046 du 25/10/2007 Le Ministère de
  la Justice a dabord été obligé de communiquer un
  document puis de reconnaître que son interdiction
  dune réutilisation avec fourniture à des tiers
  était illégale.
• - Ref. 20060771 du 16/03/2006 La Diren Pays de la
  Loire est obligée de revenir sur son interdiction
  de fourniture à des tiers notée dans sa licence.
• - Ref 20062243 du 29/06/2006 Académie/France
  Examen qui oblige à la réutilisation. Dans cet
  avis quil est noté   ladministrationne peut
  intégrer dans la fixation de la redevance un
  paramètre permettant de tenir compte des recettes
  que dégagera la réutilisation des informations 
• Dans les conseils, tous les cas exposés par les
  organismes publics en 2007 obtiennent des
  réponses indiquant lobligation de permettre la
  réutilisation des informations, sauf lorsque la
  CADA se déclare incompétente (concernant les
  tarifs pratiqués par lIGN).