Redress, the missing teeth?

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Redress, the missing teeth?

• ePSIplus Project
• 3rd Legal thematic meeting,
• Ljubljana, 9 May 2008

funded by eContentPlus
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Structure of the meeting

• Introduction Marc de Vries
• UK situation Marcia Jackson, Geoff Offen
• EU minimum requirements for redress Wessel
  Geursen
• Short introductions other members inner circle
• Case Lexcase
• Wrap up

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EPSIplus spindoctor

• All in support of the PSI Directive
• Aimed at correct and timely implementation and
• Aimed at correct application in practice
• Networking and information provision
• Thematic meetings 12 out of 15
• Country meetings 20 out of 32
• Closing conference 13 June 2008

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European PSI re-use policy wherefrom and
whereto? (1)
INFO 2000 Programme
eContent Programme
EU Communication
Draft Green Paper on PSI
Green paper adopted
EU Recommendations
1987
1990
1996
1999
2002
2003
Policy started in 1987
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European PSI re-use policy wherefrom and
whereto? (2)
eContent plus Programme
MEPSIR 2 study
MEPSIR study
ePSIplus project
ePSINet ePSINetCee projects
Review PSI Directive
Adoption of PSI Directive
Deadline implementation
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Here we are now!
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Highlights Tour of Europe

• Implementation only few to go!
• New services and products emerge
• GIS sector www.penstreermap.com
• Meteorological sector www.buienradar.com
• Legal www.caselex.com
• New business models appear PPP Land
  Brandenburg (GER)
• European PSI lobby organisation set up PSI
  Alliance Studies, national en European Latvia,
  Netherlands, UK
• What is public and what is private task?
• pricing
• New legislation Netherlands, Iceland, Norway,
  Latvia
• Directive in action law suits Netherlands,
  Belgium, United Kingdom

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The Directive in motion the UK picture
Geoff Offen - Landmark Marcia Jackson -
OPSI
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EU minimum requirements for redress Wessel
Geursen de Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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Inner Circle

• Wessel Geursen, de Brauw Blackstone Westbroek,
  Netherlands
• Marcia Jackson, OPSI, United Kingdom
• Sonja Bien-Karlovsek, Deputy Information
  Commissioner, Slovenia
• Mariano Magide Herrero, Uria Menendez, Spain
• Pavoo Paloheimo, Consulting Agency Paavo
  Paloheimo, Finland

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State
Case Lexcase
Public Content Holder production
Public Content Holder sales department
Labour Court No response is given whatsoever.
Criminal Court Access is given but reuse is
disallowed
Council of State Reuse is disallowed cases
only available through private sector
publisher
all case law is to be made available for free
District Court Access and reuse are both refused
Supreme Court Access is given and reuse is
allowed, however against the following
conditions - 100 euro per case - delivered
one year later - only delivered in print - no
overview
Lawandlex
Lexcase
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Wrap up

• Recommendations to the EC as to the functioning
  of the PSI Directive on redress
• Is it functioning?
• Yes ? end
• No ? why not? ?
• Since there is no compliance with minimum
  requirements
• If yes infringement procedure and/or
  recommendations
• If no ?
• The lack of harmonization of redress mechanisms
  is frustrating the realization of the objectives
  of the Directive
• If yes basis for harmonizing legislation, and
  what?
• If no ?
• Redress is functioning but yields no results
  since the objectives of Directive need to be
  changed
• If yes new policy ? legislate/other policy
  measures
• If no there is no basis for the Directive

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