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Implementation of the Public Sector Information Directive 2003/98/EC by the Member States

Find the implementing rules in your home country.

As of 8 May 2008, all 27 Member States notified implementing measures to the Commission.

Member States have implemented the PSI Directive in different ways:

EU Member States

Austria A series of federal and regional (Länder) measures transposing the PSI Directive (2005-2007).

Belgium A series of federal, regional and community measures transposing the PSI Directive (2005-2008).

Bulgaria Law amending Access to Public Information Act (2007).

Cyprus Act establishing rules governing the re-use of existing information held by public sector bodies (2006); Decree pursuant to Article 3(2) of the Law on PSI (2007).

Czech Republic Law amending Free Access to Information Act No 1061/999 (2006).

Denmark Act on the re-use of public sector information No 596/24.6 (2005, amended in 2008); Public Administration Act No 571/19.12 (1985); Access to Public Administrative Documents Act No 572/19.12 (1985).

Estonia The Public Information Act (consolidated text March 2003).

France Act No 78-753, as amended by Order 2005-650 of 6 June 2005, on freedom of access to administrative documents and the re-use of public information; Decree No 20051755 (2005).

Finland Act on Transparency in Government (1999, as amended) ; Act on Criteria for Charges Payable to the State (1992); Act on Sovereignty of the Island of Åland (1991).

Germany Federal law transposing the PSI Directive – Re-use of Information Act (2006).

Greece Law No 3448 on the re-use of public sector information and the regulation of issues within the competency of the Ministry of Interior, Public Administration and Decentralisation (2006, amended in 2007).

Hungary A series of existing national measures, including Constitution of the Republic of Hungary (1949, amended 1989); Data Protection Act (1992, amended in 2003 and in 2005). Act on equal treatment and promoting equality of opportunity (2003); Act on freedom of electronic information (2005).

Ireland The European Communities (Re-use of Public Sector Information) Regulations (2005).

Italy Legislative Decree No 36 of 24 January implementing Directive 2003/98 on the re-use of public sector information (2006). Law No 96 of 4 June 2010 modifying Legislative Decree No 36 of 24 January, implementing Directive 2003/98.

Latvia Amendments to the act on freedom of information (2006); Act on freedom of information (1998).

Lithuania Law on access to information from central and local government institutions (2006); Law on State Registers (2004).

Luxembourg Law on the re-use of public sector information (2007).

Malta  European Union Act (Cap. 460) Re-use of Public Sector Information Order ( 2007).

Netherlands Amendment of the government information act (WOB) and a number of other acts in connection with implementation of Directive 2003/98/EC (2005).  

Poland A series of existing national measures, including Act on Freedom of Business Activity (2004); Act on Access to Public Information (2001); Constitution of the Republic of Poland (1997); Code of Administrative Procedure (1960).

Portugal Law No 46/2007 transposing the PSI Directive (2007).

Romania Law 109/2007 regarding re-use of public institutions information (2007).

Slovakia A series of existing legislation, including the freedom of Information Act 211/2000 (2000); Code of Administrative procedure (amended in 2002 and in 2003).

Slovenia Law on the re-use of public sector information (2005) and amendments to the Law on access to Information of Public Character (2005); Law on access to Information of Public Character (2003).

Spain Law No 37/2007 on the re-use of public sector information (2007).

Sweden Law No 2010:566 of 3 June 2010 on the re-use of public administration documents.

United Kingdom The Re-use of public sector information regulations (2005).

EEA countries

Iceland Law No 161/2006 amending the information law No 50/1996.

Liechtenstein Law No 172/016 on the further use of public sector information implementing the PSI Directive (2008).

Norway Act 19 May 2006 no 16 relating to right of access to documents held by the public administration and public undertakings.

Austria

 

New legislative instruments:

Federal measures:

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Belgium

 

New legislative instruments:

  • Décret portant transposition de la Directive 2003/98/CE du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 17 novembre 2003 concernant la réutilisation des informations du secteur public (Decree transposing the Directive on the re-use of public sector information) of 14/12/2006 Moniteur Belge, 27/12/2006, p. 74735-74738,  Original language version
  • Décret portant transposition de la Directive 2003/98/CE du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 17 novembre 2003 concernant la réutilisation des informations du secteur public et relatif à la publicité de l'administration dans les matières à l'égard desquelles la Région exerce les compétences de la Communauté française (Decree transposing the Directive on the reuse of public sector information and on the open government in matters for which the Region shall exercise the powers of the French Community) of 14/12/2006, Moniteur Belge, 28/12/2006, p. 74907-74908 Original language version

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Bulgaria

 

New legislative instruments:

  •  Закон за достъп до обществената информация (Act amending the Access to Public Information Act) of 07/06/2007, J.O. de Bulgarie, N° 59 of 21/07/2007  Original language version; EN translation

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Cyprus

 

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Czech Republic

Pre-existing legislation:

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Denmark

Existing legislation:

New legislative instruments:

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Estonia

New legislative instruments:

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France

New legislative instruments:

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Finland

Pre-existing legislation:

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Germany

 

New legislative instruments:

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Greece

 

New legislative instruments:

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Hungary

Pre-existing legislation:

New legislative instruments:

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Ireland

 

New legislative instruments:

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Italy

 

New legislative instruments:

  • Attuazione della direttiva 2003/98/CE relativa al riutilizzo di documenti nel settore pubblico (Legislative Decree implementing the Directive 2003/98 on the re-use of public sector information), 24/01/2006, Gazzetta Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana N° 37 of 14/02/2006 Original language version; EN translation
  • Article 44 of Legge 4 giugno 2010 n. 96 (the legislative package adopted to implement obligations steaming from EU law) amending Legislative Decree No 36 of 24 January 2006 on the re-use of public sector documents, Gazzetta Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana N° 146 of 25/06/2010. Original language
     

 

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Latvia

Pre-existing legislation:

New legislative instruments:

  • Grozījumi Informācijas atklātības likumā (Amendments to Freedom of Information Act) of 22/12/2005, Latvijas Vēstnesis N° 1 of 03/01/2006 Original language version; EN translation
  • Kārtība, kādā tiek piešķirtas ekskluzīvas tiesības informācijas atkalizmantošanai un publiskota informācija par šādu tiesību piešķiršanu (Ministerial Order setting the procedure for awarding exclusive rights for re-use of information and for publication of information on the award of such rights), 22/05/2007, Latvijas Vēstnesis N° 89 of 05/06/2007

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Lithuania

Pre-existing legislation:

 

New legislative instruments:

  • Lietuvos Respublikos valstybės registrų įstatymo pakeitimo įstatymas Nr. IX-2371 (Law amending the Law on State Registers), 15/07/2004, Nouvelles de l'Etat N° 124 of 07/08/2004 Original language version; EN translation
  • Lietuvos Respublikos teisės gauti informaciją iš valstybės ir savivaldybių įstaigų įstatymo pakeitimo įsatymas Nr. X-383 (nauja redakcija) (Law on obtaining information from central and local Government Institutions), 10/11/2005, Nouvelles de l'Etat N° 139 of 26/11/2005 Original language version; EN translation

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Luxembourg

 

New legislative instruments:

  •  Loi du 4 décembre 2007 sur la réutilisation des informations du secteur public (Law on the re-use of public sector information), 4/12/2007, Mémorial Luxembourgeois A N° 212 of 07/12/2007, p. 03694-03695 Original language version

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Malta

 

New legislative instruments:

  •  European Union Act (Cap. 460) Re-use of Public Sector Information Order ( 2007) of 09/02/2007, the Malta government gazette N° 18033 of 09/02/2007, p. 00293-00305 Original language version (MT and EN version)

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Netherlands

 

 

New legislative instruments:

  • Wijziging van de Wet openbaarheid van bestuur en enige andere wetten in verband met de implementatie van richtlijn nr. 2003/98/EG van het Europees Parlement en de Raad van de Europese Unie van 17 november 2003 inzake het hergebruik van overheidsinformatie (Wet implementatie richtlijn inzake hergebruik van overheidsinformatie) (Amendment of the Government Information Act and other acts implementing the Directive 2003/98/EC), of 22/12/2005, Staatsblad (Bulletin des Lois et des Décrets royaux) n° 25 of 19/01/2006, p. 00001-00004 Original language version; EN translation

 

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Poland

Pre-existing legislation:

  • Ustawa z dnia 14 czerwca 1960 r. Kodeks postępowania administracyjnego (Code of Administrative Procedure), of 14.06.1960, Dziennik Ustaw n° 2000/98/1071 of 17/11/2000 EN translation
  • Konstytucja Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (Constitution of the Republic of Poland) of 02/04/1997, Dziennik Ustaw n° 78/483 of 16/07/1997 EN translation
  • Ustawa z dnia 6 września 2001r. o dostępie do informacji publicznej (Act on Access to Public Information) of 06/09/2001, Dziennik Ustaw of 08/10/2001 EN translation

New legislative instruments:

  • Ustawa z dnia 2 lipca 2004 r. o swobodzie działalności gospodarczej (Act on Freedom of Business Activity) of 02/07/2004, Dziennik Ustaw n° 173/1807 of 06/08/2004 Original language version - EN translation

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Portugal

 

New legislative instruments:

  •  Lei n.º 46/2007 Regula o acesso aos documentos administrativos e a sua reutilização […] e transpõe para a ordem jurídica nacional a Directiva n.º 2003/98/CE, do Parlamento e do Conselho, de 17 de Novembro, relativa à reutilização de informações do sector público (Law governing access to and re-use of administrative documents) of 24/08/2007, Diaro da Republica, D.R n.º 163 of 24/08/2007, p. 05680-05687 Original language version; EN translation

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Romania

 

New legislative instruments:

  • Lege privin reutilizarea informaţiilor din instituţiile publice (Law on re-use of public institutions information) of 25/04/2007, Journal Officiel de Roumanie n° 300 of 05/05/2007, p. 00002-00003 Original language version
  • Lege pentru modificarea Legii nr.109/2007 privind reutilizarea informațiilor din instituțiile publice (Law amending the Law on re-use of public institutions information) of 24/10/2008, Journal Officiel de Roumanie n° 737 of 30/10/2008, p.00003-00003 Original language version

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Slovakia

Pre-existing legislation:

  • Zákon Národnej rady Slovenskej republiky č. 215/1995 Z.z. o geodézii a kartografii (Act of the National Council of the Slovak Republic no. 215/1995 on Geodesy and Cartography) of 12/09/1995, Zbierka zákonov SR n° 74 of 19/10/1995, p. 1782-1789 Original language version
  • Zákon Národnej rady Slovenskej republiky č. 215/1995 Z.z. o geodézii a kartografii (Act of the National Council of the Slovak Republic on Geodesy and Cartography) of 12/09/1995, Zbierka zákonov SR n° 74 of 19/10/1995, p. 1782-1789 Original language version
  • Zákon č. 211/2000 Z. z. o slobodnom prístupe k informáciám a o zmene a doplnení niektorých zákonov (zákon o slobode informácií) (Act. on the Access to Information, amending certain laws (Freedom of Information Act)) of 17/05/2000, Zbierka zákonov SR n° 92 of 13/07/2000 Original language version; EN translation
  • Vyhláška Ministerstva financií Slovenskej republiky č. 481/2000 Z. z. o podrobnostiach úhrady nákladov za sprístupnenie informácií (Decree of the Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic on the details of cost recovery for the disclosure of information) of 20/12/2000, Zbierka zákonov SR n° 92 of 13/07/2000 Original language version
     

New legislative instruments:

  • Zákon č. 346/2007 Z. z., ktorým sa mení a dopĺňa zákon Národnej rady Slovenskej republiky č. 215/1995 Z. z. o geodézii a kartografii v znení zákona č. 423/2003 Z. z. (Act. amending and supplementing Act of the National Council of the Slovak Republic no. 215/1995 on geodesy and cartography, amended by Law No. 423/2003) of 21/06/2007, Zbierka zákonov SR n° 149 of 26/07/2007 Original language version

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Slovenia

 

New legislative instruments:

  • Uredba o posredovanju in ponovni uporabi informacij javnega značaja (Decree on the provision and re-use of public information) of 28/07/2005, Uradni list RS n° 76/2005 of 12/08/2005, p. 08175-08180 Original language version; EN translation
  • Zakon o dostopu do informacij javnega značaja (Access to Public Information Act, Official consolidated version) of 3 May 2006, Uradni list RS, št. 51/2006 of 18. 5. 2006, p. Original language version; EN translation

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Spain

 

New legislative instruments:

  • Ley 37/2007 sobre reutilización de la información del sector público (Law on the re-use of public sector information) of 16/11/2007, BOE n° 276 of 17/11/2007 n°19814, p. 47160 – 47165 Original language version; EN translation

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Sweden


 

New legislative instruments:

  • New public Sector information (PSI) legislation to comply with the EU rules on re-use of public data - Lag om vidareutnyttjande av handlingar från den offentliga förvaltningen - Lag SFS 2010:566 Utkom från trycket den 15 juni 2010 (Law on the re-use of public administration documents) Original language version

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United Kingdom

 

New legislative instruments:

  • The Re-use of public sector information regulations of 10/06/2005, Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO) n° 1515 of 01/07/2005

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EEA Member States:

Iceland

 

New legislative instruments:

  •  Lög nr. 161/2006 um breytingu á pplýsingalögum nr. 50/1996 (Act amending Access to Information Act) of 2006.

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Liechtenstein

 

New legislative instruments:

  • Gesetz vom über die Weiterverwendung von Informationen öffentlicher Stellen - Informationsweiterverwendungsgesetz, IWG (Law on the further use of public sector information implementing the PSI Directive) of 29/05/2008, LR 172.016.

 

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Norway

 

New legislative instruments:

  • Lov nr. 16 om rett til innsyn i dokument i offentleg verksemd (Act on the right to access to documents in the public sector), of 19/05/2006

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