Summary

Date

Action

31.12.03

Directive 2003/98/EC enters into force in the European Union

1.07.05

Directive 2003/98/EC enters into force in Member States

8.05.08

Commission notifies Belgium has transposed

31.12.08

Existing exclusive arrangements must be phased out

10.12.09

Commission announces launch of study

15.01.10

Commission receives study report

5.03.10

Commission makes study public

Elapsed time since notice first given: 76+ months approximately

Elapsed time since transposition (Belgium): 23+ months approximately

Transparency: Poor (Belgium), Commission (Moderate)

PSI policy implementation: Poor

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The Belgium study

The Executive Summary of the report titled: Country report assessment on exclusive PSI re-use arrangements in Belgium states:

“The most prominent leads are found in the PSI Domains of meteorological information, business information and, to a lesser extent, legal information. Furthermore, the majority of the alleged potential EAs are located outside the federal circles of the Belgian government.”

Report references

Title: Country report assessment on exclusive PSI re-use arrangements in Belgium

Version: 1.2 (final)

Authors: M. de Vries, Professor P. van Eecke and S. Verbeke - DLA Piper UK LLP (Brussels)

Date: 15 January 2010

Pages: 18

Report Annexes

Annex 1 – Inception report

Annex 2 – French Documents

Annex 2 – Dutch Documents

Annex 3 – Overview Public Sector Bodies and Re-users contacted during the study

Related news topics

Exclusive Agreements: Belgium

Page last updated: 20th May 2010