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

1.07.05

Commission notified Denmark has transposed

31.12.08

Existing exclusive arrangements must be phased out

10.12.09

Commission announces launch of study

30.04.10

Commission receives study report (Assume date on report)

8.09.10

Commission makes study public

Elapsed time since notice first given: 80+ months approximately

Elapsed time since transposition (Denmark): 62+ months approximately

Transparency: Denmark (Poor), Commission (Moderate)

PSI policy implementation: Poor

The Denmark study

The Executive Summary of the titled: PSI: Identification of Potential Exclusive Agreements in Denmark - Summary Report Submitted to the European Commission states:

“During January-April 2010, A9 Consulting carried out a study to identify potential exclusive agreements between public data providers and data reusers in Denmark in the context of Directive 2003/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 November 2003 on the re-use of public sector information.

A review of the literature suggests that there is awareness of the market potential inherent in unhindered access to public data, and the official policy is indeed to provide data for reuse as widely as possible. Denmark's Ministry of Finance (see http://uk.fm.dk/Publications/2007/Danish%20egovernent%20strategy%202007-... ) suggests the government is fully engaged in supporting efforts to leverage data collected in the course of the public service's activities.

A total of 26 public data providers and 24 data reusers in the chosen PSI information domains were identified and approached, and 23 and 23 respectively provided responses to questions issued in the original invitation to participate and in subsequent telephone interviews. Their input highlights that access to data is hindered in some cases by practical barriers such as prices deemed too high for some market players. In other words, limitations in access to data is not policy driven but results from the fact that Denmark's public entities are autonomous in setting their own policy towards data availability and for setting the prices they wish to charge for their data. Some respondents signalled to the variability and inconsistency in the availability of data due to such autonomy.

Based on the literature review and the interviews conducted, we can conclude that the challenge in Denmark is not associated with the potential existence of exclusive agreements but rather with (1) finding practical means to disseminate public data and (2) the funding the activity.

The study did not identify any exclusive agreements as defined by the PSI Directive. However, the Commission may wish to pursue what in the views of some respondents is an overly close relationship between one supplier of IT services and public sector buyers.”

Report references

Title: PSI: Identification of Potential Exclusive Agreements in Denmark - Summary Report Submitted to the European Commission

Authors: A9 Consulting, Sonderborg, Denmark

Date: 30th April 2010

Pages: 29

Report Contents

Executive Summary

Introduction

1. Project Steps and Number of Responses

2. Context and Literature Summary

3. Summary of Interviews

3.1 Government Entities - Providers of Data

3.2 Non-Government Entities - Reusers of Data

4. Conclusions

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