The Dutch government informed the Dutch Parliament of its reaction to the EC's proposal for an EU Open Data Strategy of December 2011.

Summary of a few key points:

The Dutch government welcomes the proposals, stating that current standard Dutch policy towards PSI re-use actually goes further than the Commission's proposal. Also the EC's steps to lead by example are welcomed.
At the same time the Dutch government announced it is against the extension of the PSI Directive's scope to include cultural heritage data.

While subscribing in general to at maximum marginal cost charging for data access, it will also seek to maintain the exemptions regarding charging policies for several government bodies (cadastre, trade register, vehicle register, statistics office, and the Ministry of Defense's hydrographic service). At the same time the Dutch government signals that in order to create a unified market, it may not be advisable to leave it up to Member States to define their own exemptions.

The Dutch government is against creating an independent body for complaints and redress, saying such independent arbitration bodies do not exist in the Netherlands governance structures.

The European data portal is welcomed, but the Dutch government says it wants to avoid a centralized pan-European data portal, favoring a federated and distributed solution that re-uses the content of existing national and local data registers, which leaves the data in the hands of the data holders.

The full text (in Dutch) is attached, as well as available from the Dutch government's announcement website.