Infringement proceedings
The European Free Trade Area Surveillance Authority (EFTA-SA) published on the 19 February 2009 the report titled: EEA EFTA States Internal Market Scoreboard February 2009. (Number 23). The report on page 9 includes the following statement:
“Norway’s overdue directive, Directive 2003/98/EC, relates to the re-use of public sector information. (11)
(11) The Authority initiated, in November 2007, an infringement proceeding against Norway concerning the non-transposition of Directive 2003/98/EC, overdue for more than two years.”
“The main task of the EFTA Surveillance Authority is to ensure that EEA rules are properly enacted and applied by the EFTA States. These rules include for example, the general principles for the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital, covering fields such as foodstuffs, veterinary and phytosanitary matters, energy, intellectual property rights, the environment, mutual recognition of diplomas, social security, consumer protection, financial services and transport. Specific rules apply to trade in fish and in processed agricultural products.
In general, the EFTA States are obliged to notify the Authority of their transposition of EEA provisions into national law. If a State does not transpose and apply the EEA rules correctly, the Authority will intervene. The Authority may eventually initiate infringement proceedings which, as a last step, may bring the matter before the EFTA Court.”
Summary of Member States that have been infringed in relation to Directive 2003/98/EC
Austria - European Court (Closed) Belgium - European Court (Closed) Luxembourg - European Court (Closed) Norway - Infringement proceedings initiated (Open) Poland - Infringement proceedings initiated (Open) Portugal - European Court (Closed) Spain - European Court (Closed)Sweden - Infringement proceedings initiated (Open)
Norway completes transposition!
ePSIplus National Norwegian PSI re-use meeting
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