Italy to amend PSI re-use law
The European Commission (EC) has announced that Italian Government has drafted an amendment to the Legislative Decree 24th January 2006, No. 36 on the re-use of documents in the public sector. If the Parliament passes the amended law then Italy will have transposed the re-use of public sector information Directive 2003/98/EC correctly.
The EC announcement states:
“Commission action triggers new PSI bill in Italy - Following a letter of formal notice sent by the Commission to Italy on 23 March 2009 for incorrect transposition of Directive 2003/98/EC on the re-use of public sector information (PSI), the Italian authorities accepted to change their legislation transposing the Directive and proposed new PSI legislation, which is now pending before the Parliament as part of the legislative package to implement obligations stemming from EU law (Legge comunitaria 2009, A. S. n. 1781). The proposed changes to the national legislation aim in particular to incorporate the general principle contained in Article 3 of the Directive and to amend other provisions which might restrict the scope of the re-use legislation on grounds of lack of ownership of the requested PSI by the relevant public sector body or of its nature (e.g. cadastral or statistical data). The text of the proposed changes have been published.”
Italian PSI Re-use - Legal Issues
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