1 / 32

P S I In Greece

P S I In Greece. Kalliopi Angeletopoulou, Legal advisor, General Secretariat of Public Administration and e-Government, Ministry of Interior, Public Administration and Decentralization, Greece. P R I C I N G P O L I C Y. A. PREFACE. Definitions / clarifications :

eunice
Download Presentation

P S I In Greece

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. P S I In Greece Kalliopi Angeletopoulou,Legal advisor, General Secretariat of Public Administration and e-Government, Ministry of Interior, Public Administration and Decentralization, Greece ePSIplus Conference Helsinki 19.04.2007

  2. P R I C I N G P O L I C Y ePSIplus Conference Helsinki 19.04.2007

  3. A. PREFACE Definitions / clarifications: Pricing = Charging or Pricing > Charging, so as to cover the return of an investment (profit). “Charging” can always cover more kinds of costs (e.g. charges for IP Rights) ePSIplus Conference Helsinki 19.04.2007

  4. B. LEGAL BASIS FOR CHARGES • national status (dispositions about “the free access to administrative documents”) • IP Rights, or similar special provisions • directive 2003/1998 on PSI ePSIplus Conference Helsinki 19.04.2007

  5. where: 1 + 2 = Life before the PSI directive ePSIplus Conference Helsinki 19.04.2007

  6. 1.aConstitution οf 1975, art. 10 par. 3a «The competent (public) service is obliged to answer to any requests about providing information and issuing documents, mainly certificates and supporting documents, within a certain deadline, no longer than 60 days, as the law determines». (…) ePSIplus Conference Helsinki 19.04.2007

  7. The deadline for granting the PS’s documents, according to the law2690/1999, concerning the «free access to administrative documents» remains 20 days <20 «working» days (PSI directive). ePSIplus Conference Helsinki 19.04.2007

  8. 1.b Law 1599/1986, art. 16 and finally, 1.cLaw 2690/1999, art. 5 , “access to administrative documents”: “Every interested person has the right, after making a written request, to be informed about the content of the administrative documents…Τhe cost of the reproduction of the documents will be covered by the applicant, unless the law determines else”. ePSIplus Conference Helsinki 19.04.2007

  9. HOW ONE GETS THEP S I Ι. Granting the document (data) by electronic means, mainly through a public site: Neither is the “reason why” asked, nor any additional requirements imposed by the Public Sector body, for the re-use. e.g.: the public site of the Official Gazette: «Ethniko Typografeio» (www.et.gr). Since two years ago everybody has free access to all laws, presidential decrees and ministerial decisions promulgated on this site . Unless someone needs the issue itself, no charges are imposed. ePSIplus Conference Helsinki 19.04.2007

  10. Important! Best quality’s legal data banks of the Private Sector, are based on this PSI. (e.g. «Nomos», «Domiki Pliroforiki», legal data bank of «Athens Bar Association» etc) No distinction between commercial or non commercial re-use. ePSIplus Conference Helsinki 19.04.2007

  11. ΙΙ. In practice, in many cases where “photocopies” should be made, the applicant leaves his/her Identity Card, takes the document, makes photocopies (under his/her own responsibility not to harm or misplace the document) and returns the original intact. (hopefully )!!… ePSIplus Conference Helsinki 19.04.2007

  12. 2. Law 2121/1993about the “Protection of the Intellectual Property’s Rights”, art. 2, par. 5 : «the protection of this law does not extend to the official texts with which state competence is expressed», where: “state competence” = almost everything! ePSIplus Conference Helsinki 19.04.2007

  13. so: IP rights, belonging and being practiced by the state = rather exceptional - special disposition needed.- No exclusive arrangements exist. ePSIplus Conference Helsinki 19.04.2007

  14. e.g.:2.a geographical information (maps included)- IP rights belong to the state according to a special law. Editing and publishing by the Private Sector is permitted (commercial re- use) – Significantly low charges, that do not exceed the cost of collection, production, reproduction and dissemination of data. ePSIplus Conference Helsinki 19.04.2007

  15. 2.bbuilding permits, with supporting documents- IPRs belong mainly to third persons (architects, civil engineers etc- commercial re-use is not allowed). ePSIplus Conference Helsinki 19.04.2007

  16. 3. Life after the directive on PSI Law 3448/2006about the “ Implementation of the PSI directive”,coming into force in March 2006. ePSIplus Conference Helsinki 19.04.2007

  17. PSI Directive , art.6 & Law 3448/2006, art 8 : “ Where charges are made, the total income from supplying and allowing re-use of documents shall not exceed the cost of collection, production, reproduction and dissemination , together with a reasonable return of investment ” > “cost of reproduction” (existing art. 5, Law 2690/1999). ePSIplus Conference Helsinki 19.04.2007

  18. The directive applies to both commercial and non commercial re-use, but there is a special provision in art. 10:“Any applicable conditions for the re-use of documents shall be not discriminatory for comparable categories of re-use”. ePSIplus Conference Helsinki 19.04.2007

  19. Is commercial re-use comparable tonon commercial re-use, so as not to be distinguished , as far as charging is concerned? ePSIplus Conference Helsinki 19.04.2007

  20. e.g. Implementation dispositions of state members:3.aStatutory Instrument 2005 No 1515: 13. –(1) “Any conditions imposed under regulation 12 (1) shall not discriminate between applicants who make a request for re-use for comparable purposes ” ePSIplus Conference Helsinki 19.04.2007

  21. 3.b Ordonance no 2005-650 du 6 juin2005 relative a “la liberte d’ acces aux documents administratifs et a la reutilisation des informations publiques”.  Art. 6: “L’ acces aux documents administratifs s’ exerce a), b)…….par la delivrance d’ une copie …..et aux frais du demandeur, sans que ces frais puissent exceder le cout de cette reproduction” (…) ePSIplus Conference Helsinki 19.04.2007

  22.  Art. 10 : “Chapitre II ” “De la reutilisation des informations publiques”15. La reutilisation d’ informations publiques peut donner lieu au versement de redevances. SOS! In both cases, it is the same document, to be delivered, either according to the dispositions of art. 6, or the ones of art. 10. ePSIplus Conference Helsinki 19.04.2007

  23. so: At a request for re-use, ● which dispositions will an employee (of a PS body) apply for charging ? art. 6, or art. 10 ? ● what will he evaluate ? ● which criterion will he take under consideration? ePSIplus Conference Helsinki 19.04.2007

  24. Distinction between commercial and non commercial purposes of re-use, seems unavoidable, as for charging. ePSIplus Conference Helsinki 19.04.2007

  25. e.g.: Statutory Instrument 2005 No 1515: 6.-(1) A request for re-use shall : (a) … (b) … (c) … (d) state the purpose for which the document is to be re-used. ePSIplus Conference Helsinki 19.04.2007

  26.  PSI directive may “become the appetizer” of PS bodies for more! (higher charges) ePSIplus Conference Helsinki 19.04.2007

  27. Regulator’s first aids: Law 3448/2006, art. 7 «Permissions and other terms regarding the re-use of documents»: «….By joint decision of the competent Minister and the Minister of Economy and Finance the amount of charges is defined, where imposed » both complicated and transparent procedure. ePSIplus Conference Helsinki 19.04.2007

  28. C.CONCLUSIONS : Policy making : ☻Evaluate the impact of the directive (and the implementation of law 3448/2006) in both Public and Private Sector, taking into account all requests for charging, in relationship to needs. ePSIplus Conference Helsinki 19.04.2007

  29. ☻Estimate charges (if any) so as not to be “a burden on the taxpayer” ePSIplus Conference Helsinki 19.04.2007

  30. ☻Provide necessary services ( digitalization of data, creation of information inventory, directories, search-engines, etc), so as to ePSIplus Conference Helsinki 19.04.2007

  31. ☻ “Promote economic growth, instead of increasing government revenues,” and ePSIplus Conference Helsinki 19.04.2007

  32. ☼Remember!After all “Charging”, according to the PSI directive, (art.6) is only a possibility for the PS body; definitely not an obligation… (“Where” charges are made…) Thank you k.ageleto@ypesdda.gov.gr ePSIplus Conference Helsinki 19.04.2007

More Related