30 minutes on the legal stuff By Marc de Vries ePSIplus Analyst legal Kick off, Prague, 30 October 2006 funded by eContentPlus

What will we do in WP2? Cover all legal developments surrounding PSI reuse Organize thematic and country meetings Input + help from the country respondents is crucial  Animate your national PSI society  Open up networks and that of your colleagues  Monitor + report on progress and developments  Ongoing effort from

The value adding process: allocating the work Request input + provide (infra)structure Collect and feed data Analyse + add value to data Publish data + generate feed back Core team Country respondents Core team + country corr. Core team WEBSITE MEETINGS +

Where are we + focus WP 2 EPSIPLUS FOCUS WP2: transposition WP2: - compliance - Good practices WP2: Disputes

What will WP2 deliver? 1.Reports of thematic meetings in the legal and regulatory area (D1.1) 2.Summative Report on Legal and Regulatory Impact and Progress (D1.2) 3.Consensus-based definitions of good practice in key areas 4.Analysis of the legislative approach, based on the transposition of the Directive and the emerging impact in each Member and candidate state.

What and when in WP2? Year 1Year 2 Thematic Meeting 1 Month 4 Thematic Meeting 2 Month 14 Thematic Meeting 3 Month 24 Year 3 Report 1 month 5 Report 2 month 15 Report 2 month 15 Report 3 month 27 National meetings

First meeting Probably 12 January 2007 The Hague See table document tomorrow

How to go about? Draft framework

The battle zones 1. Interdependencies with other areas of law 2. Area of application of the Directive 3. Reuse and public task 4. Processing of requests 5. Pricing 6. Non discrimination 7. Redress

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