1. Europe: A mid term PSI review Chris Corbin ePSIplus Analyst Den Haag, The Netherlands, 16.02.07 funded by eContentPlus

2. EU PSI Directive ( broad) Political Review 2004200520062007 1.07.05 Member States comply 20082009 PSI directive came into force 31.12.03 Started in 1987 may achieve its objectives by 2017: 30 Years! We are here! EC Info Soc monitoring via contracts and projects such as ePSIplus Estimate as to when all EU25 will have Transposed the PSI Directive ePSIplus ePSINet + ePSINetCee MEPSIR www.ePSIplus.net CUPI Report PSI Context - Mid term review!

3. www.ePSIplus.net 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2006 2008 2009 2010 2011 EU Lisbon Treaty (Strategy) EU Revised Lisbon Strategy EU PSI Directive MS PSI Directive EU Revised PSI Directive? MS Revised PSI Directive? PSI contribution to Lisbon Treaty by 2010 €68 billion, 4+ million new jobs Lisbon Treaty context PSI Contribution

4. www.ePSIplus.net EU Co-Decision Process Re-use PSI 5.06.02 31.12.03 19 Months Member States Transposition 18 Months EU27 = 37+ Months 1.07.05 19+ months Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Member State Public Sector compliance Step 4 Impact on Current PSI re-users Compliance Time to Reach Critical Mass European Parliament, Commission, Council Review July 2008 Establishing the PSI framework - The process

5. www.ePSIplus.net PSI process - Member State performance

6. www.ePSIplus.net PSI process - Member State performance

7. EU27: Member States notified European Commission that they have completed the transposition. 1.07.2005 (10) Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Ireland, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, UK (10) 1.12.2005 (12) Hungary, Lithuania (2) 1.03.2006 (17) Czech Republic, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands (5) 23.10.2006 (19) Cyprus, Malta (2) 19.12.2006 (20) Germany (1) EU27: Member States still to complete transposition Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Luxembourg, Portugal, Romania, Spain (7) EFTA : Iceland - Data access laws for some public organisation’s under revision to comply with PSI Directive Liechtenstein - Norway - Revised FOI Act 2006 enables Norway to comply with the PSI Directive as of 1.01.08 Switzerland - www.ePSIplus.net PSI process - Member State performance

8. www.ePSIplus.net Transposition as at January 2007 PSI process - Member State performance

9. www.ePSIplus.net PSI process - Member State performance Arrows - Member States still to transpose PSI Directive as at 1.02.07

10. PSI process - Member State performance www.ePSIplus.net

11. PSI process - Member State performance www.ePSIplus.net

12. PSI process - Member State performance www.ePSIplus.net

13. PSI process - The market

14. www.ePSIplus.net PSI process - The market

15. One of the objectives of the PSI Directive is to stimulate cross border entrepreneurial activity. Transposition notifications from a regional cross border (land) perspective as at 1.02.07 Baltic: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden Benelux:Netherlands Central Europe: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia Iberian Peninsular: Northwest Europe: Ireland, UK Southeast Europe:Italy, Slovenia, Greece, Cyprus Western Europe:France, Italy, Malta Mediterranean:Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Slovenia PSI process - The market www.ePSIplus.net

16. PSI Directive - On target?

17. www.ePSIplus.net Support Transposition Implementation Awareness Enforcement ePSIplus Scorecard Theme 1 PSI Directive - On target?

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