The Eu agrees to new rules to share data on the public sector

Negotiations between the european parliament, the council of the eu and the European Commission for the revision of the directive on open data and information of the public sector, known as Directive isps, have come to an end with an agreement that will facilitate the availability and reuse of public sector data.

The Directive PSI entered into force in 2003 and was revised in 2013. Now, once again be reviewed based on the proposals of the european commission on which it has been negotiating until last tuesday, 22 april. It is a key revision to a sector with an economic value that grow from 52 billion generated in 2018 to 194 billion in 2030.

In total compliance with the Regulation of General data protection of the eu , new directive on Open Data and information of the public Sector , (which encompasses from anonymous personal data on the use of energy in the domicile to general information on national education or literacy levels, for example) lays down the conditions under which the public sector must be available for reuse.

Areas covered by the revision of the directive PSI

The agreement provides that, in principle, all of the content of accessible public sector, taking into account the national policy for access to documents, should be available free of charge for reuse to facilitate market access of smes and start-ups that generate new services and products from this data. In Addition, it establishes that “ special attention will be given ” to the data sets of great value, such as geographical statistical data or information, for their high commercial potential.

He also noted that in the transport businesses and public services may decide to open their data according to national or european standards, these data will be covered by the directive PSI, which means that they should comply with their principles to ensure that they can be reused, but it may establish reasonable economic positions for reuse.

The revision of the directive points out that some public bodies are complex agreements with private companies that may cause public sector information is blocked. That is why states that “ safeguards ” will be established to strengthen transparency and limit the agreements that could lead to such data can only be reused by private partners.

Next steps

The european parliament and the council of the EU must now be formally adopted the revised standards. The member states should implement them within two years before they are effective. The committee will begin to work with member states in the identification of data sets of high value to be established in an implementing act.

Original source of news (European Commission)

Original source of news (Smart City)