Europe: A mid term PSI review

Chris CorbinePSIplus Analyst

Den Haag, The Netherlands, 16.02.07

funded by eContentPlus

EU PSI Directive (broad)

PoliticalReview

2004 2005 2006 2007

1.07.05 Member States

comply

2008 2009PSI directive came

into force31.12.03

Started in 1987 may achieve its objectives by 2017: 30 Years!

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Estimate as to whenall EU25 will haveTransposed the

PSI Directive

ePSIplus

ePSINet + ePSINetCee

MEPSIR

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CUPI Report

PSI Context - Mid term review!

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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

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EU Co-Decision Process

Re-use PSI

5.06.0231.12.0319 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 4Impact on

CurrentPSI re-users

Compliance

Time to Reach Critical Mass

European Parliament, Commission, Council Review July 2008

Establishing the PSI framework - The process

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PSI Directive: Number of Member States that have submitted transposition notifications

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

1.07.05 11.07.05 15.12.05 10.03.06 23.03.06 1.09.06 23.10.06 19.12.06 1.01.07

Date

Number of Member States

PSI process - Member State performance

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Percentage of Member States included by the PSI Directive

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

1.07.05 11.07.05 15.12.05 10.03.06 23.03.06 1.09.06 23.10.06 19.12.06 1.01.07

Date

Percentage

PSI process - Member State performance

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 DirectiveLiechtenstein -Norway - Revised FOI Act 2006 enables Norway to comply with the PSI Directive as of 1.01.08Switzerland -

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PSI process - Member State performance

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Transpositionas at

January 2007

PSI process - Member State performance

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PSI process - Member State performance

Europe: GDP Per inhabitant (1999 and 2005)

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

Luxembourg

NorwayIreland

Switzerland

IcelandDenmark

Austria

Netherlands

BelgiumSweden

UK

FinlandGermany

France

Euro Area

ItalyEU25SpainCyprusGreece

SloveniaCzech Rep.

Portugal

Malta

HungaryEstoniaSlovakiaLithuania

PolandCroatiaLatvia

RomaniaBulgariaTurkey

Macedonia

EU15

PPS (Purchasing Power Standards)

GDP (2005) GDP (1999)

Arrows - Member States still to transpose PSI Directive as at 1.02.07

Transposition status as at 1st February 2007

44%

11%

15%

4%

26%

New Laws Amended Existing Laws Existing laws covered Internal Memo Not Transposed

PSI process - Member State performance

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Member State's chosen method of transposing Directive 2003/98

60%15%

20%

5%

New Laws Amended Existing Laws Existing laws covered Internal Memo

PSI process - Member State performance

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PSI process - Member State performance

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Directive 2003/98Estimated number of laws introduced, amended or appertaining per country

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

AustriaBelgiumBulgariaCyprus

Czech Republic

DenmarkEstoniaFinlandFrance

GermanyGreece

Hungary IrelandItalyLatvia

LithuaniaLuxembourg

Malta

Netherlands

PolandPortugalRomaniaSlovakiaSlovenia

SpainSweden

UK

Country

Number of laws

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Percentage of EU25 population included by the PSI Directive

0.00

10.00

20.00

30.00

40.00

50.00

60.00

70.00

80.00

90.00

1.07.05 11.07.05 15.12.05 10.03.06 23.03.06 1.09.06 23.10.06 19.12.06 1.01.07

Date

Percentage

PSI process - The market

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PSI Directive - Transposition notifications Population covered

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

1.07.05 11.07.05 15.12.05 10.03.06 23.03.06 1.09.06 23.10.06 19.12.06 1.01.07

Date

Millions

PSI process - The market

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: NetherlandsCentral Europe: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, SlovakiaIberian Peninsular:Northwest Europe: Ireland, UK Southeast Europe: Italy, Slovenia, Greece, CyprusWestern Europe: France, Italy, MaltaMediterranean: Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Slovenia

PSI process - The market

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ePSIplus Scorecard Theme 1as at 22 January 2007

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

AustriaBelgiumBulgariaCyprus

Czech Republic

DenmarkEstoniaFinlandFrance

GermanyGreece

HungaryIcelandIrelandItalyLatvia

Liechtenstein

LithuaniaLuxembourg

Malta

Netherlands

NorwayPolandPortugalRomaniaSlovakiaSlovenia

SpainSweden

Switzerland

UK

AverageMedianEU25EU27EFTA

Europe

Score

Transposition Implementation Support Awareness Enforcement

PSI Directive - On target?

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Article 13 Transposed

for MS?

Law Publically available online?

Article 13 Refers to 2003/98

PSI web site

PSIH Register?

Standard Licence

available?

Published Complaints Procedure?

Published Appeal

Procedure?

PSI Guidelines?

Complaint decisions published

Appeal decisions

published?

Unified Complaints

system?Support

Transposition

Implementation

Pro-active Awareness? Training

Annual Monitoring

Reports published?

PSI Case Studies?

Complaint Decisions

Appeal Decisions

Fair Trade & Competiton Authority Decisions

Court Decisions

Awareness

Enforcement

ePSIplus Scorecard Theme 1

PSI Directive - On target?

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