Facilitating the availability and re-use of public sector information to develop the potential of the digital economy: such is the subject of a directive that was informally agreed on Tuesday, 22 January, during the negotiations of the Parliament and the Council. This agreement, which will be presented to the national ambassadors on 25 January (vote at the beginning of February), was relatively predictable (see EUROPE 12176).
The new rules provide that public sector bodies will not be able...