e PSI plus Final Thematic Meeting La Documentation Fran çaise - 3rd February 2009 - Paris Introduced by Michael Fanning Online Consultants International GmbH Karlsruhe PSI in Europe – The Road(s) Ahead! Key sector – action plan 3: Legal, business and other information sectors

Publisher/Legal information provider Legal information provider Law firm Information provider Publisher/Business information Media companies Service providers Legal and administrative information – Actors and performance PSI Re-users (legal) are various: Actors: Performance: Income from PSI re-users (legal) varies: Publisher/Legal information provider Legal information provider Some respondents reported growth in revenues attributable to PSI re-use (legal) in hundreds of percent . Service providers Revenues in supplementary business have doubled since 2002. Source: EU PSI Re-use 2008 Study, MICUS, page 82 Reference: Since 2002, estimates for the growth of the LTR market in Europe have usually lain in a range of between 0 to 15 %.

Publisher/Legal information provider

Legal information provider

Law firm

Information provider

Publisher/Business information

Media companies

Service providers

Publisher/Legal information provider

Legal information provider

Some respondents reported growth in revenues attributable to PSI re-use (legal) in hundreds of percent .

Service providers

Revenues in supplementary business have doubled since 2002.

Legal and administrative information – Paradox and diversion 79% of the PSI holders (legal) interviewed offer legislative and administrative information free of charge via the internet. 84% of the PSI re-users (legal) draw upon web portals for legal or administrative information on a weekly or less basis. Yet only 38% of PSI re-users were satisfied with the web portals. „ The message from the survey here is that all stakeholders involved in the re-use of legal and administrative information must take care not to regard the formal requirement upon a public body to disseminate information as synonymous with an approval or permission to re-use the information. Just because legal and administrative information is disseminated to the public domain does not mean in practice that conditions have been laid down for its re-use .“ (Emphasis added) Source: EU PSI Re-use 2008 Study, MICUS, page 85

79% of the PSI holders (legal) interviewed offer legislative and administrative information free of charge via the internet.

84% of the PSI re-users (legal) draw upon web portals for legal or administrative information on a weekly or less basis.

Yet only 38% of PSI re-users were satisfied with the web portals.

Business information – Example: Annual financial statements Source: oci GmbH Companies House Bolagsverket Registradores Mercantiles InfoCamere eBundes-anzeiger Infogreffe Service Organisation € 32,366 € 2.14 per document in XBRL format Option not available € 3.50 per document and only in PDF Prices available upon request Option not available Option: Complete data set Pricing Yes TIFF / PDF Yes Image / PDF / XBRL No (Due to techn. reasons) Yes PDF Yes PDF / XML / XBRL No (Due to legal considerations) Option: Complete data set Availability Public body Agency Public body Agency Public body Network coordinator Public body Network coordinator Private enterprise with public service mandate Public body Network coordinator Legal form of the organisation Companies House Executive Agency Bolagsverket Colegio de Registradores de la propriedad y Mercantiles de Espa ña InfoCamere – Societ à Consortile per Azioni delle Camere di Commercio Bundesanzeiger Verlag Infogreffe T élématique Name of the organisation United Kingdom Sweden Spain Italy Germany France

Business information – Interoperability initiatives within the EU See: http://www.briteproject.net/ BRITE stands for B usiness R egister I nteroperability T hroughout E urope. BRITE is an Integrated Project funded by the European Commission, DG Information Society & Media. BRITE involves a consortium of 22 organisations including European Business Registers and Chambers of Commerce , IT Companies , Universities and SME s.

Business information – What have been the drivers of change? Harmonisation of Company Law in Europe Migration away from paper-based to electronic filing Reduction of the administrative burden on SME’s Re-use of company information has been an additional benefit rather than a real driver of change.

Harmonisation of Company Law in Europe

Migration away from paper-based to electronic filing

Reduction of the administrative burden on SME’s

Re-use of company information has been an

additional benefit rather than a real driver of change.

Other information – Example: PSI procured by respondents County councils‘ information Environmental information Highway schemes Local authority information Planning enforcement information Road information Town planning and local land charges Examples of administrative information that respondents to the EU PSI Re-use 2008 study have procured included: Trade register information Official bulletins Information on tenders Resolutions of local authorities and town councils Practice guidelines Resolutions of Ministries and other executive bodies Building regulations Contaminated land regulations Source: EU PSI Re-use 2008 Study, MICUS, page 80

County councils‘ information

Environmental information

Highway schemes

Local authority information

Planning enforcement information

Road information

Town planning and local land charges

Trade register information

Official bulletins

Information on tenders

Resolutions of local authorities and town councils

Practice guidelines

Resolutions of Ministries and other executive bodies

Building regulations

Contaminated land regulations

Other information – Example: PSI desired by resondents Source: EU PSI Re-use 2008 Study, MICUS, page 83 Building regulations / control Highway schemes Highway works schedule Traffic schemes Single click access to PSI Commerce Register Land Register Parliamentary information Decisions of specialised courts Regional legislation Ministerial information Courts of Appeal Cases from regional courts Case law of first instance Administrative courts Examples of PSI desired EU law alerts Environmental information Environmental register Service provider Media company Brand Register Publisher / Business information EU and national legislation Information provider Decisions of lower instance courts Law firm Decisions of lower instance courts Legal information provider Legislation with annexes Parliamentary information Ministerial information Publisher / Legal information provider PSI Re-user Category

Building regulations / control

Highway schemes

Highway works schedule

Traffic schemes

Single click access to PSI

Commerce Register

Land Register

Parliamentary information

Decisions of specialised courts

Regional legislation

Ministerial information

Courts of Appeal

Cases from regional courts

Case law of first instance

Administrative courts

EU law alerts

Environmental information

Environmental register

Brand Register

EU and national legislation

Decisions of lower instance courts

Decisions of lower instance courts

Legislation with annexes

Parliamentary information

Ministerial information

This was the only actual request for a single click access to PSI. The other respondents knew or seemed to know what they were looking for. Other information – Example: PSI desired by resondents Source: EU PSI Re-use 2008 Study, MICUS, page 83 Building regulations / control Highway schemes Highway works schedule Traffic schemes Single click access to PSI Commerce Register Land Register Parliamentary information Decisions of specialised courts Regional legislation Ministerial information Courts of Appeal Cases from regional courts Case law of first instance Administrative courts Examples of PSI desired EU law alerts Environmental information Environmental register Service provider Media company Brand Register Publisher / Business information EU and national legislation Information provider Decisions of lower instance courts Law firm Decisions of lower instance courts Legal information provider Legislation with annexes Parliamentary information Ministerial information Publisher / Legal information provider PSI Re-user Category

Building regulations / control

Highway schemes

Highway works schedule

Traffic schemes

Single click access to PSI

Commerce Register

Land Register

Parliamentary information

Decisions of specialised courts

Regional legislation

Ministerial information

Courts of Appeal

Cases from regional courts

Case law of first instance

Administrative courts

EU law alerts

Environmental information

Environmental register

Brand Register

EU and national legislation

Decisions of lower instance courts

Decisions of lower instance courts

Legislation with annexes

Parliamentary information

Ministerial information

Complaint of the requesting organisation: Business information companies and lawyers use citizen registration data to obtain information on people who have moved. Up until July 2008 both business information companies and lawyers have been able to obtain the data. Now the data is no longer being made available to business information companies but is still available to lawyers. It is not yet clear why there has been such a change in data policy. Note, too that the cities of Bochum and Gelsenkirchen generate yearly revenues of €220,000 and €170,000 respectively from the sale of citizen registration data. See: http://www.heute.de/ZDFheute/inhalt/13/0,3672,7302733,00.html Requested information: Problems: Other information – Example: Citizen Registration Data 1. Requesting organisation 2. Requested information Citizen registration information Citizens are obliged to register in their locality Regulated by the “Melderechtsrahmengesetz” A general right of access is provided for 3. PSI Holder Approx. 5.500 individual “Einwohnermeldeämter” There is no central database of such data See: h ttp://ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/psi/docs/consultations/replies/stakeholders/verband_vereine_creditreform.pdf

1. Requesting organisation

2. Requested information

Citizen registration information

Citizens are obliged to register in their locality

Regulated by the “Melderechtsrahmengesetz”

A general right of access is provided for

3. PSI Holder

Approx. 5.500 individual “Einwohnermeldeämter”

There is no central database of such data

See: h ttp://ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/psi/docs/consultations/replies/stakeholders/verband_vereine_creditreform.pdf

The Roads Ahead – What action to take at the junction? ? CAUTION: There is still as much potential for divergence as there is for convergence! JUNCTION: EU PSI Directive Review Process 2008

The Roads Ahead – Proposals for context and example actions Consolidate, strengthen and expand the emerging PSI networks ACTION: IWG-Netzwerk in Germany, MoU with ePSIplus programme, PSI Alliance and other associations. ACTION: Appoint network hub as a central resource. A role for the ePSIplus “one-stop-shop”? Sensitize eGovernment programmes to the PSI re-use agenda. ACTION: Each network rolls out a PSI checklist to be distributed to eGovernment programme coordinators. ACTION: EU (alone or with partner) issues PSI Guidance Notes and/or even PSI Implementation Handbook. Position PSI re-use (and use) with innovation and the effective management of information risk ACTION: Conference to promote a PSI test bed for companies analagous to the MySociety.org in the UK. ACTION: Networks issue White Paper on the need to know information assets to assess information risk.

Consolidate, strengthen and expand the emerging PSI networks

ACTION: IWG-Netzwerk in Germany, MoU with ePSIplus programme, PSI Alliance and other associations.

ACTION: Appoint network hub as a central resource. A role for the ePSIplus “one-stop-shop”?

Sensitize eGovernment programmes to the PSI re-use agenda.

ACTION: Each network rolls out a PSI checklist to be distributed to eGovernment programme coordinators.

ACTION: EU (alone or with partner) issues PSI Guidance Notes and/or even PSI Implementation Handbook.

Position PSI re-use (and use) with innovation and the effective management of information risk

ACTION: Conference to promote a PSI test bed for companies analagous to the MySociety.org in the UK.

ACTION: Networks issue White Paper on the need to know information assets to assess information risk.

Thank you for your interest For further information please contact: Michael Fanning Managing Director Online Consultants International GmbH Unterreut 6 76135 Karlsruhe Tel: +49-721-92 12-909 Fax: +49-721-92 12-913 [email_address] http://www.oci-gmbh.com

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Lane direction sign: © istockphoto.com/StanRohrer.

Looking up: © istockphoto.com/joshblake.

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