PSI Pricing Policy
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Professor Pr Paulopoulos Minister of the Interior, Hellenic Republic opens PSI Pricing meeting
Athens: 20 November 2008
Professor Pr Paulopoulos Minister of the Interior, Hellenic Republic before an audience of 70+ public sector information stakeholders opened the third ePSIplus thematic meeting devoted to the pricing of public sector information within the context of the European Union Directive 2003/98/EC. The meeting took place in Athens on the 20 & 21 November 2008 and was hosted in co-operation with the Greek Ministry of the Interior - Public Administration and Decentralisation (YPES).
The Minister in his opening address stated the technological developments have enabled public sector information to be made available to everyone and that the Greek Government supported:
- The re-use of public sector information and the citizens rights to that information
- Free access for Citizens
- That where charges are made for public sector information that these should be at marginal cost and not for profit
The Minister cited as an example of the Greek Governments policy with regard to public sector information that access to legislation has been free since 1979.
The Greek presentations made during the meeting also provide further examples.