Directive 2003/98/EC on the re-use of public sector information

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EU legal act European Union directive

Directive 2003/98/EC on the re-use of public sector information is an EU law that sets common rules to facilitate the reuse of public sector data and documents for commercial and non-commercial purposes across member states.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Directive 2003/98/EC on the re-use of public sector information canonical	3
Directive (EU) 2019/1024 on open data and the re-use of public sector information	1
Directive 2003/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the re-use of public sector information	1
EU Public Sector Information Directive 2003/98/EC	1

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NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Directive 2003/98/EC on the re-use of public sector information
Context triple: [Office of Public Sector Information, legalBasis, Directive 2003/98/EC on the re-use of public sector information]

A. Freedom of Information Act 2000
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 is a UK law that grants the public a general right of access to information held by public authorities, subject to certain exemptions.
B. Office of Public Sector Information
The Office of Public Sector Information was a UK government body responsible for overseeing the re-use and licensing of public sector information and promoting open access to official data.
C. Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996
The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996 is a U.S. law that modernized the Freedom of Information Act by extending public access rights to electronic records and setting clearer deadlines and procedures for federal agencies’ responses.
D. Statute of the European Ombudsman
The Statute of the European Ombudsman is the legal framework adopted by the European Union that defines the Ombudsman’s mandate, powers, procedures, and relationship with EU institutions in handling complaints about maladministration.
E. OPEN Government Act of 2007
The OPEN Government Act of 2007 is a U.S. federal law that strengthened and modernized the Freedom of Information Act by improving transparency, clarifying response deadlines, and enhancing the rights and remedies available to requesters.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Directive 2003/98/EC on the re-use of public sector information
Target entity description: Directive 2003/98/EC on the re-use of public sector information is an EU law that sets common rules to facilitate the reuse of public sector data and documents for commercial and non-commercial purposes across member states.

A. Freedom of Information Act 2000
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 is a UK law that grants the public a general right of access to information held by public authorities, subject to certain exemptions.
B. Office of Public Sector Information
The Office of Public Sector Information was a UK government body responsible for overseeing the re-use and licensing of public sector information and promoting open access to official data.
C. Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996
The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996 is a U.S. law that modernized the Freedom of Information Act by extending public access rights to electronic records and setting clearer deadlines and procedures for federal agencies’ responses.
D. Statute of the European Ombudsman
The Statute of the European Ombudsman is the legal framework adopted by the European Union that defines the Ombudsman’s mandate, powers, procedures, and relationship with EU institutions in handling complaints about maladministration.
E. OPEN Government Act of 2007
The OPEN Government Act of 2007 is a U.S. federal law that strengthened and modernized the Freedom of Information Act by improving transparency, clarifying response deadlines, and enhancing the rights and remedies available to requesters.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	EU legal act ⓘ European Union directive ⓘ
adoptedBy	Council of the European Union ⓘ European Parliament ⓘ
amendedBy	Directive 2013/37/EU ⓘ
appliesTo	central government bodies ⓘ local government bodies ⓘ regional government bodies ⓘ
basedOn	Article 95 of the EC Treaty ⓘ
ceasedToApplyOn	2019-07-16 ⓘ
citation	OJ L 345, 31.12.2003, p. 90–96 ⓘ
dateAdopted	2003-11-17 ⓘ
enteredIntoForce	2003-12-31 ⓘ
fullName	Directive 2003/98/EC on the re-use of public sector information self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Directive 2003/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the re-use of public sector information
jurisdiction	European Union ⓘ
keyPrinciple	charging limited to marginal costs of reproduction, provision and dissemination, with exceptions ⓘ no exclusive arrangements for re-use except when necessary for a service of public interest ⓘ non-discrimination between comparable categories of re-use ⓘ transparent conditions for re-use ⓘ
language	all official languages of the European Union ⓘ
legalArea	access to public sector information ⓘ information law ⓘ open data ⓘ
policyContext	Lisbon Strategy ⓘ surface form: Lisbon Strategy for growth and jobs
policyObjective	to encourage development of new information services based on public sector data ⓘ to prevent distortions of competition in the re-use of public sector information ⓘ to stimulate the information products and services market in Europe ⓘ
purpose	to facilitate commercial re-use of public sector information ⓘ to facilitate non-commercial re-use of public sector information ⓘ to harmonise conditions for re-use of public sector information across EU member states ⓘ to set minimum rules for the re-use of public sector documents ⓘ
recastBy	Directive (EU) 2019/1024 ⓘ
relatedAct	Directive 2003/98/EC on the re-use of public sector information self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Directive (EU) 2019/1024 on open data and the re-use of public sector information Directive 2013/37/EU on the re-use of public sector information ⓘ
repealedBy	Directive (EU) 2019/1024 ⓘ
requires	availability of review or redress procedures for decisions on re-use ⓘ clear indication of applicable conditions and standard licences for re-use ⓘ public sector bodies to make practical arrangements to facilitate re-use ⓘ
requiresTranspositionBy	EU member states ⓘ
scope	administrative documents ⓘ documents held by public sector bodies of EU member states ⓘ
scopeExclusion	documents excluded from access regimes ⓘ documents of cultural establishments ⓘ documents of educational and research establishments ⓘ documents of public service broadcasters ⓘ documents where third parties hold intellectual property rights ⓘ
shortName	PSI Directive ⓘ
status	repealed ⓘ
subjectMatter	re-use of public sector information ⓘ
yearAdopted	2003 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Office of Public Sector Information → legalBasis → Directive 2003/98/EC on the re-use of public sector information ⓘ

OPSI → legalBasis → Directive 2003/98/EC on the re-use of public sector information ⓘ

Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005 → implements → Directive 2003/98/EC on the re-use of public sector information ⓘ

this entity surface form: EU Public Sector Information Directive 2003/98/EC

Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005 → basedOn → Directive 2003/98/EC on the re-use of public sector information ⓘ

Directive 2003/98/EC on the re-use of public sector information → fullName → Directive 2003/98/EC on the re-use of public sector information self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Directive 2003/98/EC

this entity surface form: Directive 2003/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the re-use of public sector information

Directive 2003/98/EC on the re-use of public sector information → relatedAct → Directive 2003/98/EC on the re-use of public sector information self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Directive 2003/98/EC

this entity surface form: Directive (EU) 2019/1024 on open data and the re-use of public sector information

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