Directive 2003/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the re-use of public sector information as published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

The Directive on the re-use of Public Sector Information ensures that such information is widely available for re-use by public sector bodies, private industry as well as the citizen so that it can be developed for the full benefit of the economy and the Information Society across the European Union.    It does not impose terms of access to PSI. They are left to the Member States to define. When information is deemed accessible, then the Directive sets out principles to ensure:
- competition,
- transparency,
- non-discrimination,
- fair trading,
- a facility for re-use
- cost-oriented charging.

EUROGI is in favour of the Directive and its objectives. EUROGI supports the aim of ensuring that citizens and organisations should be able to access and re-use Government information more easily and at a fair price so as to allow the development of innovative products and services which will boost the Knowledge Economy.

The PSI Directive was implemented in each Member State by July 2005. The European Commission will do an evaluation in 2008. View the state of implementation by EUROGI Members and/or EC website.
A PSI Group has been put in place to monitor progress and to discuss issues of common interest. They offer a platform for discussion and exchange of good practices. See who they are - http://europa.eu.int/information_society/policy/psi/docs/xls/psi_group_contact_points_web.xls.

In August 2005 UNESCO Policy Guidelines Related to Governmental Public Domain Information are meant to assist countries on policies for the development and promotion of governmental public domain information, taking account of both national needs and international practices have now been published by UNESCO as the role and value of public domain information, especially of information produced by the public sector, is generally poorly understood. The publication encourages governments to play a leading role by defining the scope of available governmental public domain Information according to the nation's needs, adopting a national "Freedom of Information" law and developing and implementing a comprehensive Governmental Public Information Policy Framework, as well as recommends an approach to access and use of governmental information protected by in! tellectual property laws.

EUROGI's Working & Advisory Group User Access has PSI in its portfolio.