The European Commission decides to refer Belgium, Bulgaria, Latvia and the Netherlands to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to enact EU rules on open data and public sector data re-use

The European Commission has just decided to refer Belgium, Bulgaria, Latvia and the Netherlands to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to transpose EU rules on open data and the re-use of public sector data (Directive EU 2019/1024, referred to as the Open Data Directive) into national law.

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While the deadline to transpose the Directive expired on 17 July 2021, the four Member States listed above still have not communicated all their national measures, despite the letters of formal notice sent to them by the Commission in September 2021, and the reasoned opinions sent to these Member States between April and June 2022. As guardian of the Treaties, the Commission has to watch over the full and correct transposition of EU law into national legislation, hence the decision today to refer them to the Court of Justice of the EU.

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The European Commission decides to refer Belgium, Bulgaria, Latvia and the Netherlands to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to enact EU rules on open data and public sector data re-use

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