Article 9 — Obligation for the Public Body to Make Data Accessible to the User

Legal Provision

Obligation for the public body to make data accessible to the User: establishes the requirement for public sector bodies as data holders under laid out conditions to the user.

Scope

Applies to data holders (public sector bodies who have the obligation or the ability to make the data available).

Requirement type

Duty: when data held by public sector bodies must be made available by the public sector body acting as a data holder at the request of the user.

Actions to demonstrate compliance

Monitoring requirement

• Monitoring of the effectivity of the framework (e.g., consistency and transparency of request-handling procedures).

Consequences of non-compliance

• Penalty determined by Member State.