S.L. 552.31 Art. 8Data Sharing.

(1) A public authority shall make spatial data sets and spatial data services available in a manner which precludes any restrictions likely to create practical obstacles, occurring at the point of use by public authorities requiring this in the execution of their public tasks.

(2) For the purposes of public tasks that may have an impact on the environment, spatial data sets and spatial data services shall be made available to EU institutions or EU bodies and to public authorities of other EU Member States.

(3) A public authority may license or require payment from other public authorities that, pursuant to sub-regulations (1) and (2), use the spatial data sets or spatial data services of the relevant authority. SPATIAL INFORMATION

(4) Spatial data sets and spatial data services made available to EU institutions or EU bodies required for the fulfilment of reporting obligations pursuant to EU regulations related to the environment shall not be subject to any payment.

(5) For the purposes of public tasks that may have an impact on the environment, spatial data sets and spatial data services shall be made available to bodies established by international agreements to which the EU and EU Member States are parties. The provisions of sub-regulation (3) shall apply.

(6) Access to make spatial data sets and spatial data services may be limited by the competent authority holding the spatial data set or the spatial data service for the purpose of the process of justice, international interests, public security or national defence.

(7) The competent authority may, after consultation with the relevant parties, decide whether spatial data sets or spatial data services shall be made available and impose conditions, including conditions regulating use, which it may deem fit and appropriate in accordance with law.