RESEARCH COUNCIL : MINISTERS BACK FREE ACCESS TO SCIENTIFIC DATA.

On 18 February, the member states' research ministers met at the Competitiveness Council to hold a policy debate over the Commission's communication1 aimed at securing better access to EU-funded scientific information, together with a recommendation to member states for publicly-funded research projects.

The delegations supported the Commission's idea to provide free access to scientific publications which receive public funding from Horizon 2020. However, they expressed reservations concerning the application of this same...

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