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The realisation of cross-border, multinational management of FAIR research data and the related participation of EU Member States in EOSC services require substantial efforts for legal reforms. As highlighted by a gap analysis, the European copyright and data protection legal frameworks present considerable flaws, which call for a prompt intervention by both EU and national policymakers. The issuance of a wide variety of calls for action and/or recommendations on the topic of Open Science, broadly intended, corroborates this need for policy guidance.
Most of the existing recommendations focus on a sector, if not a case-specific perspective relating to the stakeholders advancing them. Taking stock and building on old and new developments of the European policy landscape on Open Access, Open Science and FAIR research principles, the recommendations presented in the following pages boast the added value of embracing a holistic perspective on both copyright and data protection laws. Thus encompassing a multi-faceted account of the legislative and non-legislative reforms needed to pave the way towards effective, open, and inclusive research environments in Europe.
EOSC-Pillar produced a set of recommendations reflecting a selection of the most relevant identified shortcomings of the current regulations, which have been operated based on three criteria:
This is a digest of the recommendations included in the EOSC-Pillar Deliverable 4.6 “Legal and Policy Framework and Federation Blueprint”.
Check out the EOSC-Pillar Legal Compliance Guidelines for Researchers