There does exist an EU-directive that seems to point to open standards when publishing information as a public organisation: The EU-Directive on the re-use of public sector information. [1] The following text is a citation of that Directive.
"To facilitate re-use, public sector bodies should make their own documents available in a format which, as far as possible and appropriate, is not dependent on the use of specific software. Where possible and appropriate, public sector bodies should take into account the possibilities for the re-use of documents by and for people with disabilities."
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EU-Directive in favour of open standards
Posted by: lowmeus on October 28, 2006 03:00 AM"To facilitate re-use, public sector bodies should make their own documents available in a format which, as far as possible and appropriate, is not dependent on the use of specific software. Where possible and appropriate, public sector bodies should take into account the possibilities for the re-use of documents by and for people with disabilities."
[1] <a href="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32003L0098:EN:HTML" title="europa.eu">http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do<nobr>?<wbr></nobr> uri=CELEX:32003L0098:EN:HTML</a europa.eu>
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