The CJEU today ruled for Carl Malamud against the European Commission in
C‑588/21 (Public.Resource.Org and Right to Know v. European Commission):
https://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?docid=283443&pageIndex=0&doclang=EN&mode=req&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=6375509
https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/p1_4324488/en/
I've therefore opened a discussion on Commons:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump/Copyright#Public_domain_status_of_European_harmonised_standards
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/File:EN_301_549_V3.2.1_(2021-03).pdf
Some relevant snippets from the ruling:
«a harmonised standard, adopted on the basis of a directive [...] forms
part of EU law»
«the rule of law, which requires free access to EU law for all natural
or legal persons of the European Union»
«there is an overriding public interest [...] justifying the disclosure
of the requested harmonised standards»
«As is apparent [...] the Commission should have acknowledged [...] the
existence of an overriding public interest»
Best,
Federico
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