Division 5.3 Dissemination policy

EMSO ERIC may disseminate collected data to users other than the members of scientific institutions and other stakeholders and qualified European and international scientific communities subject to evaluation for a fee. Such fee shall be calculated on the basis of the full costs connected to the use of EMSO ERIC infrastructure by that user, in compliance with Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council^f1 and Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council^f2 and other applicable law. The preceding requirement for a financial contribution shall not apply to requests for catalogue access and, in respect of all other requests, shall not exceed a reasonable amount.

Where data produced by EMSO ERIC is shared with third parties EMSO ERIC shall retain all rights, interest and title in such data.

EMSO ERIC users shall be encouraged to publish their results in the peer-reviewed scientific literature, to present communications in scientific conferences, as well as in other media targeted at larger audiences including the general public, the press, citizen groups and education institutions.

EMSO ERIC shall develop added-value data products to serve a broad range of private and public users, with the aim of developing products to meet stakeholders' needs.