{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-1842/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-1842/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2017/1842",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2017/1842 of 9 October 2017 on the open data policy of the Council and the reuse of Council documents",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-1842",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "For the purposes of this Decision, the following definitions shall apply:\n(1) ‘document’ means:\n(a) any content whatever its medium (written on paper or stored in electronic form or as a sound, visual or audiovisual recording) concerning a matter relating to the policies, activities and decisions falling within the institutional sphere of responsibility of the Council;\n(b) any part of such content;\n(2) ‘reuse’ means the use by persons or legal entities of documents for commercial or non-commercial purposes other than the initial purpose for which the document was produced;\n(3) ‘personal data’ means data as defined in point (a) of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 45/2001;\n(4) ‘open format’ means a file format that is platform-independent and made available to the public without any restriction that impedes the reuse of documents;\n(5) ‘machine-readable format’ means a format structured for software applications to identify reliably individual statements of fact and their internal structure.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2017/1842/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:13:21.005924+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}