# Council Decision (EU) 2017/1842 of 9 October 2017 on the open data policy of the Council and the reuse of Council documents, Article 7: Available formats

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. The GSC shall make documents available:
(a) in any existing format or language version held by the Council;
(b) on the internet; and
(c) where possible and appropriate, in open and machine-readable formats.
2. The GSC shall not be obliged to:
(a) create, adapt or update documents;
(b) provide extracts, if doing so would involve a disproportionate effort, going beyond a simple operation;
(c) translate documents into any official language versions other than those already available; or
(d) continue to produce certain types of documents or to preserve the documents in a given format with a view to their reuse.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2017/1842/article/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-1842/article-7
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