The ToR for this Study specify three separate tasks:
- Collection of information on access rights and restrictions on marine data
- Analysis of general legal issues regarding access to data
- Analysis of regulatory data provided to the Commission
the legal regime that regulates access to marine environmental data in Europe as well as the use and re-use of such data is somewhat complex. Deriving from both international law and EC law this regime comprises two separate bodies of law with distinct and indeed sometimes opposing objectives.