(4)Directive (EU) 2019/1024 of the European Parliament and of the Councilnote aims to promote the use of standard public licences available online for re-using public sector information. The Commission’s Guidelines on recommended standard licences, datasets and charging for the re-use of documentsnote identify Creative Commons (‘CC’) licences, and in particular the most recent version (4.0) as an example of recommended standard public licences. CC licences are developed by a non-profit organisation and have become a leading licensing solution for public sector information, research results and cultural domain material across the world. Therefore, to facilitate the use and re-use of information available, it is appropriate to refer to CC public domain dedication (CC0) for all information made available by a collection body to the ESAP, except where copyright and other related rights are attached. Accordingly, with regard to the type of information covered by copyrights or other related rights, the CC Licence BY-NC-ND should be applied, in order to restrict the commercial use of that information. Collection bodies may use a licence equivalent to CC suite.
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