Consultation on the transposition of EC INSPIRE Directive 2007/2/EC into UK law

Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
Area 1D
Ergon House
Horseferry Road
London
SW1P 2AL  

Telephone: 020 7270 8502

Website www.defra.gov.uk

3 March 2009

Dear Consultee

Consultation on the transposition of EC INSPIRE Directive 2007/2/EC into UK law

1. I am writing to invite views on proposals for new regulations to transpose into UK law the INSPIRE Directive which concerns access to electronic spatial data and data services.

2. The UK should implement this Directive by 15 May 2009 and intends to do so as quickly as possible

3. The following documents may be found on Defra’s website: www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/inspire/

  • consultation document; and  
  •  impact assessment

4. We welcome your views and comments on the proposals. If you wish to obtain a paper copy of this consultation please contact Ian Greenwood, Area 1D, Ergon House, Horseferry Road, London SW1P 2AL (020 7270 8502).

Responses

5. Please send responses to either: Ian Greenwood, Area 1D, Ergon House, Horseferry Road, London SW1P 2AL (020 7270 8502).

Or email:  inspire@defra.gsi.gov.uk

6. Responses should be received by 26 May 2009.

Consultation Criteria

This consultation is in line with the Code of practice on Consultations and the Scottish Government’s Consultation: Good Practice Guide (May 2008). The Code of Practice can be found at:  www.berr.gov.uk/bre/

7.   When this consultation ends, we intend to put a copy of the responses in the Defra library at Ergon House, London. This is so that the public can see them.  Also, members of the public may ask for a copy of responses under the freedom of information legislation.

8.   If you do not want your response - including your name, contact details and any other personal information – to be publicly available, please say so clearly in writing when you send your response to the consultation.  Please note, if your computer automatically includes a confidentiality disclaimer, that won’t count as a confidentiality request.

9.   Please explain why you need to keep details confidential.  We will take your reasons into account if someone asks for this information under the freedom of information legislation. But, because of the law, we cannot promise that we will always be able to keep those details confidential. 

  • We will summarize all responses and place this summary on our website at www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/inspire/. This summary will include a list of names of organizations that responded but not people’s personal names, addresses or other contact details.

To see consultation responses and summaries, please contact the library at:
Defra
Information Resource Centre
Lower Ground Floor
Ergon House
17 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3JR

Telephone: 020 7238 6575

Email: defra.library@defra.gsi.gov.uk
Please give the library 24 hours’ notice. There is a charge for photocopying and postage.

10. If you have any comments or complaints about the consultation process, please address them to Marjorie Addo, Defra’s Consultation Co-ordinator, Area 7C Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3JR, or e-mail consultation.coordinator@defra.gsi.gov.uk

11. Thank you for your help in this matter. If you have any queries about this consultation please write to me at  Area 1D, Ergon House, Horseferry Road, London SW1P 2AL, or telephone me on 020 7270 8502.

Yours faithfully,

Ian Greenwood
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

 

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