Article 32l – General principles relating to charging

Any charges set out under Section 2 or Section 3 shall be transparent, nondiscriminatory, proportionate and objectively justified and shall not restrict competition.

In the case of standard charges for the re-use of data or documents, any applicable conditions and the actual amount of those charges, including the calculation basis for such charges, shall be established in advance and published, through electronic means.

In the case of charges for the re-use other than those referred to in paragraph 2, the factors that are taken into account in the calculation of those charges shall be indicated at the outset. Upon request, the holder of the data or documents in question shall also indicate the way in which such charges have been calculated in relation to a specific re-use request.

Public sector bodies shall ensure that any charges can also be paid online through widely available cross-border payment services, without discrimination based on the place of establishment of the payment service provider, the place of issue of the payment instrument or the location of the payment account within the Union.