Entered into force on 16 July 2019, the directive lays down the legal framework for the reuse of public-sector information such as geographical, land registry, statistical or legal information held by public-sector bodies  or public undertakings, and of publicly funded research data. It aims to boost the socioeconomic potential of public-sector information, e.g. by making it more easily available for start-ups and small and medium-sized enterprises, by increasing the supply of dynamic data* and of datasets with a particularly high economic impact, and by promoting competition and transparency in the information market.It is part of a package of measures designed to reinforce the EU’s data economy, including the development of artificial intelligence.