Term
Marginal cost
Term, not defined in lawEHDS
This is not a legal definition. The principle of charging no more than the cost of provision is reflected in Article 62 of the EHDS and in recitals 36–42 and Article 6 of the Open Data Directive (2019/1024).
The costs of making data available. This refers to the costs of making the data available, not the total organizational costs or the costs of generating the data. In principle, data must not be offered at a price exceeding these marginal costs, so as not to unnecessarily hinder reuse.
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