JOINComments on EU COM report | EU economic analysis on access and reuse of publicly funded research
STM, along with ALPSP, EMMA ENPA, EPC, FEP, and SocPC have produced these comments on the European Commission’s report “Economic analysis of options for improving EU legislative and regulatory frameworks with impact on access and reuse of publicly funded R&I results and of publications and data for scientific purposes”, released on 30 April 2026.
Our interest is grounded in a strong commitment to advancing trusted knowledge circulation, but also in ensuring that policy choices are rooted in robust evidence and support sustainable publishing approaches across a diverse European ecosystem. Against that backdrop, while the report contains some findings that align with points previously raised by the sector, it also reveals important methodological and evidentiary weaknesses that, in our view, should be carefully considered before drawing policy conclusions.