It's unclear to me if "free access" here implies free as in beer or just free as in "you can actually purchase the standard", since this is about the Commission actively refusing to non-profits access to these standards.
Free as in beer, unless one requests a hard-copy of a long document in which case one will have to pay the cost of reproduction,
>The applicant shall have access to documents either by consulting them on the spot or by receiving a copy, including, where available, an electronic copy, according to the applicant's preference. The cost of producing and sending copies may be charged to the applicant. This charge shall not exceed the real cost of producing and sending the copies. Consultation on the spot, copies of less than 20 A4 pages and direct access in electronic form or through the register shall be free of charge.
yes and as this topic matures.. Who pays, and how much? frictionless data access is great to think about but not real; rent seeking mafia types are as old as civilization.. so, it is a negotiation of policy. Techies and their hardware have changed the world.. so, update this negotiation.
>The applicant shall have access to documents either by consulting them on the spot or by receiving a copy, including, where available, an electronic copy, according to the applicant's preference. The cost of producing and sending copies may be charged to the applicant. This charge shall not exceed the real cost of producing and sending the copies. Consultation on the spot, copies of less than 20 A4 pages and direct access in electronic form or through the register shall be free of charge.