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"As posted by Stevan Harnad, Sander Dekker, the Dutch secretary of education favours Gold OA. The news came this moning in the newspaper De Volkskrant. If universities do not show enough commitment he says he will start mandating through a law in 2016. Of course there are few details yet, as news just broke today. On December 4 the house of commons (Tweede Kamer) education committee will have this proposal on the agenda. To me the timing of the secreatrary's proposal came as a surprise. I do not know who he has been talking to in preparing this. The choice for Gold OA is based on the perceived broad acceptance of Finch I in UK. No reactions yet from Universities Association (VSNU) or from NWO (the Dutch RCUK). I do worry that House education committee members will have little grasp of OA debate details ..."