Italy :  Open Access in Italy

Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law. Trento Law and Technology Research Group, University of Trento

'On 7 October 2013, the Italian Parliament approved the Law 112/2013 concerning the valorization of culture. Through Section 4 of this Law, the Italian Parliament aims to align its national law with the European Open Access policies emerging in the EU FP7 and in the EU Horizon 2020, as well as those expressed in the EU Commission’s Recommendation of 17 July 2012 on access to and preservation of scientific information and Commission’s Communication “Towards better access to scientific information: Towards better access to scientific information:Boosting the benefits of public investments in research”.'