José Manuel Nieves reports Spain’s plan to introduce an open access mandate. (Thanks to Open Access News) Excerpt from Google’s translated version:
Next Wednesday, [Spain's] Minister of Science and Innovation, Cristina Garmendia, will formally present the draft of the new and awaited Law of Science and Technology … Regarding the dissemination of results, Chapter III establishes the obligation to publish in open access texts that have been accepted for publication in scientific journals where these have been financed with public funds from the General Administration of State. …
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