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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>please find attached a draft letter to the Executive Director of EUIPO addressing the need to develop the API for the out of commerce works portal. Please send your changes or additions to me not later than February 13<sup>th</sup>. If I do not hear from you I assume that you agree with this draft.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Thanks and best regards<br>Frank<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>The need for active and increased development of the EUIPO out of commerce works portal, in particular through an application programming interface (API)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Dear Mr.</span><span lang=EN-GB> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Archambeau</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>,</span><span lang=EN-GB> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>in December 2022</span><span lang=EN-GB> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>the</span><span lang=EN-GB> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Chair of the Out of Commerce Works Working Group Copyright Community within the Europeana Network Association wrote a letter to</span><span lang=EN-GB> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Mr Havermans</span><span lang=EN-GB> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>in which she expressed the severe need of the Europeana Community</span><span lang=EN-GB> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>for the EUIPO</span><span lang=EN-GB> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>to</span><span lang=EN-GB> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>develop a data interface (API) for the out of commerce works portal to facilitate automated input and output workflows.</span><span lang=EN-GB> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>As chair of the Executive Committee of CENL, t<span style='color:black'>he Conference of European National Librarians, I would like to</span></span><span lang=EN-GB> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>express my strong support for this urgent need. CENL</span><span lang=EN-GB> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>is</span><span lang=EN-GB> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>the network of 46 national libraries in 45 European countries.</span><span lang=EN-GB> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>National Libraries like numerous other c</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>ultural heritage institutions preserve and curate millions of out of commerce works.</span><span lang=EN-GB> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The Copyright in the Digital Single Market (CDSM) Directive has created an opportunity for their dissemination, but access to this wealth of knowledge will not be possible unless the system works well in practice. This includes the need for an efficient functioning of the EUIPO portal, one that responds to the needs, priorities and workflows of the cultural heritage institutions that provide the data. A system supported via an API can lead to a substantial increase in data being made available through the EUIPO portal, data that would otherwise not be shared because of the limitations that the current manual upload workflow will present for many cultural heritage institutions. It is therefore essential to make every step of the process an easy one if we want the system to be extensively used.</span><span lang=EN-GB> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The National Libraries of Europe are looking forward to any further information and to collaborating for the success of the out of commerce works system.</span><span lang=EN-GB> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Best regards</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Frank Scholze<br></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Chair CENL Executive Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>