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Pricing of meteorological information by ECOMET Members and its impact

ePSIplus meetingPSI pricing

20 November 2008 Athene

René HoensonChief Executive ECOMET


20 November 2008 ePSI+ meeting PSI Pricing 3

In this presentation:

I. The origin and ownership of meteorological information.The global Meteorological system

II. EU legislation

lll. Market development

lV.ECOMET

V. Prices and impact



I. The origin of meteorologicalinformation

Upstream information:• Output of the WMO WWW synoptic and climate observation programs• Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP)(ECMWF)• Satellite imagery (EUMETSAT)• NMHS’s own products e.g. radar imagery, spherics, LAM, etc.

Downstream information reduced to: • Value added services



World Meteorological Organization:

World Weather Watch (GOS) Global Climate Observation System (GCOS)

•WMO www sets the standards for the observational and research programs• regulates the free and unrestricted exchange of data and products on a quid pro quo basis between all Member states. •Every member state is committed to execute the WMO program.



Global Observing System





• Some 4000 of these stations comprise the Regional Basic Synoptic Networks (RBSNs) drawn up by the six WMO Regional Associations. Data from these stations are exchanged globally in real time. A subset of these surface stations are used in Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) Surface Network (GSN).


Regional Meteorological Telecommunication Network for Region VI (Europe)Figure 1 - point-to-point circuits implementation (transmission speed in kilobit/s)

Dublin

Tirana

Beirut

Washington

Nairobi

Cairo

New Delhi

Jeddah

Casablanca

TripoliTunis

Beijing

RTH

NMC

Centre in other region

MTN circuit

Regional circuit

Interregional circuit

Ljubljana

Athens

Brussels

Kishenev

Kiev

Tbilisi

Bucharest

HelsinkiOslo

Zagreb

Warsaw

Minsk

Malta

Amman

Bet Dagan

Reykjavik

SondreStormfjord

De Bilt

Lisbon

Budapest

Bratislava

Vilnius

Riga

Prague

Zurich

Damascus

Ankara

Larnaca

Khabarovsk

Novosibirsk

Tashkent

Tehran

64

64

64

64

9.6

2.4

9.6

Nairobi

0.05

64

19.2

0.05

7.2-28.8

0.050.05

0.164

9.6

9.6

0.2

NI

NI

NI

9.6

9.6

9.6

N/O

9.6NI

NI

Dakar

0.1

Beijing

FR 256 (CIR:64)

64

128

Hanoi

Almaty

Yerevan

XII..2004

Algiers

Madrid

2.4

32

8

32

16

16

256/128

16

24

48

64

64

32

64

8/16

8

8

16

16

16

8/3232/64

64

32

32/96

48/16

32/8

64/8

RMDCN Committed Information Rate

64

8

16/8

24/8

* The RMDCN circuit Helsinki - Tallinn is not yet in the RTMN plan, but replaces the former GTS connection of Tallinn

Belgrade

Exeter

Toulouse

Rome

Copenhagen

Norrköping

Vienna

Tallinn

19.2

ECMWF

16/8

16/64

Offenbach

16/8

64/8

16/8

128/64

19.2

NI

NI

N/O

64/8

Baku

8/16

64/8

Skopje

Moscow

Sofia

NI

N/ON/O

16/8

48

Melbourne

16

16/8

16/8

8

64



WMO Resolution 40

• Guarantees the free and unrestricted exchange of data sets for the safety of life and property between WMO Members

•Meets the ownership and IPR requirements of all Member states with regard to the commercial use of “additional data and products” by allowing conditions to be attached by each originator of the data.

•Free D&P for science and education







lll. Legislation of the European Union

Development of legislation and the European Council regulation 1/2003 to regulate equal competition conditions:• unfair competition (art.81 of the EC treaty)(price fixing, concerted action, market sharing, level playing field)• abuse of dominant position (art. 82 of the EC Treaty) (discriminatory actions)• single European market (European Economic Area agreement) replaced the traditional agreements between the NMHS’s



EU directives and decisions

Access to environmental data

• Council directive 7 June 1990 (90/313/EEC)

• Council directive 2003/4/EC of 28 January 2003

Public Sector information

• Council directive 2003/98/EC



II. Market developments

Market players:

• WMO Member states / National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHS’s)

• Private sector



Market development

• Existence of a mixed private/public market in Europe

• Competitive and collaborative relations between NMHS’s and Private Sector in Europe

• Threat of discontinuity of free exchange of data and products between NMHS’s



Economic interest of the NMHS’s and Private Sector

Maintenance of high quality infrastructure, research and development of NWP.

A balance between:

• Contribution to the meteorological infrastructure from commercial services

• Fair prices for meteorological information to allow market operations



How to reconcile in a single data policy

• WMO requirements• The European legislation on competition, access to

environmental data and re-use of public sector information

• The interests of the private sector• The interest of the NMHS’s to recover part of the

costs to maintain and improve infrastructure and research from commercial use by the public and private sector



IV. ECOMET(ecomet.eu)- the form -

• Economic Interest Grouping of National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (EIG)

• Under Belgian Law• Foundation 1995• Approved by the EC DG Competition• Secretariat in Brussels



NMHS Members of ECOMETAustria EU/EEA Latvia EU/EEA

Belgium EU/EEA Luxembourg EU/EEA

Croatia Netherlands EU/EEA

Denmark EU/EEA Norway EEA

Finland EU/EEA Portugal EU/EEA

France EU/EEA Romania EU/EEA

Germany EU/EEA Spain EU/EEA

Greece EU/EEA Sweden EU/EEA

Hungary EU/EEA Switzerland

Iceland EEA Turkey

Ireland EU/EEA United Kingdom EU/EEA

Italy EU/EEA



NMHS Members in the near future

• Czech Republic

• Slovenia

• Poland

• Slovakia



Large national differences

with respect to:• Size• Structure of funding• Financial and accounting system• Legal status• Commercial activity

ECOMET created and maintains a comprehensive and universally applicable data policy



Level playing field

Obligation of every Member:• Make available all data & products • No cross subsidy from core to commercial activity• NMHS’ specific cost calculation, inclusive all direct

and indirect costs of production and delivery approved by the respective Ministry

• Separate or transparent accounting systems to be audited

• Binding arbitration procedure



Achievements of ECOMET

• Continuation of unrestricted exchange of WMO data and products

• Creation of a level playing field• Guaranteed access to data and products; one stop

shopping• Transparent catalogue, license conditions and

individual tariffs• Increased market potential• Improved customers choice and standards of

service



V. Prices and ImpactMeteorological data and products

• Categories

• Prices

• Discounts

• Licenses

• Research and education



Evolution of prices

• Volume of data and products free of charge more than doubled

• Average price for chargeable synop decreased by more than 15%

• Average package price for synop decreased by more than 80%

• Average price of NWP decreased by 20%


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Conclusion

• Market will continue to grow, however comparison with US market questionable.

• Prices of meteorological information are not the critical factor in market development

• Most NMHS’s consider the presence in the meteorological market to be of strategic importance to maintain and improve the quality of infrastructure and research.

• Downside of “US System” often completely ignored.

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