Commission makes it even easier for citizens to reuse all information it publishes online - EU Science Hub - European Commission

Re-use of Commission documents has been permitted since 2006, including for commercial purposes.
 
These rules were designed to present as little hindrance as possible, normally only requiring that reusers acknowledge the original source.
 
The decision to adopt Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International as a new standard licence is the result of a comparative study, published today, which found them to be the most effective option for the Commission to make these rules work even better in practice.