Providers
Providers are represented by the creators and distributors of spatial information. In the context of INSPIRE, this target group can be divided into two subgroups:
Obliged persons
Obliged persons are providers of spatial information as defined under the NIPI Act (§ 3 of the NIPI Act):
- a central government body, a local government body, a higher territorial unit, and in relation to self-government competence a municipality (hereinafter referred to as "public administration authority");
- a legal person established by law and a legal person founded or established by a public authority under a special regulation which performs public tasks and a state enterprise;
- a natural person - entrepreneur and a legal person who performs tasks on the basis of a contract with the obliged persons in the previous two points.
Voluntary contributors
Or the so-called. Third parties in the context of the same law i.e. any person other than the obliged person.