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Dear Sir/Madam,

I am contacting you concerning the following article to be published by your publishing house for which I am the corresponding author:

Title: ______________________________________________________________________

Corresponding Author: ____________________________________________________

Journal: __________________________________________________________________

The research underlying this article [is being] [has been] funded or co-funded by the University of Oslo which is a publicly funded university. Making results from research accessible for society is a core task for Norwegian universities.

On December 6 2011 the Board at the University of Oslo passed an Open Access policy (http://www.uio.no/english/for-employees/support/research/open-access/) coherent with the Government´s white paper Climate for Research of 2008 stating that all scientific articles that are publicly funded or co-funded should either be published as Open Access articles or self-archived as agreed on with the publisher. The Government reiterated this policy in the white paper Long-term perspectives – knowledge provides opportunity in 2013.

In order to comply with the policy of the University of Oslo, I wish to opt for an addendum to the publication agreement. I am attaching this document for your consideration and signature.

I look forward to your reply, and thank you for your support and collaboration on this matter.

Sincerely yours,

(Name and signature of corresponding author)

Enclosures:

Signed publication agreement

Signed addendum to the publication agreement for signature by publisher