France's National Agency for Research (Agence nationale de la recherche, ANR) has adopted a policy to assure that all ANR-funded research is deposited in HAL for open access. (Thanks to the INIST Libre Accès blog.)
I can't tell whether the policy is a request or a requirement. The headline of the announcement says "L'ANR incite..." but the body says "...l'ANR demande...." If anyone can clarify this key detail, please drop me a line or post a note to SOAF.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.