Green road The Green Road refers to Open Access publishing by depositing a version of the manuscript in Serval and opening it after an embargo period. In order to enable them to fulfil their OA mandates, UNIL offers their researchers its institutional repository, Serval, to self-archive and follow the Green Road . UNIL researchers can request funding for Green OA for books through the Fonds de publications UNIL . Short guide on Open Access in Swiss Law Click on the image below to download the guide Templates for the negotiation of embargo periods with publishers Here you can download the English template  with which you can negotiate a shorter embargo period with your publisher. Here you can download the  French template  with which you can negotiate a shorter embargo period with your publisher.