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2 | Belgium | constitutional recognition of a public right of access to information | → Constitution Article 32 of the Constitution was amended in 1993 to include a right of access to documents held by the government: "Everyone has the right to consult any administrative document and to have a copy made, except in the cases and conditions stipulated by the laws, decrees, or rulings referred to in Article 134." https://www.dekamer.be/kvvcr/pdf_sections/publications/constitution/GrondwetUK.pdf → Loi relative à la publicité de l'administration https://www.legislationline.org/download/id/1502/file/687e4188ece558fd49a74d0fda92.pdf | yes | There are no fees established for making requests. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Bulgaria | constitutional recognition of a public right of access to information | → Constitution Article 41 of the Bulgarian Constitution of 1991 states: "(1) Everyone shall be entitled to seek, receive and impart information. This right shall not be exercised to the detriment of the rights and reputation of others, or to the detriment of national security, public order, public health and morality. (2) Everyone shall be entitled to obtain information from state bodies and agencies on any matter of legitimate interest to them which is not a state or official secret and does not affect the rights of others." https://www.parliament.bg/en/const → Access to Public Information Act (2000) https://www.aip-bg.org/en/legislation/Text_of_the_APIA/200432/ | partially | Access to Public Information Act Art. 20. (1) The access to public information shall be free of charge. (2) The expenses incurred for granting access to public information shall be recovered in accordance with tariffs determined by the Minister of Finance, and shall not exceed the actual costs incurred. (3) A justification of the expenses under art. 2 shall be made to the applicant upon his/her request. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Denmark | no constitutional right to information | → Access to Public Administration Files Act (1985) Section 4 Part 1 states that “any person may ask to see documents received or issued by an administrative authority. https://unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/env/pp/compliance/C2008-28/response/DKAccessToPublicAdministrationFilesAct.pdf | yes | The Act does not specifically state whether you have to pay fees for submitting FOI requests might only be the case for actual copies/ transcripts see Section 16.3. "The Minister for Justice shall lay down rules on the fees payable for transcripts and office copies. " | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Germany | no constitutional right to information | → Federal Act Governing Access to Information held by the Federal Government (“Informationsfreiheitsgesetz”) 2005 https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/ifg/ | partially | Informationsfreiheitsgesetz Section 10(1) Fees and expenses shall be charged for official acts pursuant to this Act. This shall not apply to the furnishing of basic items of information. (2) With due regard to the administrative expenditure involved, the fees shall be calculated such as to ensure that access to information pursuant to Section 1 can be claimed effectively. (3) The Federal Ministry of the Interior is authorized to assess the facts and circumstances determining the commensurate fee and to fix the scales of fees for official acts pursuant to this Act by means of statutory instruments, without the approval of the Bundesrat. Section 15(2) of the Administrative Costs Act (VwKG) shall not be applicable. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Estonia | constitutional recognition of a public right of access to information | → Constitution § 44. Everyone is entitled to free access to information disseminated for public use. [...] https://www.president.ee/en/republic-of-estonia/the-constitution/ → Public Information Act (2000) https://www.riigiteataja.ee/en/eli/514112013001/consolide | yes | Public Information Act § 4. Principles of granting access to public information 4. Access to information shall be granted without charge unless payment for the direct expenses relating to the release of the information is prescribed by law. §25. Covering expenses relating to compliance with requests for information (1) A holder of information shall cover the expenses relating to compliance with requests for information unless otherwise prescribed by law. (2) A person making a request for information shall pay up to 3 kroons per page for copies on paper starting from the twenty-first page, unless a state fee for the release of information is prescribed by law. (3) Holders of information shall cover the expenses relating to compliance with requests for information made by state or local government agencies. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Finland | constitutional recognition of a public right of access to information | → Constitution Section 12 Documents and recordings in the possession of the authorities are public, unless their publication has for compelling reasons been specifically restricted by an Act. Everyone has the right of access to public documents and recordings https://www.finlex.fi/en/laki/kaannokset/1999/en19990731.pdf → Act on the Openness of Government Activities (1999) https://www.finlex.fi/en/laki/kaannokset/1999/en19990621_20150907.pdf | yes | Act on the Openness of Government Activities Section 34 (1) No charge is levied for the provision of access to a document on the basis of sections 9 and 11, when: (1) information regarding the document is provided orally; (2) the document is provided for reading and copying at the office of the authority; (3) a public, electronically recorded document is sent by electronic mail to the person requesting information; (4) an electronically recorded document is sent to a party by electronic mail; (5) provision of access to the requested document belongs within the ambit of the obligation of the authority to provide advice, to hear persons or to give notices. [...] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | France | Act No. 78-753 of 17 July 1978 | yes | no fee for making a request | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Greece | constitutional recognition of a public right of access to information | → Constitution Article 5a 1. All persons have the right to information, as specified by law. Restrictions to this right may be imposed by law only insofar as they are absolutely necessary and justified for reasons of national security, of combating crime or of protecting rights and interests of third parties. 2. All persons have the right to participate in the Information Society. Facilitation of access to electronically transmitted information, as well as of the production, exchange and diffusion thereof, constitutes an obligation of the State, always in observance of the guarantees of articles 9, 9A and 19. | yes | not specifically mentioned in law | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Ireland | no constitutional right to information | → Freedom of Information Act (2014) https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/act/2014/30/eng/enacted/a3014.pdf | partially | The €15 application fee has been abolished; There is a minimum threshold of €101 below which no search, retrieval and copying fees can be charged. Once the charge reaches €101, full fees apply; There is a cap on the amount of search, retrieval and copying fees that can be charged of €500; There is a further upper limit on estimated search, retrieval and copying fees at €700 above which an FOI body can refuse to process a request, unless the requester is prepared to refine the request to bring the search, retrieval and copying fees below the limit; [..] https://foi.gov.ie/faqs/is-there-a-fee/ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Italy | no constitutional right to information | → Freedom of Information Act (2016) https://www.rti-rating.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Italy.FOI_.2016.pdf | yes | Freedom of Information Act Article 5(4) No cost shall be applied to the data or documents released in an electronic format or in hard copy except for the cost actually incurred and duly documented by the administration for reproducing such data and documents on physical devices. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Croatia | constitutional recognition of a public right of access to information | →Constitution Article 38 "The right to access to information held by any public authority shall be guaranteed. Restrictions on the right to access to information must be proportionate to the nature of the need for such restriction in each individual case and necessary in a free and democratic society, as stipulated by law." https://www.wipo.int/edocs/lexdocs/laws/en/hr/hr060en.pdf → Law on the Right to Access Information (2013) https://hkd-rijeka.hr/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ZPPI-procisceni-ENGLESKI.pdf | yes | Act on the Right of Access to Information Article 19(3) The public authority body is entitled to request from the beneficiaries to cover the actual material expenses incurred by providing information, under Article 17 of this Law, as well as to request to cover the expenses of delivering the requested information. Upon the request submitted by the beneficiary, the public authority body is bound to deliver the calculation of expenses incurred. ->Filing of the request is free, but there exists a fee related to actual material costs of granting access to information, as well as delivery costs. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Latvia | constitutional recognition of a public right of access to information | →Constitution Article 100 "Everyone has the right to freedom of expression which includes the right to freely receive, keep and distribute information and to express their views. Censorship is prohibited." Article 104. "Everyone has the right to address submissions to State or local government institutions and to receive a materially responsive reply. Article 115. The State shall protect the right of everyone to live in a benevolent environment by providing information about environmental conditions and by promoting the preservation and improvement of the environment." https://www.saeima.lv/en/legislative-process/constitution/ → Freedom of Information Law (1998) https://www.rti-rating.org/wp-content/uploads/Latvia.pdf | partially | Freedom of Information Law Section 13 (1) Generally accessible information which does not require any additional processing shall be provided free of charge. (2) Payment for the provision of information may not exceed the expenses of the searching for, additional processing and copying of documents or information. The payment may not include any other expenses, which have been incurred in respect of resolving legal or political issues, which are associated with the provision of answers to the request for information. (3) Every applicant for information may request exemption from the payment for the service. The Cabinet shall determine the cases where payment for the provision of information by a private person shall be reduced or shall be released from such payment. (4) The Cabinet shall determine the procedures by which payment is performed for the provision of information, as well as the paid services and the amounts thereof. (5) Commercial companies founded by public persons for the re-use of information in their commercial activities shall have applied the same payment and provision procedures as for other applicants for information. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Lithuania | constitutional recognition of a public right of access to information | →Constitution Article 25 "The citizen shall have the right to receive, according to the procedure established by law, any information concerning him that is held by State institutions. https://www.lrs.lt/home/Konstitucija/Constitution.htm → Law on the Provision of Information to the Public https://e-seimas.lrs.lt/portal/legalAct/lt/TAD/TAIS.404609?jfwid=181l7lj3gr | partially | Law on the Provision of Information to the Public Article 6. Right to Obtain Information from State and Municipal Institutions and Agencies "6. Public information relating to state and municipal institutions and agencies shall be free of charge. These agencies may charge a fee only for the services involving retrieval of the provided information and duplication (copying) of information or documents. The fee may not exceed the actual costs of the provision of information." | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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16 | Malta | no constitutional right to information | → The Freedom of Information Act (2012) https://legislation.mt/eli/cap/496/eng/pdf | partially | The Freedom of Information Act 9.(1) Subject to subarticle (2) and to any regulations issuedunder this Act, a public authority may charge a fee to an applicantfor access to a document in accordance with this Act. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Netherlands | limited | →Constitution Article 110 "In the exercise of their duties government bodies shall observe the right of public access to information in accordance with rules to be prescribed by Act of Parliament." → Dutch Public Access to Government Information Act (WOB) (1991) https://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0005252/2018-07-28 | yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Austria | no constitutional right to information | yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Poland | constitutional recognition of a public right of access to information | →Constitution Article 61 (1): A citizen shall have the right to obtain information on the activities of organs of public authority as well as persons discharging public functions. Such right shall also include receipt of information on the activities of self-governing economic or professional organs and other persons or organizational units relating to the field in which they perform the duties of public authorities and manage communal assets or property of the State Treasury. (2)The right to obtain information shall ensure access to documents and entry to sittings of collective organs of public authority formed by universal elections, with the opportunity to make sound and visual recordings. (3)Limitations upon the rights referred to in paras. 1 and 2 above, may be imposed by statute solely to protect freedoms and rights of other persons and economic subjects, public order, security or important economic interests of the State. (4)The procedure for the provision of information, referred to in paras. 1 and 2 above shall be specified by statute, and regarding the Sejm and the Senate by their rules of procedure. https://www.sejm.gov.pl/prawo/konst/angielski/kon1.htm → The Law on Access to Public Information (2001) https://www.legislationline.org/documents/id/6757 | partially | The Law on Access to Public Information 7(2) Access to public information is free, with the stipulation of Article 15. 15(1) If as a result of making public information on the petition, defined in Article 10, it. 1, the entity obliged to do this, is to incur the additional costs connected with the method defined in the petition of a method of making it available or necessity to transform the information in the form pointed in the petition, this entity is entitled to the payment from the petitioner covering these costs. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Portugal | constitutional recognition of a public right of access to information | → Law on Access to Administrative Documents | yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Romania | constitutional recognition of a public right of access to information | →Constitution Article 31 A person's right of access to any information of public interest shall not be restricted. The public authorities, according to their competence, shall be bound to provide correct information to the citizens in public affairs and matters of personal interest. The right to information shall not be prejudicial to the measures of protection of young people or national security. Article 1: The individual's free and unconstraint access to public information, thus defined in this Law, represents one of the fundamental principles of the relations between the individuals and the public authorities in conformity with the Romanian Constitution and the international documents ratified by the Romanian Parliament. http://www.cdep.ro/pls/dic/site.page?id=371 ->LAW 544/12 on Free Access to Public Information (2001) https://www.rti-rating.org/wp-content/uploads/Romania.pdf | yes | Law on Free Access to Public Information Art. 9. - (1) Where the request for information involves the making of copies of the documents held by the public authority or institution, the cost of the copying services shall be borne by the applicant, in accordance with the law. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Sweden | constitutional recognition of a public right of access to information | →Constitution Chapter 2 Article 1 "Every Swedish citizen shall be entitled to have free access to official documents, in order to encourage the free exchange of opinion and the availability of comprehensive information." | yes | Chapter 2, Article 1: \"Every Swedish citizen shall be entitled to have free access to official documents, in order to encourage the free exchange of opinion and the availability of comprehensive information.\" Chapter 2, Article 12, Paragraph 1: \"An official document to which the public has access shall be made available on request forthwith, or as soon as possible, at the place where it is held, and free of charge, to any person wishing to examine it, in such form that it can be read, listened to, or otherwise comprehended. A document may also be copied, reproduced, or used for sound transmission. If a document cannot be made available without disclosure of such part of it as constitutes classified material, the rest of the document shall be made available to the applicant in the form of a transcript or copy.\" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | Slovakia | constitutional recognition of a public right of access to information | →Constitution Article 26.(5) State bodies and territorial self-administration bodies are under an obligation to provide information on their activities in an appropriate manner and in the state language. The conditions and manner of execution will be specified by law." https://www.prezident.sk/upload-files/46422.pdf → Freedom of Information Act (2000) https://www.elaw.org/system/files/FOIA.in.Slovak.and.English.pdf | yes | Freedom of Information Act Section 21 (1) Information shall be provided free of charge, with the exception of payments not higher than the costs of material for making copies, the costs of technical data carriers and delivery of information to the applicant. (2) The obliged person may forgive the charges. (3) The details on the costs of disclosure shall be regulated by a generally binding legal regulation of the Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic. (4) The payments of costs shall be regarded as the income of the obliged person. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | Slovenia | constitutional recognition of a public right of access to information | →Constitution Article 39 Freedom of expression of thought, freedom of speech and public appearance, freedom of the press, and other forms of public communication and expression shall be guaranteed. Everyone may freely collect, receive, and disseminate information and opinions. Except in such cases as are provided by law, everyone has the right to obtain information of a public nature in which he has a well founded legal interest under law. http://www.us-rs.si/legal-basis/constitution/?lang=en → Act on Access to Information of Public Character (2003) https://elaw.org/fr/content/slovenia-act-access-information-public-character-20030305 | yes | Act on Access to Information Article 34 (Cost of the transmission of information) (1)Consultation on the spot of the requested information shall be free of charge. (2)The body may charge the applicant the material costs for the transmission of a transcript, copy or electronic record of the requested information. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | Spain | no constitutional right to information | Ley 19/2013, de 9 de diciembre, de transparencia, acceso a la información pública y buen gobierno. https://www.boe.es/buscar/pdf/2013/BOE-A-2013-12887-consolidado.pdf | yes | 4. El acceso a la información será gratuito. No obstante, la expedición de copias o la trasposición de la información a un formato diferente al original podrá dar lugar a la exigencia de exacciones en los términos previstos en la Ley 8/1989, de 13 de abril, de Tasas y Precios Públicos, o, en su caso, conforme a la normativa autonómica o local que resulte aplicable. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | Czech Republic | constitutional recognition of a public right of access to information | →Constitution (Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms) Article 17 5. State bodies and territorial self-governing bodies are obliged, in an appropriate manner, to provide information with respect to their activities. Conditions therefore and the implementation thereof shall be provided for by law. https://www.usoud.cz/fileadmin/user_upload/ustavni_soud_www/Pravni_uprava/AJ/Listina_English_version.pdf →The Freedom of Information Act (1999) https://www.rti-rating.org/wp-content/uploads/Czech-Republic.pdf | partially | The Freedom of Information Act Section 17 - Cost recovery "(1) In connection with the provision of information, the obligated bodies are entitled to require payments in an amount not exceeding costs incurred in connection with the retrieval of information the copying, obtaining data carriers and delivery of the information to the applicant. The obligated body may also require payments for extraordinarily extensive information retrieval." | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | Hungary | constitutional recognition of a public right of access to information | →Constitution Article 61 (3) In a democracy, with a view to forming an educated opinion in matters of public interest, everyone has the right to free access to information proper. →Act CXII of 2011 on the right to informational self-determination and on the freedom of information https://njt.hu/translation/J2011T0112P_20200101_FINrev.pdf | partially | Section 33 (1) Access to data of public interest, the publication of which is rendered mandatory under this Act, shall be made available to the general public, without personal identification, on the internet website without any restriction, in digital format, capable of being printed or copied without any partial loss or distortion of data, free of charge, including accessing, downloading, printing, copying and transmitting through a network (hereinafter “electronic publication”). Access to published data shall not be made subject to the provision of personal data. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | Cyprus | no constitutional right to information | partially | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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30 | Norway | constitutional recognition of a public right of access to information | ->Constitution Article 100, Paragraph 4. "Everyone has a right of access to documents of the State and municipal administration and a right to follow the proceedings of the courts and democratically elected bodies. Limitations to this right may be prescribed by law to protect the privacy of the individual or for other weighty reasons." ->Act relating to the right of access to documents held by public authorities and public undertakings (Freedom of Information Act) https://lovdata.no/dokument/NLE/lov/2006-05-19-16/KAPITTEL_3#%C2%A725 | yes | Section 8. (Main rule regarding access free of charge): "An administrative agency may only require payment for access under this Act insofar as it is authorised to do so by regulations pursuant to the second or third paragraphs.[...] The King may make regulations concerning payment for transcripts, printouts or copies. The rates of payment shall be such that the total income does not exceed the actual costs of copying and dispatching documents." | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | Switzerland | no constitutional right to information | https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/2006/355/de | partially | Art. 17 Gebühren 1 Für den Zugang zu amtlichen Dokumenten wird in der Regel eine Gebühr erhoben.9 2 Keine Gebühren werden erhoben: a.wenn die Bearbeitung eines Gesuches einen geringen Aufwand erfordert; b.für Schlichtungsverfahren (Art. 13); und c.für Verfahren auf Erlass einer Verfügung (Art. 15). 3 Der Bundesrat legt die Einzelheiten und den Gebührentarif nach Aufwand fest. Abweichende Gebührenregelungen durch die Spezialgesetzgebung bleiben vorbehalten. 4 Für die Abgabe von Berichten, Broschüren oder anderen Drucksachen und Informationsträgern kann in jedem Fall eine Gebühr erhoben werden. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | UK | no constitutional right to information | Freedom of Information Act 2000 & The Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004 SI No. 3244 | yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
33 | Luxembourg | no constitutional right to information | yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
34 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | no constitutional right to information | yes | Article 16 Duplication Costs "A public authority shall not levy fees or taxes for requests submitted, or for decisions or notices provided for under this Act.<...>" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
35 | Serbia | constitutional recognition of a public right of access to information | yes | 17 Paragraph 1: Insight in a document containing the requested information shall be free of charge. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
36 | Albania | constitutional recognition of a public right of access to information | yes | 13(1) Public administration services are free of charge. Disclosure of information can be made against a fee, previously arrived at and made public by the public authority on its website and in premises where members of the public are received. The fee is the cost for the reproduction of the information request and, where appropriate, the cost of delivery. Information requested electronically is free of charge. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
37 | Montenegro | constitutional recognition of a public right of access to information | yes | Article 1: "Access to the information filed with government agencies shall be free, whereas it shall be exercised in the manner prescribed by this Law." Article 11: " There shall be no dues payable for any request for access to the information." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
38 | North Macedonia | constitutional recognition of a public right of access to information | yes | Art 29. "(1) Insight to information requested shall be provided free of charge." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
39 | Turkey | no constitutional right to information | yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
40 | Georgia | constitutional recognition of a public right of access to information | yes | Article 38. A public agency shall provide access to the copy of public information. No fees shall be charged for distributing public information, except for copying costs. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
41 | Armenia | yes | 10(1) Providing information or its copy from state and local self-government bodies is realized according to the Government Regulation of the Republic of Armenia. (2). The payment defined in the 1st clause of the current Article is not paid in the following cases: (a) response to oral inquiries; (b) for up to 10 pages of printed or copied information; (c) for information via e-mail (internet); (d) responding the written information inquiries mentioned in the 2nd clause of the Article 7; (e) providing information about the changes of the deadline in the cases foreseen by the 7c sub clause and 10th clause of the Article 9; (f) declining the information request. (3) The organizations of public importance decide themselves the cost to be paid for information, which can not exceed the costs of providing that information. (4) Body or organization that has provided untruthful or incomplete information shall provide corrected information free of charge, as defined by this law, upon the written inquiry of the receiving party. 2015 regulation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
42 | Russia | no constitutional right to information | yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
43 | Ukraine | constitutional recognition of a public right of access to information | yes | 21.1 Information in response to request shall be provided free of charge. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
44 | Moldova | constitutional recognition of a public right of access to information | yes | 7 Official information with limited access (2) According to para. 1 of the present article, free access to any kind of official information may not be restricted except for the following cases [...] 11 Obligations of information providers (1) The information providers, within their competence, are obliged: 2) to provide free access to information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
45 | Belarus | partially | Article 22. Means of dissemination and (or) provision of publicly accessible information by a state body Dissemination and (or) provision of publicly accessible information shall be carried out free of charge, unless otherwise established by legislative acts of the Republic of Belarus. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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