In this section you can find the English language texts of access to information laws from across Europe.

For each country, we also provide you with a link to the country-pages of the RTI Rating website, where you can find detailed analyses of all the world’s access to information laws, against 61 indicators developed by an international panel of access to information experts.

Albania

Law: On the right to information over the official documents 1999 (Për të drejtën e informimit mbi dokumentet zyrtare)
Analysis: RTI-rating quality analysis

Andorra

No law protecting access to information.

Armenia

Law: Law of the Republic of Armenia on Freedom of Information 2003 (Հանրապետության օրենքը, Հայաստանի Տեղեկատվության ազատության մասին); Law of RA on the Human Rights Defender 2003.
Analysis: RTI-rating quality analysis

Austria

Law: Duty to Grant Information Act 1987, last amended in 1998 (Auskunftspflichtgesetz)
Analysis: RTI-rating quality analysis

Azerbaijan

Law: Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the right to Obtain Information 2005 (İnformasiya əldə etmək haqqında Qanun)
Analysis: RTI-rating analysis

Belgium

Law: Loi relative à la publicité de l’administration 1994, last amended in 2000
Analysis:
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Bosnia and Herzegovina

Law: Freedom of Access to Information Act 2000 (Slobodi pristupa informacijama u Bosni i Hercegovini)
Analysis: RTI-rating analysis

Bulgaria

Law: Access to Public Information Act 2000, last amended in 2008 (Достъп до обществена информация)
Analysis:
RTI-rating quality analysis

Croatia

Law: Act on the Right of Access to Information 2003, last amended in 2013 (Zakon o pravu na pristup informacijama)
Analysis:
RTI-rating quality analysis

Cyprus

No current law protecting access to information.
Draft Bill on Access to Information 2013
(in Greek)

Czech Republic

Law: The Freedom of Information Act 1999, last amended in 2011 (Zákon o svobodném přístupu k informacím)
Analysis: RTI-rating quality analysis

Denmark

Law: The Danish Access to Public Administrative Documents Act 1985 , last amended in 2013 (Offentlighedsloven)
Analysis:
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Estonia

Law: Public Information Act 2000 , last amended in 2003 (Avaliku teabe seaduse)
Analysis:
RTI-rating quality analysis

Finland

Law:Act on the Openness of Government Activities 1951 , last amended in 2002 (Laki viranomaisten toiminnan julkisuudesta)
Analysis:
RTI-rating quality analysis

France

Law: De la liberté d’accès aux documents administratifs et de la réutilisationdes informations publiques 1978 , last amended in 2010
Analysis
: RTI-rating quality analysis

Georgia

Law: The General Administrative Code of Georgia 1998, (ზოგადი ადმინისტრაციული კოდექსის)
Analysis: RTI-rating quality analysis

Germany

Law: Freedom of Information Act 2005 (Informationsfreiheitsgesetz)
Analysis: RTI-rating quality analysis

Greece

Law: Administrative Procedural Code 1999, Law 2690/1999 (Κώδικας Διοικητικής Διαδικασίας)
Analysis: RTI-rating quality analysis

Hungary

Law: Act CXII of 2011 on Informational Self-determination and Freedom of Information
Analysis:
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Iceland

Law: The Information Act 1996, with subsequent amendments in 2007 (Freedom laga Upplýsingar)
Analysis:
RTI-rating quality analysis

Ireland

Law: Freedom of Information Act 1997, last amended in 2003
Analysis:
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Italy

Law: Rules for the Dicipline of the Mode of Operation Law 1990 (Regolamento per la Disciplina delle Modalità di Esercizio Legge)
Analysis:
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Latvia

Law: Freedom of Information Law 1998, last amended in 2005 (Informācijas atklātības likums)
Analysis: RTI-rating quality analysis

Leichtenstein

Law: Law on Public Information 1999 (Informationsgesetz)
Analysis: RTI-rating quality analysis

Lithuania

Law: Law on the Provision of Information to the Public 1996, last amended in 2011 (Įstatymas dėl informacijos teikimo visuomenei),
Analysis: RTI-rating quality analysis

Luxembourg

No law protecting access to information.

Macedonia

Law: Law on Free Access to Information of Public Character 2006 (Законот за слободен пристап до информации од јавен карактер)
Analysis: RTI-rating quality analysis

Malta

Law: Freedom of Information Act 2008 (Libertà ta ‘Informazzjoni)
Analysis: RTI-rating quality analysis

Moldova

Law: The Law on Access to Information 2000
Analysis: RTI-rating quality analysis

Monaco

No law protecting access to information.

Montenegro

Law: The Law on Free Access to Information 2005
Analysis: RTI-rating quality analysis

Netherlands

Law: Government Information (Public Access) Act (WOB), 1991 (Wet Openbaarheid van Bestuur)
Analysis:
RTI-rating quality analysis

Norway

Law: Freedom of Information Act 2006
Analysis:
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Poland

Law: Act on Access to Public Information 2001 , last amended in 2004 (Ustawa o dostępie do informacji publicznej)
Analysis:
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Portugal

Law: Law on the Regulation of, and Access to, Administrative Documents 2007, (Regula o Acesso aos Documentos Administrativos)
Analysis: RTI-rating quality analysis

Romania

Law: Law on Free Access to Public Information 2001 (Legea privind liberul acces la informațiile publice)
Analysis:
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Russia

Law: Federal Law on Providing Access to Information on the Activities of Government Bodies and Bodies of Local Self-Government 2009
Analysis: RTI-rating quality analysis

San Marino

No law protecting access to information.

Serbia

Law: Law on Free Access to Information of Public Importance 2003 (Закон о слободном приступу информацијама од јавног значаја)
Analysis: RTI-rating quality analysis

Slovakia

Law: Act No. 211/2000 Coll. on Free Access to Information and on amendments of certain acts (The Freedom of Information Act) (Zákon o slobodnom prístupe k informáciám ao zmene niektorých zákonov)
Analysis:
RTI-rating quality analysis

Slovenia

Law: Access to Public Information Act 2003, last amended in 2005 (Zakon o dostopu do informacij javnega značaja)
Analysis:
RTI-rating quality analysis

Spain

No law protecting access to information.

Sweden

Law: The Freedom of the Press Act 1766, last amended in 1976
Analysis:
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Switzerland

Law: Freedom of Information Act 2004
Analysis:
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Turkey

Law: Law on the Right to Information 2003 (Bilgi Edinme Hakkı Kanunu)
Analysis: RTI-rating quality analysis

Ukraine

Law: Law on Access to Public Information 2011 (Закон про доступ до публічної інформації)
Analysis: RTI-rating quality analysis

United Kingdom

Law: Freedom of Information Act 2000
Analysis: RTI-rating quality analysis