ACCESS POR LOS DERECHOS
UTILIZANDO EL DERECHO DE ACCESO A LA INFORMACIÓN
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Request Process in Switzerland
Summary: Information Commissioner Rules That Specific Company Register Law Trumps Access to Information Law Request sent to Business and Enterprise Register (BER) Outcome of request Information refused Time taken to respond 6 working days (Deadline is 20 working days) Reason for refusal Another law overrides FOI law Only need to
Request Process in Sweden
Summary: You Need to Pay For the Information and State What You Plan to Do With the Personal Data in the Register Request sent to Swedish Companies Registration Office Trade and Industry Register Outcome of request Information refused Time taken to respond 1 working day (Deadline is “immediately”) Reason for
Request Process in Serbia
Summary: Information Commissioner Rules that Business Register Was Right to Refuse Access Because the Data Was Already Available Online Request sent to Serbian Business Registers Agency (SBRA) (Click here) Outcome of request Information refused Time taken to respond 46 working days (deadline is 15 working days) Reason for refusal Database
Request Process in Russia
Summary: It Is "Technically Impossible" to Provide Access to the Full Database Request sent to Federal Tax Service (Click here) Outcome of request Information Refused Time taken to respond 40 working days (Deadline is 30 calendar days) Reason for refusal Another law overrides FOI law. Technically impossible to fulfill.
Request Process in Romania
Summary: The Romanian Access to Information Law Does Not Cover Self-Funded Bodies Request sent to National Trade Register (Click here) Outcome of request Information refused. Time taken to respond 3 working days (Deadline is 10 working days) Reason for refusal Only need to answer requests for individual records. Must pay
Request Process in Norway
Summary: Administrative Silence - No Response to Our Request Request sent to Brønnøysund Register Centre (Click here) Outcome of request Administrative silence. Time taken to respond N/A (Deadline is “without undue delay”) Reason for refusal N/A (No response received). On 4 November 2013, Access Info sent a request to
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