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Act on the Access to Information on Environment.

Pays/Territoire
Slovaquie
Type du document
Législation
Date
1998
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Sujet
Environnement gén.
Mot clé
Accès-à-l'information
Aire géographique
Europe de l'Est, Europe, Europe et Asie Centrale, Pays de l'Union Européenne
Entry into force notes
This Act comes into force on 1 September 1998.
Résumé

This Act concerns access to information concerning the state of the environment and it consists of 19 articles. As indicated in article 3, access to information on environment means the possibility of access to the existing information on environment in accordance with this Act, especially their publication, provided on the base of request, possibility to see the documentation ant to make its copies and transcriptions. Under article 4, all bodies of state administration are obliged to provide information on the state of the environment, moreover, also natural persons which hold business licence and legal persons who fulfil tasks in the area of the environment protection are required to provide access to information at their disposal, upon request. The right to access is asserted by article 5 and article 6 sets the reasons for rejecting a request or limiting information on environment. Article 7 guarantees the protection of commercial confidentiality and article 8 provides for the protection of third persons’ interests. Article 9 and 10 concern the request and the form of making information on environment accessible, article 11 sets the terms and conditions of accessibility and article 12 defines the procedure to be followed when information is not made available. Other provisions concern fees (article 13) and publication of information, article 16 concerns the report on the state of the environment that the Ministry of the Environment has to prepare every year.

Texte intégral
Anglais

Références - Législation

Implementé par

Order on payment for making the information on environment available.

Législation | Slovaquie | 1998

Mot clé: Accès-à-l'information

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Abrogé par

Act no. 211/2000 on free access to information and amending and supplementing certain acts.

Législation | Slovaquie | 2000

Mot clé: Législation de base, Accès-à-l'information

Source: FAO, FAOLEX