Report on Implementation of The Law on Free Access of Information of Public Importance and The law on Personal Data Protection in 2009.

1.INSTITUTION OF THE COMMISSIONER

1.1. Status, Powers and Responsibilities

The Commissioner for Information of Public Importance is an independent and autonomous public authority, established under the Law on Free Access to Information of Public Importance in 2004. Under the Law on Personal Data Protection of October 2008, he was renamed Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection (hereinafter: the Commissioner) upon receiving new powers as of 1 January 2009.

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ON THE LAW ON FREE ACCESS TO INFORMATION

 1.1. Content of the Law and protection

The right on free access to public information is established under the Law on Free Access to Information of Public Importance (hereinafter: the Law) enacted in early November 2004. The basic content of the Law is the right of citizens to access documents held by public authorities, firstly the right of theе requester to be avised by the authority whether it holds or has access to the requested information, then the right to access the document containing the information and finally the right to receive a copy of the document.

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BACKGROUND
1.1. Freedom of access to information of public importance and its enforcement

The Law on Free Access to Information of Public Importance, enacted in early November 2004, introduced the freedom of access to information held by public authorities for citizens, the media and other stakeholders and established the institution of the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance as an independent and autonomous public authority responsible for enforcing and safeguarding this freedom.

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Legal and Institutional Frame

The law on free access to information of public importance has been passed at the beginning of November 2004. The law has defined the right of the citizens, mass media and others to free access to information in the possession of the agencies of public authorities, except in cases as listed in this law, when it is necessary to protect a state or some other dominating public importance at a certain point in time or the right to privacy.

The commissioner for information of public importance has been elected by the decision of the National Parliament end of December 2004.

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1. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

1.1 Legal presumptions

The Law of the free access to information of public importance has been passed on November 5th 2004 (Off. Register RS 120/04) and has gone into effect on November 13th 2004.

The institution of the Commissioner for information of public importance (in further text: Commissioner) has been established by the law, as an independent state official, autonomous in performing duties, in order to provide realization of the right to free access to information of public importance.

By the decision of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, RS number 91, made on December 22nd 2004, Rodoljub Sabic has been elected the Commissioner.

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