Public Interest Information Requests (Law 544/2001)
Opening hours: Monday to Thursday 08: 30-17: 00, Friday: 08: 30-14: 30
Legislation (in Romanian)
1. Law 544/2001 on free access to information of public interest
2. Methodological norms for the application of Law 544/2001 - updated following the July 2016 amendments
Useful Documents (in Romanian)
1. Request based on Law 544/2001 - Application Model
2. Complaint form for negative answers
3. Claim form for not receiving information within the legal timeframe
Methods of challenging decisions
If a person considers that his right to access to information of public interest has been violated, he may address an administrative complaint to the manager of the public authority or institution to which the information was requested in accordance with the provisions of Art. 21 par. (2) of Law no. 544/2001 regarding the free access to public information, as subsequently amended and supplemented, as well as art. 32-34 of H.G. no. 123/2002 approving the Methodological Norms for the application of Law no. 544/2001 on free access to information of public interest. Administrative complaint patterns are found in Annexes 5 (for negative response) and 6 (for failure to respond within the legal deadline) of the Methodological Norms.
BIRDA
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