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Adopted Decree No. 780/2024 published in the Official Gazette on September 2, 2024 (“decree“), Regulatory Decree No. 206/2017 and its subsequent amendments (“Regulatory ActAccess to Public Information Act No. 27275 (“law“) has been modified.
Among other things, the Act makes the following amendments to the Regulation Act:
- The Decree defines the scope of (i) public information, which does not include private data or data not in the public interest; (ii) documents, which is limited to any records generated, controlled or held within the framework of state activities, excluding Preparatory deliberations and working papers.
- The Act sets out the formal requirements for information requests.
- As for the exception to the provision of requested information within the framework of a request, the Decree clearly stipulates that the nature of confidentiality must be determined in advance by a proven act of the competent authority and shall be retained for 10 years from the date of its creation.
- The Act regulates the functions of persons responsible for obtaining public information.
- The decree regulates the platform for managing requests and responses, which must allow the identification of applicants, content and responses.
It is explained that the decree aims to adjust the provisions of the law based on the practical experience of the seven years since its implementation to facilitate citizens’ access to public information.
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* Baker McKenzie paralegal Agustin Gastaldi also contributed to the creation of this alert.
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