The right to access information is a fundamental human right protected by the Constitution of the Republic of Croatia, the European Convention on Human Rights and Freedoms, the Convention on Access to Information, international treaties and the Law on the Right to Access Information (“Narodne Novine”, number 25/13).
The aim of the Law on the right to access information is to enable and ensure the realization of the right to access information guaranteed by the Constitution of the Republic of Croatia, as well as to the reuse of information by natural and legal persons through the openness and publicity of the actions of public authorities.
The right to access information is based on the principles of publicity, free access with restrictions prescribed by law, the principles of timeliness, completeness and accuracy of information, the principle of equality and the principle of disposing of information.
The Law on the Right to Access to Information gives all domestic and foreign natural and legal persons, in the same way and under the same conditions, the right to access information. The law obliges public authorities to publish complete and accurate information on their websites. Public authorities must make available all the information they possess and are obliged to provide access to the information.
The right to access information is exercised by submitting a request to a public authority. The public authority will decide on the request for access to information no later than 15 days from the date of submission of the formal request.
Every user has the right to reuse information for commercial or non-commercial purposes, in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
For the purpose of reuse of information, the public authority shall make its information available in electronic form whenever possible and appropriate. The public authority has no obligation to ensure the conversion of information from one form to another, nor to ensure the use of part of the information, and has no obligation to restore (update, upgrade, continue to create) certain information only for the purpose of reuse.
Against the decision on the rejection of the request for access to information and reuse, the applicant can file an appeal with the Commissioner for Information, and against the decision of the Commissioner for Information there is the possibility of filing a lawsuit with the High Administrative Court of the Republic of Croatia.
The right to access information owned, managed or controlled by the Spačvanska Šuma Tourist Board is regulated by the Law on the Right to Access Information (NN 25/13). Criteria for determining the amount of compensation for actual material costs and the costs of providing information (NN 12/14); disproval (NN 15/14).
The law also prescribes the principles of the right of access, exceptions to the right of access, and the procedure for exercising and protecting the right to access information. The goal of the law is to enable and provide information to natural and legal persons through the openness and publicity of the actions of public authorities, in accordance with the law.
The right to access and reuse information is exercised by submitting a request to the Spačva forest Tourist Board. A request form for access to information that you can send to the address: Spačva forest Tourist Board, Trg kralja Tomislava 6A, 32252 Otok or:
Download the request forms for access to information as well as the Law on the right to access information at www.azop.hr.
