By Indicator detail
Please find below the lists of indicators that have been used to analyse each law. You can click on each of them and you will get the result for that indicator in each country.
| Country | Description | Scoring instructions | Max score | Finding | Points | Article | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | 8(1) Institutions shall provide the requested information to the applicant as soon as possible within 10 working days beginning from date information is requested. | |
| Albania | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | 15(2) When the public authority receives the information request and forwards it to another authority, it replies no later than 15 working days from the request having being received by the first authority. | The Law includes clear timelines for responding to requests, including cases were the public authority forward the request to another authority. |
| Angola | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | 15(1) The entity to whom a request for access to a document is made, must within a period of 10 days (a) communicate the date, place and manner in which to consult the document, reproduce it, or obtain a certified copy thereof; (b) in terms of the provisions of Article 67 of the procedures for public authorities approved by Decree-Law 16-A/95, of 15 December, give reasons for the complete or partial refusal to grant access to the requested document; (c) notify that the document is not within its possession and, if it knows of its whereabouts, point out the entity that possesses the document, or pass the request on to the latter and so inform the interested party; | 10 working days |
| Armenia | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | 9(7)The answer to written inquiry is given in the following deadlines: (a) If the information required by the written inquiry is not publicized, than the copy of that information is given to the applicant within 5 days after the application is filed. | 5 days |
| Azerbaijan | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | 24. Term of execution of information request 24.1. The request for information shall be executed as soon as possible, but not later than 7 working days. 24.2. If this information loses its urgency within this period, the request must be answered immediately, and if this is not possible, no later than 24 hours. 24.3. In cases where there is a real threat to human life, health or liberty, information that requires a certain amount of time to search and prepare shall be provided within 48 hours (excluding rest, voting, non-working holidays and days of national mourning). 24.4. If the request is incomplete or inaccurate, the official shall notify the applicant of the identified deficiencies within 5 working days.24.5. The period of execution of the information request determined by this Law shall be calculated from the next business day following the day of registration of the request. 24.6. In cases specified in Article 24.4 of this Law, the deadline for execution of the request shall be from the next working day after the elimination of deficiencies, and in cases provided for in Article 23.1 of this Law, not later than the date of receipt of the request. calculated from the working day. | 7 working days and various regimes for providing information more quickly. |
| Belize | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | SECTION 16 "<...> the Ministry or prescribed authority shall take all reasonable steps to enable the applicant to be notified of a decision on the request as soon as practicable but in any case not later than two weeks after the day on which the request is received by or on behalf of the Ministry or prescribed authority. " | 2 week timeframe. |
| Benin | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | 80: L’agent ou le responsable public qui a reçu une demande est appelé, avec diligence et, dans les cinq (05) jours francs qui suivent la date de la réception à:... | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | Article 14.4. "Notices referred to in subsections (2) and (3) shall be sent out as soon as possible and no later than 15 days from receipt of the request. For requests that necessitate processing under Articles 7 and/or Article 9(3), this 15 day time period shall be correspondingly extended by the time limits provided for in those Articles. The competent authority shall immediately notify the requester in writing of all extensions including the reasons for the extensions". | |
| Bulgaria | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | 28(1) Each application for access to public information shall be considered within the shortest possible time, but not later that 14 days as of date of registration. | |
| Cape Verde | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | 9(1) The entity to which the request for access to an administrative document is addressed must, within a period of 15 (fifteen) days: a) Communicate the date, place and method for carrying out the requested consultation; b) Issue the required reproduction or certificate; c) Indicate the exact location, on the Internet, of the required document, unless the applicant demonstrates the impossibility of using this form of access; d) Communicate, in writing, the reasons for refusing, in whole or in part, access to the document; | Seems to be 15 calendar days (so approximately 10 working days). |
| Colombia | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | 14. Requests for documents should be resolved within ten (10) days of receipt. If you have not responded to the petitioner in that period, shall be deemed, for all legal purposes, the relevant application has been accepted and, therefore, the administration can no longer deny the delivery of these documents to the petitioner, as a result copies will be delivered within three (3) days. | Article 14 of Law 1437 of 2011 - Timeline of 10 days (days - not stated as working days). |
| Costa Rica | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | 5. Plazo de respuesta. La solicitud de información pública debe ser resuelta en el plazo máximo de diez días hábiles, contado a partir de la fecha de recepción de la solicitud. Si debido a la complejidad de lo requerido, la autoridad pública necesita un plazo mayor para atender la gestión, deberá informar al solicitante en el plazo inicial de los diez días hábiles con la debida justificación e indicando de cuánto será la ampliación, que deberá ser razonable, proporcional y no podrá exceder de forma excepcional el plazo de un mes. Si se realiza la prevención contemplada en el artículo 3°, el plazo para atender la solicitud comenzará a regir a partir del momento en que el funcionario encargado tenga por cumplida la prevención. En caso de tratarse de información pública preconstituida, la autoridad pública deberá brindar lo solicitado de forma inmediata. | |
| Croatia | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | Art.20.1.: On the basis of requests for access to information, the public authority body shall issue its decision within 15 days from the day of submitting an orderly request. | |
| Czech Republic | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | Section 14.5. "d) shall provide the requested information no later than 15 days from the receipt or completion of the request unless it decides under Section 15; if license under 14a is necessary, it shall submit a final license offer to the applicant within this time limit." | |
| Denmark | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | Chapter 4, Section 16 part 2; "If an application has not been granted or rejected within seven working days of its receipt by the authority concerned, the authority shall inform the applicant of the reasons for this and also of the date when a decision can be expected." | The timeframe established to respond requests is 7 working days. |
| East Timor | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | Article 11 Reply to application It is the responsibility of the member of the competent government or the top officer of the department or entity, or in whom they delegate, within 10 working days, to respond to the requests submitted under the terms of the previous article, being able to: (А) To reject the request in the first instance, pursuant to paragraph 2 of the preceding article; (B) invite the applicant to refine the application for lack of clarity of the document or identification of the document; (C) Authorize access, through the issuance of a certificate, reproduction of the document or marking of date, time and place for consultation; (D) Refuse access to the document, explaining the grounds of the same, under the terms of this decree-law. | |
| Ecuador | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | ARTICLE 9 "(...) Su responsabilidad será recibir y contestar las solicitudes de acceso a la información, en el plazo perentorio de diez días, mismo que puede prorrogarse por cinco días más, por causas debidamente justificadas e informadas al peticionario." | 10 working days. |
| El Salvador | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | ARTICLE 71 "La respuesta a la solicitud debera ser notificada al interesado en el menor tiempo posible, que no podra ser mayor de diez dias habiles, contados desde la presentacion de aquella, siempre que la informacion requerida no exceda de sinco de cinco anos de haber sido generada..." | 10 working days or less. |
| Estonia | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | 18. Terms for compliance with requests for information and calculation of terms for processing "(1) A request for information shall be complied with promptly, but not later than within five working days. (2) If a request for information cannot be complied with due to the insufficiency of the information submitted by the person making the request for information, the holder of information shall notify the person making the request for information thereof within five working days in order to specify the request for information. (3) The terms for processing requests for information provided for in this Act shall be calculated as of the working day following registration of the requests for information." | |
| Finland | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | [Principles of Openness] Article 14(4) A matter referred to in this section shall be considered without delay, and access to a document in the public domain shall be granted as soon as possible and in any event within two weeks from the date when the authority received the request for the document. If the number of the requested documents is large, if they contain secret parts or if there is any other comparable reason for the consideration and the decision of the matter requiring special measures or otherwise an irregular amount of work, the matter shall be decided and access to the document granted within one month of the receipt of the request for access by the authority. [Administrative Procedure Act] Article 23. A matter shall be considered without undue delay. | The established timeframe is 2 weeks (10 working days). |
| Georgia | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | Article 40 – Issuing public information 1. A public institution shall be obliged to issue public information, including the public information requested electronically, immediately or not later than 10 days if the request for public information requires: a) retrieving of information from its structural subdivisions in another locality or from another public institution, and its processing; b) retrieving and processing of single and uncorrelated documents of considerable size; c) consulting with its own sub-division in another locality or with another public institution. 2. If a 10-day period is required for issuing public information, a public institution shall be obliged to notify the applicant of it upon request. 3. Proactive publication of public information shall not release a public institution from the obligation to duly issue the same or other public information requested. | 10 working days limit |
| Guatemala | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | Artículo 42. Presentada y admitida la solicitud, la Unidad de Información donde se presentó, debe emitir resolución dentro de los diez días siguientes en alguno de los sentidos que a continuación se expresan: (1) Entregando la información solicitada; (2) Notificando la negativa de la información cuando el interesado, dentro del plazo concedido, no haya hecho las aclaraciones solicitadas o subsanado las omisiones a que se refiere el artículo anterior; (3) Notificando la negativa de la información total o parcialmente, cuando se trataré de la considerada como reservada o confidencial; o, (4) Expresando la inexistencia. | 10 days. |
| Honduras | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | ARTICULO 21. FUNDAMENTACION Y TÉRMINO PARA RESOLVER. Presentada la solicitud, se resolverá en el término de diez (10) días, declarándose con o sin lugar la petición. En casos debidamente justificados, dicho plazo podrá prorrogarse por una sola vez y por igual tiempo. [...] | 10 days. |
| Hungary | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | Article 29(1) The body undertaking public duties controlling the data shall satisfy the requirements relating to accessing data of public interest within the shortest possible space of time, but within a maximum period of 15 days. | |
| Iceland | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | Article 11. Governmental authorities shall determine as soon as possible whether or not to comply with a request for accessing material. Should a request not have been handled within seven days of when it was received, the reasons for this delay and the expected time of decision must be clarified for the requester. [...] | 7 days. |
| Indonesia | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | 22(7) No later than 10 (ten) working days from the receipt of the request, the Public Agency concerned is obliged to submit a written notice that contains: (a) the required information for which he/she is authorized or otherwise; [...] | 10 working days. |
| Iran | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | Article 8. The public institution shall grant requests for access to information in a prompt way and this duration must not exceed 10 days. The executive regulations of this article will be approved by the cabinet in six months from the time this law is enacted considering the recommendations of the commission on publication and free access to information. | Points awarded, though it's not entirely clear whether Article 7 applies to the entire law, or only to requests for personal information. |
| Kazakhstan | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | 9(2) Information holder is obliged to: [...] (5) make sure to respect the deadline for providing access to information; [...] Article 11(10) A response to a written request should be given within 15 days from the moment it was received by an information holder. [...] | |
| Kosovo | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | 12(1) The public institution shall, within seven (7) days from the date of recording the request, issue a decision to grant access to the requested document or render a justified decision for the full or partial refusal and inform the applicant of the right to request reconsideration of his request as well when and where to submit such request. (2) Where the requested public document is considered, on the basis of a reasonable assessment, necessary for the protection of the life or liberty of a person, the public institution shall be obliged to provide an answer within forty-eight (48) hours. | |
| Kuwait | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | 8. The competent employee shall – after submitting to the head of the authority or whom they delegate – reply to the applicant within ten business days from the date of its receipt. This deadline can be extended for the same duration or more in the event when the application contains a big number of information, or when the access to the information requires consulting another authority, while notifying the applicant thereof, provided the total duration in all cases does not exceed three months. | |
| Kyrgyzstan | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | 17.2. A response to a written (electronic) request shall be provided within 10 business days. The period is calculated from the date of receipt of the request and ends on the day of sending the response (delivery to the post office, delivery in person to the applicant, his courier or representative, or sending in electronic form). | 10 business days is the deadline for written requests. |
| Latvia | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | Section 14. Time Periods for the Provision of Information "(1) An institution, which has received a written request for information, shall perform one of the following operations: 1) within the period of seven days provide the answer referred to in Section 11.2, Paragraph four and Section 12, Paragraph two, three or four of this Law; 2) within a period of 15 days answer the applicant if the information requires no additional processing; or 3) within a period of 30 days answer the applicant if information requires additional processing, and not later than within a period of 15 days notify the applicant of this. (2) An answer to a collective information request shall be sent to the person who has first signed the relevant request for information, or to the person who is indicated by the collective applicants for information." | |
| Lebanon | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | Article 16: Timeframes for responding: The appointed employee shall respond to the request within fifteen days of its submission. This period may be extended once for a period not exceeding fifteen days if the request encompasses a large amount of information or if accessing the information requires consulting a third party or another administration. A lack of response during said period shall be considered a tacit denial of the request. | Not entirely clear if the 15 days are calendar days or working days. |
| Lithuania | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | Article 6. Right to Obtain Information from State and Municipal Institutions and Agencies "<...> 4. Information for the production whereof the accumulation of additional data is not required shall be provided to the producers and/or disseminators of public information and journalists not later than within one working day, whereas information for the production whereof additional data has to be accumulated shall be provided not later than within one week. <...>" | No later than one week. |
| Mongolia | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | 14.8. Unless otherwise provided by laws, information shall be given within 7 business days to a citizen and legal entity who have made the request and if the request is made jointly, the information shall be given to any one of the citizens on their behalf. | |
| Montenegro | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | Article 16: "Any government agency shall be in obligation, upon any request for the information, to promptly make a resolution and to deliver it to any applicant, whereas not later than eight days as of the day of the request for information being submitted. Except for paragraph 1 of this Article and in cases when it is required for the purposes of protecting lives or freedoms of persons, any government agency shall be in obligation to promptly make and to deliver a resolution to any applicant, whereas not later than 48 hours upon such request has been submitted. If the range of the required information is big or if the searching for such information requires an extensive documentation inspection that would unreasonably disrupt regular operations of any government agency relevant therefore, the deadline for making and delivering a resolution, referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, may be prolonged by 15 days at most." | |
| Nepal | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | 7(2) If an application is received pursuant to Sub-Section (1), Information Officer should provide the information immediately if the information by its nature could be provided immediately and has to provide within fifteen days from the date of application if the information by its nature could not be provided immediately. | 15 days, assumed to be calendar days. |
| Netherlands | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | Section 6, Paragraph 1: \"The administrative authority shall decide on the application for information at the earliest possible opportunity, and in any event no more than two weeks after the date of receipt of the application. The administrative authority may defer the decision for no more than a further two weeks. The applicant shall be notified in writing, with reasons, of the deferment before the first two-week period has elapsed.\" | |
| Niger | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | 19: Toute demande d’accès aux documents administratifs doit revêtir la forme écrite. Un accusé de réception doit être remis au demandeur. L’administration est tenue de donner une suite motivée à cette demande, par écrit, dans un délai de quinze (15) jours pour compter du jour de sa saisine. Toutefois, les demandes émanant des chercheurs et des journalistes doivent être traitées dans un délai de cinq (05) jours. | 15 days |
| Nigeria | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | 4 Where information is applied for under this Act the public institution to which the application is made shall, subject to sections 6, 7, and 8 of this Act, within 7 days after the application is received- (a) make the information available to the applicant (b) Where the public institution considers that the application should be denied, the institution shall give written notice to the applicant that access to all or part of the information will not be granted, stating reasons for the denial, and the section of this Act under which the denial is made. | 7 days |
| Pakistan | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | 14(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, a public body shall be required to respond to a request as soon as possible and in any case within ten working days of receipt of the request. | |
| Palau | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | 9(a) Within ten (10) days of any request, all public records produced by a governing body shall be available by any person during regular business hours, unless the disclosure will take more time to produce due to exceptional circumstances or the volume of information requested, is in violation of the Constitution of the Republic, other law of the Republic, or is exempted under this Act. | |
| Peru | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | 11 Procedimiento: El acceso a la información pública se sujeta al siguiente procedimiento:(...) b) La entidad de la Administración Pública a la cual se haya presentado la solicitud de información deberá otorgarla en un plazo no mayor de 7 (siete) días útiles (...)
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7 business days. |
| Poland | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | 13(1) Making the information available on the petition of is made without undue delay, no later however than within 14 days of submitting the petition, with the stipulation of it. 2 and Article 15, it.2. | |
| Portugal | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | At. 14 1. "The body to which an application for access to an administrative document is made shall, within ten days: a) Communicate the date, place and means on, in and by which the consultation, if one is requested, is to take place; b) Issue the requested reproduction or certificate; c) Communicate in writing the reasons for any total or partial denial of access to the desired document, together with a description of the guarantees applicable to administrative and litigious appeals against the decision in question; d) Inform the applicant that it does not possess the document and, if it knows what body does hold it, send the application to that body with a copy to the applicant; e) Expound any doubts which it has about the decision it has to make to CADA, in order that the latter may issue a formal opinion thereon." | 10 days |
| Romania | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | Article 7(1): "The public authorities and institutions have the obligation to respond in writing to the request of the public interest information within 10 days or, as the case may be, within 30 days from the registration of the request, depending on the difficulty, the complexity, the volume of documentary work and the urgency of the request If the time required to identify and disseminate the information exceeds 10 days, the response shall be communicated to the applicant within 30 days, provided written notice thereof is given within 10 days." | The timeframe for responding requests is 10 working days. |
| Rwanda | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | MINISTERIAL ORDER No 007/07.01/13 OF 27/12/2013: Article 2: An information officer shall make a decision on arequest for information as soon as possible. However, the time limit shall not exceed three working (3) days from the date of receipt of the application. | |
| Serbia | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | Article 16. Paragraph 1: "The competent authority is obliged to inform the recipient about the possession of information without delay, and no later than within 15 days from the day of receipt of the request, ie the arranged request, to present the document containing the information, or issue him a copy of the document. A copy of the document is sent for request on the day of sending the office of the authority from which the information was requested, ie on the day of sending the email." | The timeline established by the law is 15 calendar days. |
| Slovakia | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | Section 17 Period for compliance with request: \"(1)The obliged person shall comply with the request for information without undue delay, but not later than eight working days after filing of the request or after the day the applicant removed imperfections of the request (Section 14, paragraphs 2 and 3), unless otherwise stipulated herein. (2) The obliged person shall be entitled to extend the period (paragraph 1) for serious reasons by a maxim um of eight working days. The following shall be regarded as serious reasons: a) searching for and gathering of required information on a place other than the headquarters of the obliged person complying with the request, b) searching for and gathering of large amount of separate or diverse information requested in a single request, c) provable technical problems related to the search and disclosure of information that are expected to b e removed within the extended period. (3) The obliged person shall notify the applicant o f the extension of the period without undue delay, not later than before the expiration of the period (paragraph 1). The notice must include the reasons leading to the extension of the period.\" | |
| South Sudan | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | 10(1) - seven working | |
| Sudan | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | 11(1) A public or private institution, civil society organizations, and others must respond to a request for information within the shortest possible time limits that should not exceed two weeks from the date of submitting the application. (2) If the submitted application contains information necessary to protect the life or freedom of a individual, the public institution must submit the information requested immediately to the applicant in a period not exceeding two days from the date of receipt of the application. | |
| Taiwan | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | 12 Within fifteen days of receiving the request for government information, the government agency shall determine whether to approve such a request; the time may be extended for no longer than fifteen days if necessary. (...) | 15 days = about 10 working days. |
| Thailand | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | N/A | A cabinet resolution in 28 December 2004 issued in relating to the OIA requires government agencies to respond to requests speedily or within the day of the request. In case the request deals with a great volume of information, officials are required to respond within 15 days. If they cannot respond in 15 days, they must provide reasons and set a date when they can provide the requested information. |
| Ukraine | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | 20.1 Information administrator must provide a reply to the information request not later than five working days from the date of receipt of the request. | |
| Uzbekistan | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | 9(3) Response to a written application shall be issued in a prompt way, but not later than thirty days since the application has been received, if otherwise is not envisaged by the legislation. 2014 Law on Activities of State Bodies: 19(1) The information user's request is subject to consideration within no more than fifteen days from the date of its registration. | 30 days, not clear if calendar or working days but former presumed. Allows for this to be overridden by other laws, which is not helpful. But 2014 Law reduces this to 15 days, assumed to be calendar. |
| Yemen | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 2 | 18: "The employee in charge shall respond to the request within fifteen days from the date of its submission, the employee may extend this period for one period of time not to exceed fifteen days if the application contains a large number of information, or if access to information requires reasonable consultation of another party, whereas it would be considered as a denial to the request if there was no response during that period of time. <...>" | 15 days |
| Antigua and Barbuda | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | 18(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), an official of a public responding to authority or private body must respond to a request for requests information as soon as practicable and in any event within twenty working days of receipt of the request if the request has been approved and the applicant has paid the fees required to be paid under section 20. | 20 working days |
| Argentina | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | ARTÍCULO 11° — Plazos. Toda solicitud de información pública requerida en los términos de la presente ley debe ser satisfecha en un plazo no mayor de quince (15) días hábiles. El plazo se podrá prorrogar en forma excepcional por otros quince (15) días hábiles de mediar circunstancias que hagan razonablemente difícil reunir la información solicitada. En su caso, el sujeto requerido debe comunicar fehacientemente, por acto fundado y antes del vencimiento del plazo, las razones por las que hace uso de tal prórroga. El peticionante podrá requerir, por razones fundadas, la reducción del plazo para responder y satisfacer su requerimiento. | |
| Australia | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | 15 Requests for access (5) On receiving a request, the agency or Minister must: ... b) as soon as practicable but in any case not later than the end of the period of 30 days after the day on which the request is received by or on behalf of the agency or Minister, take all reasonable steps to enable the applicant to be notified of a decision on the request (including a decision under section 21 to defer the provision of access to a document). | 15(5)(b) - 30 days, assumed to be calendar, but the time limit relates only to a decision on access, not to access itself, which is not very clear. |
| Austria | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | 8 (1) Access to the information shall be granted without undue delay, but at the latest within four weeks of receipt of the application by the competent body. If the information is subject to confidentiality (§ 6), the applicant shall be notified within the same period that access has not been granted. | |
| Bahamas | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | Section 7. Application for access. (4) A public authority shall respond to an application as soon as reasonably practical, but not later than— (a) thirty days after the date of receipt of the application; or (b) in the case of an application transferred to it by another public authority pursuant to section 8, thirty days after receipt of the application from the originating public authority | 30 day limits |
| Bangladesh | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | Art 9 Procedure for providing information: "(1) The designated officer shall, on receipt of a request under sub-section (1) of section 8, provide the information to the applicant within 20 (twenty) working days from the date of receiving the request. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), if more than one unit or authority are involved with the information sought for, such information may be provided within 30 (thirty) working days." | |
| Belgium | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | Loi n° 94-1724, Article 6.5: L'autorité administrative fédérale qui ne peut pas réserver de suite immédiate à une demande de publicité ou qui la rejette communique dans un délai de trente jours de la réception de la demande les motifs de l'ajournement ou du rejet." | Article 6.5 establishes that the time frame is 30 calendar days. |
| Bolivia | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | 11(II) The responsible public servant will keep a record of all the applications presented. The information will be made available to the applicant within a maximum period of fifteen (15) business days, except in cases of justified refusal on the grounds established in this Supreme decree. | 15 working days so only one point |
| Brazil | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | Art 15 "the related body or entity shall, within twenty days: send the requested information to the applicant by postal or email address informed" | |
| Burkina Faso | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | Article 16 : Le responsable du service chargé de l’accès à l’information publique et aux documents administratifs dispose d’un délai de vingt jours pour répondre à la demande. Lorsque celui-ci n’est pas en mesure de répondre à une demande d’accès à l’information et aux documents administratifs, le délai peut être prolongé de dix jours. Il en informe le demandeur avant l’expiration du délai. Cependant, si l’information ou le document administratif est nécessaire pour sauver la vie ou respecter la liberté d’une personne, il est donné sans délai. | 20 days. Not entirely clear if working or calendar. |
| Canada | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | 7. Where access to a record is requested under this Act, the head of the government institution to which the request is made shall, subject to sections 8, 9 and 11, within thirty days after the request is received | Thirty day limit. |
| Chile | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | ARTICLE 14. (...)"Estado, requerido, deberá pronunciarse sobre la solicitud, sea entregando la información solicitada o negándose a ello, en un plazo máximo de veinte días hábiles, contado desde la recepción de la solicitud que cumpla con los requisitos del artículo 12" | 20 workdays, though expert says this is rarely followed. Nonetheless, we're not dealing with implementation at this phase. |
| China | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | 33 Where administrative organs receiving open government information applications are able to respond at the scene, they should reply at the scene. Where administrative organs are not able to reply at the scene, they shall reply within 20 business days from receiving a request; where an extension of the time limit for replying is needed, they shall obtain the consent of the responsible person for the open government information work body and inform the applicant, the extension of the time limit must not exceed 20 business days at the longest. The time needed for administrative organs to seek the opinions of third parties and other organs is not be counted against the time limit provided in the preceding paragraph. 34 Where applications for disclosure are for government information jointly created by two or more administrative organs, the administrative organ that led the creation may solicit the opinions of relevant administrative organs after it receives the open government information application; and the organs whose opinions are being solicited are to submit comments within 15 working days of receiving the written solicitation of opinions, where comments are not submitted within the time provided, it is viewed as consent to disclosure. 32 Where disclosure of open government information by application will harm the lawful rights and interests of third parties, administrative organs shall solicit the opinions of the third parties in writing. Third parties shall submit comments within 15 working days of receiving the written solicitation of opinions. . . . | 20 working days in general, but this does not include the time for consulting with other agencies or third parties (who have 15 working days to respond) |
| Cook Islands | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | Art 14 Decisions on requests (1) Subject to this Act, the Ministry or Minister of the Crown or organisation to whom a request is made in accordance with section 11 or is transferred in accordance with section 13 of this Act shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, and in any case not later than 20 working days after the day on which the request is received by that Ministry or Minister of the Crown or organisation, - (a) decide whether the request is to be granted and, if it is to be granted, in what manner and for what charge (if any); and (b) give or post to the person who made the request, notice of the decision on the request. | 20 days |
| Cyprus | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | "Article 12 (Deadlines) 12.-(1) Τηρουμένων των διατάξεων του εδαφίου (2), δημόσια αρχή που έλαβε αίτηση για παροχή πληροφοριών επιλαμβάνεται και διεκπεραιώνει την αίτηση αυτή εντός χρονικής περιόδου τριάντα (30) ημερών από την ημερομηνία παραλαβής της, εκτός αν προβλέπεται μεγαλύτερη περίοδος σε Κανονισμούς: Νοείται ότι, σε περίπτωση που κοινοποιούνται στον αιτητή τα καταβλητέα από αυτόν τέλη και τα τέλη αυτά καταβληθούν, όπως προβλέπεται στις διατάξεις του εδαφίου (2) του άρθρου 11, η περίοδος μεταξύ της κοινοποίησης και της καταβολής των τελών δεν υπολογίζεται ως μέρος της χρονικής περιόδου των τριάντα (30) ημερών. (2) Σε περίπτωση που για τη διαπίστωση εφαρμογής εξαίρεσης που προβλέπεται στον παρόντα Νόμο χρειάζεται να αποφασιστεί κατά πόσο το δημόσιο συμφέρον απαιτεί την αποκάλυψη ή όχι των ζητούμενων πληροφοριών, η δημόσια αρχή παρέχει τις ζητούμενες πληροφορίες εντός εύλογου χρονικού διαστήματος. (3) Το Υπουργικό Συμβούλιο δύναται να εκδώσει Κανονισμούς στους οποίους - (α) Προβλέπεται ότι η χρονική περίοδος που καθορίζεται στο εδάφιο (1) επεκτείνεται σε περίοδο μέχρι και πενήντα (50) ημερών από την ημέρα παραλαβής της αίτησης παροχής πληροφοριών· (β) προβλέπεται διαφορετική προθεσμία ανταπόκρισης σε αίτηση παροχής πληροφοριών σε ειδικές περιπτώσεις που αναφέρονται ρητά στους Κανονισμούς· (γ) παρέχεται διακριτική ευχέρεια στον Επίτροπο να καθορίσει προθεσμία ανταπόκρισης σε αίτηση σε καθορισμένες περιπτώσεις. (4) Για τους σκοπούς του παρόντος άρθρου, «ημερομηνία παραλαβής» σημαίνει την ημερομηνία κατά την οποία η δημόσια αρχή παρέλαβε την αίτηση για πληροφόρηση ή, σε περίπτωση που ζητήθηκαν διευκρινήσεις ή περαιτέρω πληροφορίες δυνάμει των διατάξεων του άρθρου 10, την ημερομηνία κατά την οποία η δημόσια αρχή παρέλαβε τις εν λόγω διευκρινίσεις ή πληροφορίες." | 30 days |
| Dominican Republic | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | ARTICLE 8. "Toda solicitud de información requerida en los términos de la presente ley debe ser satisfecha en un plazo no mayor de quince (15) días hábiles.(...)" | 15 workdays |
| France | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | Article 17, decret 2005/1755 - one month, negative silence. | |
| Gambia | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | 14(1) Subject to sub-section (2), the Information Officer to whom a request is made under section 11 shall, as soon as reasonably possible, but in any event within twenty-one days after the request is submitted - (a) determine whether to grant the request; (b) notify the requestor of the decision in writing; and (c) subject to sub-section (7), if the request is granted, subject to the payment of any applicable reproduction fee or transcription fee, give the requester access to the information. | 1 point taken off for 21 day timeline. |
| Germany | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | Section 7(5) [...] Access to the information should be provided within one month. [...] | The timeframe is one month. |
| Ghana | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | 22 (1) A public institution may defer access to information if it is information (a) which is required to be published within ninety days from the date of receipt of the application or the transfer of the application, or (b) which has been prepared for submission to any person and is yet to be submitted. (2) Where an application for access is deferred for any of the reasons stated in subsection (1), the information officer shall, within three days after the deferment notify the applicant in writing of (a) the reason for the deferment; and (b) the likely period of the deferment. 23 (1) Where an application for access is received by a public institution, the information officer shall take a decision on the application and send a written notice to the applicant within fourteen days from the date of receipt of the application. (2) The notice shall state (a) whether or not access to the information will be given, and (b) whether access to only a part of the information can be given and the reason for giving only a part. (3) Where the information officer decides to give access, the notice shall state (a) the form or manner in which the access will be given; (b) whether access is to only a part of the information because the other part is exempt information; (c) the day on which the public institution expects the information to be published or submitted, in the case of a deferred access under section 22; and (d) the prescribed fee for the reproduction of information. (4) Where the information officer decides to refuse access, the notice shall state the reason for the refusal and the provision under which the decision for the refusal is based. (5) Where an information officer fails to determine an application within fourteen days after the application is received by the public institution, the application is deemed to have been refused and the applicant has the right to seek redress under sections 31 to 39. (6) Subsection (5) does not apply to an application which has been transferred to another public institution or which the public institution has refused to continue to process for failure to pay the prescribed deposit or fee. (7) Where an application relates to information which reasonably appears to be necessary to safeguard the life or liberty of a person, the information officer shall, within forty-eight hours, (a) determine whether or not to grant the application, (b) notify the applicant of the decision in writing, and (c) give the applicant access to the information where the application is granted. (8) Despite subsection (7), where the information requested contains third party information, an applicant may not be granted access to that information until · (a) the time that the right of a party to appeal against the release of the information has expired, or (b) an appeal lodged by the third party has been determined. (9) Where upon the perusal of an application, it does not appear to the information officer that the information requested reasonably appears to be necessary to safeguard the life or liberty of a person, the information officer shall within forty-eight hours of receipt of the application (a) give notice of the decision and reasons for the decision to the applicant, and (b) inform the applicant that, subject to the right of the applicant to apply to the Commission, for a review, the information officer shall make a decision with respect to whether to grant access to the requested information within fourteen days. (10) Where information sought by an application does not exist because a duty is not placed on a public institution by any law to hold or collect the information, or the information has been destroyed in accordance with law, the information officer shall give notice to the applicant stating the reasons. | 14 days (assumed to be working); also, can be deferred for up to 90 days and grounds for deferrals too broad |
| Guinea | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | 18(1) L'organisme concerné doit répondre à toute demande d'accès à l'information dans un délai ne dépassant pas vingt (20) jours, à compter de la date de réception de la demande ou de celle de sa correction. (2) Si la demande a pour objet, la consultation de l'information sur place, l'organisme concerné doit en répondre dans un délai de dix (10) jours, à compter de la date de réception de la demande ou de celle de sa correction. | 20 days; 10 only when consulting information on premises so not enough for two points (also note Article 17 allows for 15 days to inform requester when request does not comply with requirements for formulation of request) |
| India | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | Article 7(1) Subject to the proviso to sub-section (2) of section 5 or the proviso to sub-section (3) of section 6, the Central Public Information Officer or State Public Information Officer, as the case may be, on receipt of a request under section 6 shall, as expeditiously as possible, and in any case within thirty days of the receipt of the request, [...] | 30 days. |
| Ireland | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | Article 13(1) Subject to this Act, a head shall, as soon as may be, but not later than 4 weeks, after the receipt of an FOI request - (a) decide whether to grant or refuse to grant the request or to grant it in part, (b) if he or she decides to grant the request, whether wholly or in part, determine the form and manner in which the right of access will be exercised, and (c) cause notice, in writing or in such other form as may be determined, of the decision and determination to be given to the requester concerned. | 4 weeks. |
| Israel | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | 7(2) The public authority shall notify the applicant without delay, and within 30 days of receiving the request, of its decision concerning his request; [...] | 30 days. |
| Italy | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | Article 5(6) The public access procedure must be completed with the issuance, within thirty days from the date of submittal of the relevant application, of an express and reasoned decree to be sent to the relevant applicant and the opposing parties, if any. If the application is accepted, the administration shall promptly provide the applicant with the data or documents requested, or, in case the application concerns data the publication of which is mandatory pursuant to this decree, shall publish the data, information or documents requested on the website and shall notify the applicant thereof, by also providing the relevant hyperlink. If the application is accepted, despite the opposition of other parties, without prejudice to the cases in which it is demonstrated that the release cannot be postponed, the administration shall notify the opposing party thereof and shall send the data or documents requested to the relevant applicant not earlier than fifteen days from that date of receipt of the notice by the opposing party. If the access application is rejected. postponed or restricted, reasons must be given making reference to the cases and subject to the limits set out in art. 5-bis. hereto. The person responsible for the prevention of corruption and for transparency, may ask information about the results of the applications to the offices of the relevant administration. | 30 working days. |
| Ivory Coast | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | 12. L’organisme public saisi d’une demande d’accès à une information est tenu de donner une suite à cette requête, par écrit, dans un délai maximum de trente jours à compter du jour de la réception de la demande. Les requêtes émanant des chercheurs et des journalistes professionnels sont traitées dans un délai de quinze jours. | 30 days, but 15 days in certain cases. |
| Jamaica | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | Article 7(4) A public authority shall respond to an application as soon as practicable but not later than - (a) thirty days after the date of receipt of the application; or (b) in the case of an application transferred to it by another authority pursuant to section 8, thirty days after the date of the receipt by that authority, so, however, that an authority may extend the period of thirty days for a further period, not exceeding thirty days, in any case where there is reasonable cause for such extension. | ASAP and 30 days. The numbering system in the final indicators is slightly different from that found here, so I decided to score 1 point for 20 working days (or 30 days, or 1 month) and one point if the timeframe is less. |
| Japan | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | 10 (Due Date for Disclosure Decisions, Etc.) (1) The decisions set forth in the respective items of the preceding Article (hereinafter referred to as "Disclosure Decisions, etc.") shall be made within thirty days from the date of a Disclosure Request; provided, however, that in the case where an amendment is requested pursuant to the provision of Article 4, paragraph 2, the number of days required for the amendment shall not be included within this period of time. | Article 10(1) – 30 days. |
| Jordan | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | 9(c) The Official in Charge shall reply to or reject the request within thirty (30) days as of the date following the date of request submission. [...] | 30 days. |
| Kenya | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | 9(1) Subject to section 10, a public officer shall make a decision on an application as soon as possible, but in any event, within twenty one days of receipt of the application. (2) Where the information sought concerns the life or liberty of a person, the information officer shall provide the information within forty-eight hours of the receipt of the application. | |
| Liberia | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | 3.9: "Maximum period for responding to Requests: Every public authority and private entity shall respond to every request for information within thirty (30) calendar days; provided that this period shall be extended once upon showing of a reasonable cause." | 3.9 - 30 calendar days. |
| Luxembourg | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | A5(1): Le document demandé est mis à la disposition du demandeur dans les meilleurs délais et au plus tard dans le mois qui suit la réception de la demande par l’organisme sollicité selon les modalités suivantes : | One month is about 20 working days. |
| Maldives | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | 7(a) Where a request to access for information is made under this Act, action on the request must be taken as promptly as possible and such access must be provided as soon as may be practicable. That period shall not in any event exceed 21 (twenty-one) days. | 21 days, whether calendar or working, is longer than the 10 days we are looking for. |
| Malta | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | Art. 10. "Subject to this Act, the public authority to which a request is made in accordance with article 6 or is transferred in accordance with article 8 shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, and in any case not later than twenty working days after the day on which the request is received by the authority - (a) decide whether the request is to be granted and, if it is to be granted, in what manner and for what charge (if any); and (b) inform the applicant accordingly in writing." | 20 working days. |
| Mexico | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | Article 132. The response to the request shall be notified to the person concerned in the shortest possible time, not exceeding twenty days, counting from the day following the submission of the request. Exceptionally, the term referred to in the previous paragraph may be extended for ten more days, provided there are reasonable grounds, which must be approved by the Transparency Committee, by issuing a decision to be notified to the applicant before its expiration. | |
| Moldova | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | 16 Time limits in which requests on accessing information are to be carried out (1) Information and documents requested will be presented to the applicant as soon as they become available, but not later than 15 working days from the day, on which the request to access information has been registered. | 15 working days. |
| Morocco | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | 16(1) L'institution ou l'organisme concerné doit répondre à la demande d'accéder à l'information dans un délai ne dépassant pas vingt (20) jours ouvrables à compter de la date de réception de la demande. Ce délai peut être prolongé d'une durée similaire, si l'institution ou l'organisme concerné n'est pas en mesure de donner suite, en tout ou en partie, à la demande de l'intéressé dans le délai précité, ou si la demande porte sur un grand nombre d'informations, ou s'il était impossible de fournir les informations durant le délai précité ou si leur délivrance nécessite la consultation préalable de tiers. | 20 working days |
| Mozambique | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | ARTIGO 12 (Principle of celerity of the disclosure of information) 1. The request of information shall be met and decided with celerity. 2. The information shall be disclosed in the form and within the deadlines regulated by the law. ARTIGO 16 (Deadline to make information available) The administrative authorities in charge shall permit the consultation of documents and files within maximum 21 days from the moment they received the request. Right to Information Law Regulation ARTIGO 13 (Deadline to make information available) The administrative authorities in charge shall permit the consultation of documents and files within maximum 21 days from the moment they received the request. | 21 days, assumed working |
| Namibia | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | 37(2) Subject to subsection (3), the information officer to whom a request for access to information is made must, as soon as reasonably practicable within 21 days after receipt, consider the request and must - (a) grant the request; or (b) refuse the request, and must notify the requester of the decision in writing. | 21 days, not clear if working or calendar but in any case longer than the 10 working days for 2 points. |
| New Zealand | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | 15 Decisions on requests (1) Subject to this Act, the department or Minister of the Crown or organisation to whom a request is made in accordance with section 12 or is transferred in accordance with section 14 of this Act or section 12 of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, and in any case not later than 20 working days after the day on which the request is received by that department or Minister of the Crown or organisation,— (a) decide whether the request is to be granted and, if it is to be granted, in what manner and for what charge (if any); and (b) give or post to the person who made the request notice of the decision on the request. | 20 working days |
| Nicaragua | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | Artículo 28.- Es obligación de las autoridades correspondientes dar respuesta a las solicitudes que se les presenten, de manera inmediata o dentro de un plazo no mayor de quince días hábiles, contados a partir de la fecha de presentada la solicitud. En ningún caso la entrega de información estará condicionada a que se motive o justifique su utilización, ni se requerirá demostrar interés alguno | |
| North Macedonia | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | Art 21. "(1) The information holder shall be bound to answer the requester's request immediately, or within 30 days following the date of information holder's receipt of such request at latest." | 30 days. |
| Panama | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | 7. El funcionario receptor tendrá treinta días calendario a partir de la fecha de la presentación de la solicitud, para contestarla por escrito y, en caso de que ésta no posea el o los documentos o registros solicitados, así lo informará. | Article 7 of Law 6 of 2002: 30 calendar days. |
| Paraguay | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | Article 16 Term and delivery. All requests must be answered within fifteen working days from the day following the presentation. Public information required shall be delivered personally, or through the form or medium chosen by the applicant. | |
| Philippines | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | Section 9(d): The government office shall respond to a request fully compliant with requirements of sub-section (a) hereof as soon as practicable but not exceeding fifteen (15) working days from the receipt thereof. The response mentioned above refers to the decision of the office or office concerned to grant or deny access to the information requested. | |
| Qatar | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | مادة 12: يتعين على الجهة المعنية البت في الطلب خلال (15) خمسة عشر يوماً من تاريخ تقديمه، ويجوز لها تمديد هذه الفترة لمدة مماثلة، بحسب طبيعة أو كم المعلومات المطلوبة، وإذا صدر القرار بالرفض وجب أن يكون مسبباً مادة 13:على الإدارة المختصة إخطار طالب المعلومات بقبول الطلب كلياً أو جزئياً أو برفض الطلب وأسباب الرفض، وذلك علـى عنوانه الوطني أو بأي وسيلة أخرى تفيد العلم خلال (7) سبعة أيام من تاريخ البت في الطلب، ويتم تسليم المعلومات ورقياً أو إلكترونياً وفقاً للآلية التي تتوفر لدى الجهة المعنية. مادة 14:لطالب المعلومات التقدم للحصول على المعلومات بصفة عاجلة في الحالات التي قد يؤدي فيها انتظار المدة المقررة لإجابة الطلب إلى إلحاق ضرر محقق بحقوقه الشخصية أو المالية، ويكون ذلك وفقاً للمبررات التي يبديها في الطلب. ويتعين على الجهة المعنية البت في الطلـب خـلال يومين من تاريخ تقديمه، سواء بإجابة طالب المعلومات إلى طلبه، أو رفض الطلب مع بيـان أسباب الـرفض مادة 15: على طالب المعلومات استلام المعلومات خلال (7) سبعة أيام من تاريخ إخطاره بقبول الطلب كلياً أو جزئياً، وإلا وجب عليه تقديم طلب جديد، وفقاً لأحكام هذا القانون 12. The concerned authority must decide on the request within (15) fifteen days from the date of its submission, and it may extend this period for a similar period, depending on the nature or amount of information requested, and if a rejection decision is issued, it must be reasoned. 13. The competent administration must notify the information requester of the acceptance of the request in whole or in part or of the rejection of the request and the reasons for the rejection, at his national address or by any other means that informs him within (7) seven days from the date of deciding on the request. The information is delivered in paper or electronic form according to the mechanism available to Concerned party. 14. The information requester may apply to obtain information urgently in cases where waiting the specified period to answer the request may lead to real harm to his personal or financial rights, and this shall be in accordance with the justifications he provides in the request. The concerned authority must decide on the request within two days from the date of its submission, whether by responding to the information requester’s request, or rejecting the request with a statement of the reasons for the rejection. 15. The information requester must receive the information within (7) seven days from the date of notification of the acceptance of the application in whole or in part. Otherwise, he must submit a new application, in accordance with the provisions of this law. |
A decision is made within 15 days, notice is provided in 7 more days and the information is provided 7 days after that. Assuming, to give the benefit of the doubt, that these are calendar days, that is about 20 working days in total. |
| Republic of Belarus | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | Article 33. Rights and obligations of holder of information A holder of information shall be obliged to: provide accurate, complete information within specified time frame; | Information holders are obliged to provide information within a time frame, but no specific details on that time frame are given |
| Russia | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | Article 18(6): (Request for Information on the Activities of Government Bodies and Bodies of Local Self-Government): The request is subject to consideration within thirty (30) days from the date of its registration unless otherwise stipulated in the legislation of the Russian Federation. | The timeframe to respond a request is 30 days from its registration. |
| San Marino | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | 25(3). The Director General of the Civil Service, the organizational units, the Departments, the Autonomous State Agencies and the wider Public Sector Bodies to which the request for access is addressed are obliged, should counterinterested parties be identified or easily identifiable pursuant to article 30, to notify them by sending a copy of the request by registered letter with advice of receipt or through secure computer channels, in accordance with the provisions of the relevant regulations. Within thirty days of receipt of the communication, the interested parties may present a reasoned objection, also with reference to the need to protect personal data; once this term has elapsed the Administration, having ascertained receipt of the communication, shall act on the request within the term provided for in article 29, paragraph 1. 29(1). The authorities concerned shall act within thirty days from the date of receipt of the request or from the expiry of the term granted to one or more interested parties to submit any opposition pursuant to article 25, paragraph 3, after which Article 10, paragraph 2, of Law no. 68 of June 28, 1989 shall apply. | 30 calendar days is equivalent to 20 working days, so one point is awarded. |
| Saudi Arabia | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | The main steps for the request to access public information (pp. 46 - 47) Second: The public entity, in not less than thirty (30) days of receipt of a request to access or obtain public information, shall take one of the following steps: 7.4(9). The public entity shall notify the applicant - in an appropriate manner - in the event the request is rejected in whole or part, explaining the reasons for the denial and the right to appeal and how to exercise this right within a period not exceeding (15) days after the making of the decision. | Requests must generally be responded to in 30 days. However, the wording of 7.4(9) is a little unclear (potentially due to translation issues) as to whether public officials can have an additional 15 days beyond the 30-day deadline to notify applicants about reasons for rejection and appeal procedures when requests are denied. |
| Seychelles | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | 11 . (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Information Officer to whom a request is made under section 9 shall, as soon as reasonably possible, but in any event within 21 days after the request is submitted— (a) determine whether to grant the request; (b) notify the requester of the decision in writing; and (c) subject to subsection (7), if the request is granted, subject to the payment of any applicable reproduction fee or transcription fee, give the requester access to the information. 15. (1) An Information Officer who receives a request for information may defer the provision of access to the information if (a) the information has been prepared for presentation to National Assembly, but only until the expiration of five sitting days of the National Assembly; or (b) the information constitutes a report or part thereof that has been prepared for the purpose of reporting to an official body or a person acting in their capacity as an officer of the state, but only until the report has been presented or made available to that body or person or upon the expiration of 35 days from the dale of the request, whichever is earlier. (2) If an Information Officer determines to defer access to information under subsection (1), the Information Officer shall notify the requester in writing — (a) of the decision as soon as possible but not later than 21 days after receiving the request; (b) of the reason for the decision, including the provisions of this Act relied on;(c) of the likely period for which access is to be deferred; and (d) that the requester may, within 14 days of receiving notice, make written representations to the Information Officer regarding why the information is required before such presentation. (3) If a requester makes a representation in terms of subsection (2)(d), the Information Officer, after due consideration of those representations, shall, as soon as reasonably possible but in any event within five days, grant the request for access if there are reasonable grounds for believing that the requester will suffer substantial prejudice if access to the information is deferred for the likely period referred to in subsection (2)(c). | 21 days (not clear if working or calendar). S. 15 provides for delays in certain circumstances. |
| Sierra Leone | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | 4. (1) Subject to subsection (2), section 2 shall be complied with as soon as possible, and in any event within fifteen working days of receipt of the application. | |
| Slovenia | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | Art 23. "The body shall decide about the applicants request immediately, and at the latest within the time limit of 20 working days beginning from the day of receiving the complete request." | |
| South Africa | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | 25. (1) The information officer to whom a request for access is made or transferred, must, subject to section 26 and Chapter 5 of this Part, as soon as reasonably possible, but in any event within 30 days, after the request is received— (a) decide in accordance with this Act whether to grant the request; and (b) notify the requester of the decision and, if the requester stated, as contemplated in section 18(2)(e), that he or she wishes to be informed of the decision in any other manner, inform him or her in that manner if it is reasonably possible. | |
| South Korea | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | 11(1) A public institution shall, upon receiving a request for disclosing information under Article 10, decide whether or not to disclose the requested information within ten days from the date on which such request is received. 21(2) Notwithstanding a request made by the third party not to disclose the information under paragraph (1), if a public institution decides to disclose such information, such public institution shall promptly notify in writing the third party of its decision to disclose the information, explicitly indicating reasons for deciding to disclose the information as well as the date of disclosure of the information, and the third party may raise an objection in writing to the relevant public institution or file for an administrative appeal or an administrative litigation. In such cases, the third party shall raise an objection within seven days from the date when notification of such decision is received. (3) The relevant public institution shall give an interval of at least 30 days between the date on which a decision is made to disclose the information under paragraph (2) and the date on which the information is to be disclosed. PD 12(1): Where it is decided to disclose information (excluding where the disclosure has been decided under Article 21 (2) of the Act, notwithstanding the request of non-disclosure from a third party), a public institution shall notify an applicant thereof by fixing the date and time of disclosure within ten days from the date when sucg disclosure has been decided: Provided, that if an applicant requests, the date and time of disclosure may be decided differently. | 10 days but there is another 10 days to disclose and extensions of up to 30 days when third parties are consulted. |
| Spain | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | Artículo 20 (Resolución): La resolución en la que se conceda o deniegue el acceso deberá notificarse al solicitante y a los terceros afectados que así lo hayan solicitado en el plazo máximo de un mes desde la recepción de la solicitud por el órgano competente para resolver. 4. Transcurrido el plazo máximo para resolver sin que se haya dictado y notificado resolución expresa se entenderá que la solicitud ha sido desestimada. | El plazo indicado en la ley es de un mes lo que equivale a 20 días hábiles. |
| Sweden | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | No clear deadline but some jurisprudence suggesting this. | |
| Switzerland | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | Article 12 (Decision of the Authority) Section 1: "The authority shall make a decision as soon as possible; no later than 20 days after receipt of the application. <...>" | The extension of time to respond is not later than 20 days. |
| Tajikistan | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | 13(1) "Answer to a request for information is issued as soon as possible but not later than thirty calendar days after receiving the request." | 30 calendar days. |
| Togo | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | Article 10 : (1) L'organisme public, saisi d'une demande d'accès à une information ou à un document public, est tenu de donner suite à cette requête, par écrit, dans un délai ne pouvant excéder trente (30) jours à compter du jour de la délivrance de l'accusé de réception. (2) Les requêtes émanant des chercheurs et des journalistes professionnels sont traitées dans un délai de quinze (15) jours. | 30 days; not clear if calendar or working. |
| Trinidad and Tobago | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | 15. A public authority shall take reasonable steps to enable an applicant to be notified of the approval or refusal of his request as soon as practicable but in any case not later than thirty days after the day on which the request is duly made. | 30 days |
| Tunisia | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | Art. 14 - L’organisme concerné doit répondre à toute demande d’accès à l’information dans un délai ne dépassant pas vingt (20) jours, à compter de la date de réception de la demande ou de celle de sa correction. Si la demande a pour objet, la consultation de l’information sur les lieux, l’organisme concerné doit en répondre dans un délai de dix (10) jours, à compter de la date de réception de la demande ou de celle de sa correction. En cas de rejet de la demande, la décision de refus doit être écrite et motivée avec mention des délais, des modalités de recours et des structures compétentes pour en statuer conformément aux articles 30 et 31 de la présente loi. | 20 days in general. |
| Turkey | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | Article 11: "The institutions shall provide the required information within 15 working days. However, where the required information or document is to be obtained from another unit within the applied institution or it is necessary to receive the opinion of another institution or if the scope of the application pertains more than one institution; the access shall be provided in 30 working days. In such case, the applicant will be notified of the extension and its reasons within 15 working days." | |
| Uganda | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | 16. Decision on request and notice (1) The information officer to whom a request for access is made or transferred shall, subject to section 17, as soon as reasonably possible, be in any event, within twenty one days after the request is received - (a) determine in accordance with this Act, whether to grant the request; and (b) notify the person requesting the access of the decision and, if the person stated as required by section 11(2)(b), that he or she wishes to be informed of the decision in any other manner, inform him or her in that manner if it is reasonable possible. | 16(1) - 21 days. |
| United Kingdom | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | Section 10.1: "(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), a public authority must comply with section 1(1) promptly and in any event not later than the twentieth working day following the date of receipt." | |
| United States | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | 6(a)(I) "Each agency, upon any request for records made under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of this subsection, shall (i) determine within ten days twenty days (excepting Saturdays, Sundays, and legal public holidays) after the receipt of any such request whether to comply with such request and shall immediately notify the person making such request of such determination and the reasons therefor, and of the right of such person to appeal to the head of the agency any adverse determination; and <...>" | 20 working days. |
| Uruguay | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | Art 15 "... En caso contrario tendrá un plazo máximo de veinte días hábiles para permitir o negar el acceso o contestar la consulta." | 20 workdays |
| Vanuatu | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | 16. Decision on an applications (1) Subject to this Act, a Right to Information Officer to whom an application is made under subsection 13(1) must, within 30 days of receiving the application: (a) determine whether or not to grant the application; and (b) notify the applicant of his or her decision in writing; and (c) if the application is granted, subject to the payment of any fee, give the applicant access to the information. | 30 calendar days or 20 working days. |
| Venezuela | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | 10. Los sujetos obligados deberán responder a la solicitud de información de interés público dentro de los veinte días hábiles contados a partir de la recepción de la petición que cumpla con los requisitos previstos en esta Ley… | 20 working days |
| Vietnam | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | Article 30: (3) For simple, available information which can be provided immediately, the requested state agency shall, within 03 (three) working days from the date of receipt of valid request, provide information; (4) For complex, unavailable information which should be gathered from other departments of that agency or the information that needs to be reviewed by other agencies, organizations, units, the requested agency shall, within 03 (three) working days from the date of receipt of a valid request, notify in written form of the time limit for handling the request. Within 15 working days from the date of receipt of a valid request, the requested agency shall provide the requester with information or written refusal of information provision. See also Articles 29 and 31. | 15 working days |
| Zambia | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | 12(1), 15(1)(b) | |
| Zimbabwe | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | Partially | 1 | 8(1) Subject to subsection (2), an information officer to whom a request is made shall, as soon as is reasonably possible, but in any event within twenty-one days of the date of the request— (a) determine whether to grant the request; and (b) notify the applicant of the decision whether to grant the request, in writing; and (c) subject to subsection (7), if the request is granted, give the applicant access to the information. | 21 days, presumably working days but even if not then 15 working days |
| Andorra | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | YES | 0 | "Article 14, 6. Processing and resolution: The resolution granting or denying access must be notified to the applicant and to third parties. affected within a maximum of two months of receipt of the application by the competent body for solve. This period may be extended by one month in the event of the volume or complexity of the information requested to do so and prior notification to the applicant and the affected third parties." "Article 14, 6. Tramitació i resolució: La resolució on es concedeixi o denegui l’accés ha de notificar-se a la persona sol·licitant i als tercers afectats en el termini màxim de dos mesos des de la recepció de la sol·licitud per l’entitat competent per resoldre. Aquest termini pot ampliar-se per un mes en cas que el volum o la complexitat de la informació sol·licitada així ho requereixi i prèvia notificació a la persona sol·licitant i als tercers afectats." | 0 = Plazo máximo de 2 meses. Artículo 14.6 |
| Ethiopia | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | NO | 0 | 14(3) Upon receiving request for information, the public relation officer, in accordance with sub-article (1): of this Article shall as expeditiously as possible either provide the information requested up on payment of the prescribed fee, or provide a written response stating the reasons for rejecting the request on any of the grounds specified under Chapter Three of this Proclamation notifying the requester his rights of appeal. However the response shall in any case be made not more than thirty working days, of the receipt of the request. | 30 working days, 14(3) |
| Fiji | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | NO | 0 | Article 7. Subject to this Act, the Commission must, within 10 days from the receipt of the request, determine whether the request is to be accepted or refused. Article 8. If the Commission accepts the request made under section 6, the Commission must, within 20 days from the receipt of the request - [...] (c) inform the person who made the request that the request has been accepted by the Commission and that the public agency has been directed to make the information available to that person. Article 9(2) If a request is refused under subsection (1), the Commission must, within 20 days from the receipt of the request, provide the person who made the request with a written statement of the decision and the reason for the refusal. Article 12(1) A public agency to which a request has been forwarded by the Commission under section 8 or 10 must - [...] (c) provide access to the information, as soon as reasonably practicable and within 20 days from the receipt of the request from the Commission, to the person who made the request under section 6. | 20 + 20 days unless refused. Purpose of s. 7 is not clear since s. 8 consistently refers to the period from receipt of the request. |
| Greece | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | NO | 0 | Article 4(1) When applications are made, the administrative authorities are obliged to handle the cases of the interested parties and decide on their requests within the time limit, if any, stipulated by the relevant special provisions, otherwise, within sixty (60) days. The time limit begins when the application is submitted to the competent service. If the application is submitted to a non competent service, this service is obliged, within five (5) days, to forward it to the competent service and notify the interested party accordingly. In this case. the time limit begins from the date when the application was received by the competent service. | |
| Guyana | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | NO | 0 | 18(1) Time limit for determining request. On receipt of the request, the Commissioner of Information shall acknowledge receipt of the request within thirty days from the date of its receipt and advise the applicant if the request is approved or denied within sixty days from the date the request is received. | 60 days timeframe. |
| Liechtenstein | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | NO | 0 | N/A | Not mentioned in law nor regulation. |
| Monaco | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | NO | 0 | 23(2) L’autorité administrative est tenue de notifier au pétitionnaire les suites qu’elle entend réserver à sa demande dans un délai de quatre mois. (3) À défaut de réponse dans le délai mentionné au précédent alinéa, la demande est réputée rejetée. | 4 months |
| Norway | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | NO | 0 | Section 29 Administrative agency responsible for deciding a request for access, etc. "An administrative agency that receives a request for access shall consider the request on a concrete and independent basis. The request shall be decided without undue delay.<...>" | There are no clear timelines, however, the article says: "The request shall be decided without undue delay". |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | NO | 0 | 10(1) | 30 working days, but then 10(3) refers to 20 working days |
| Sri Lanka | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | NO | 0 | Section 25. (1) An information officer shall, as expeditiously as possible and in any case within fourteen working days of the receipt of a request under section 24, make a decision either to provide the information requested for on the payment of a fee determined in accordance with the fee schedule referred to in section 14(e) or to reject the request on any one or more of the grounds referred to in section 5 of this Act, and shall forthwith communicate such decision to the citizen who made the request. (2) Where a decision is made to provide the information requested for, access to such information shall be granted within fourteen days of arriving at such decision. | 14 days and then there is another 14 days to provide information. |
| Tanzania | There are clear and reasonable maximum timelines (20 working days or less) for responding to requests, regardless of the manner of satisfying the request (including through publication). | Score: 1 point for timeframes of 20 working days (or 1 month, 30 days or 4 weeks). Score 2 points for 10 working days (or 15 days, or two weeks) or less. | 2 | NO | 0 | Section 11(1) Where access to information is requested, the information holder to which the request is made shall, as soon as practicable but not exceeding thirty days after the request is received- (a) give written notice to the person who made the request as to whether the information exists and, if it does, whether access to the information or a part thereof shall be given; and (b) if access is to be given, promptly give the person requesting access to the information or a part thereof in the manner prescribed under this Act. Section 16(1) The information holder may defer the provision of access to information until the happenning of a particular event, including the taking of some action required by law or some administrative practices, or until the extension of a specified time, where it is reasonable to do so in the public interest or having regard to normal and proper administrative practices. (2) Where the provision of access to information is deffered, the information holder shall, in writing, inform the person requesting information the reasons for such decision and the period od which the defferement shall operate. | 30 calendar days but may be deferred on vague and discretionary grounds. |
