Access to Public Information Act
Promulgated, SG No. 55/7.07.2000, amended, SG No. 1/4.01.2002, effective 1.01.2002, SG No. 45/30.04.2002,
SG No. 103/23.12.2005, amended and supplemented, SG No. 24/21.03.2006, amended, SG No. 30/11.04.2006, effective
12.07.2006, SG No. 59/21.07.2006, effective as from the date of entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of the Republic
of Bulgaria to the European Union - 1.01.2007, amended and supplemented, SG No. 49/19.06.2007, amended, SG No.
57/13.07.2007, effective 13.07.2007, amended and supplemented, SG No. 104/5.12.2008, amended, SG No.
77/1.10.2010, SG No. 39/20.05.2011
Text in Bulgarian: Закон за достъп до обществена информация
Chapter One
GENERAL DISPOSITIONS
Section I
Subject-matter and Scope
Subject-matter of Act
Article 1. (Supplemented, SG No. 49/2007) This Act regulates the social relations pertaining to the right of access to
public information, as well as to the re-use of public sector information.
Public Information and Public Sector Information
(Heading supplemented, SG No. 49/2007)
Article 2. (1) Within the meaning given by this Act, "public information" shall be any information pertaining to public life
in the Republic of Bulgaria and enabling members of the public to form their own opinion regarding the operation of the entities
obligated under the law.
(2) Any information referred to in Paragraph (1) shall be public regardlessof the type of physical data medium thereof.
(3) (New, SG No. 49/2007) "Public sector information" shall be any information materialized on a paper, electronic or
other medium, inter alia stored as a sound or visual recording, and collected or created by a public sector body.
(4) (Amended, SG No. 1/2002, renumbered from Paragraph (3), SG No. 49/2007) This Act shall not apply to access
to personal data.
Re-use of Public Sector Information
Article 2a. (New, SG No. 49/2007) (1) "Re-use" of public sector information shall be the use of such information for
commercial or non-commercial purposes other than the initial purpose for which the said information was created within the
powers or functions of a public sector organization.
(2) The provision of public sector information to a public sector body in connection with the implementation of the
powers or functions thereof shall not constitute re-use within the meaning given by this Act.
Obligated Entities
(Heading amended, SG No. 49/2007)
Article 3. (1) (Amended, SG No. 104/2008) This Act shall apply to access to any public information which is created