2) secret information; 3) official information. 2. Limitation of access to information shall be carried out in accordance with the law with observance of combination of the following requirements: 1) exclusively in the interests of the national security, territorial integrity or public order with the purpose of prevention of disorder or crimes, for protection of public health, for protection of the reputation or rights of other people, for preventing the disclosure of information received confidentially, or for maintaining the authority and impartiality of justice; 2) disclosure of information can cause significant harm to these interests; 3) the harm from publication of the information outweighs public interest in obtaining the information. 3. Information with limited access must be provided by the information administrator if he had legitimately published it earlier. 4. Information with limited access must be provided by the information administrator if there are no lawful grounds to restrict access to such information that have previously existed. 5. Access to information about the use and disposal of budget funds, state and communal property, including access to copies of corresponding documents, conditions of the receipt of these funds or property, names of natural persons and legal entities that received these funds or property may not be limited. Provided requirements envisaged in paragraph 2 of this Article are complied with, the above provision shall not apply to instances, when publication or provision of such information may harm the interests of national security, defence, investigation or prevention of crime. 6. Information contained in declarations of assets, income, expenses and financial liabilities, compiled according to the form and procedure established by the Law of Ukraine “On Principles of Preventing and Counteracting Corruption”, except for information mentioned in subparagraph 2 of paragraph 2 of Article 12 of that Law, shall not belong to information with limited access. [As amended by Law No. 4711VI of 17.05.2012 and Law No. 224-VII of 14.05.2013] 7. Access shall be limited to information and not to the document. If document contains information with limited access, information access to which was not limited shall be made available for examination. Article 7. Confidential Information 1. Confidential information shall mean information, access to which is limited by natural or legal person, except for the subjects of public authority, and that may be disseminated at their wish and under their conditions. Information specified in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 13 of this Law may not be referred to confidential. Translated for the Council of Europe/EU Project “Promotion of European standards in the Ukrainian media environment”. Translation edited by Dmytro Kotlyar. 3

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