Chapter ІII. SUBJECTS OF RELATIONS IN THE AREA OF ACCESS TO PUBLIC INFORMATION Article 12. Definition and List of Subjects 1. Subjects of relations in the area of access to public information are: 1) requesters of information – natural persons, legal persons, associations of citizens without legal person status, except for subjects of public authority; 2) information administrators – subjects defined in Article 13 of this Law; 3) structural unit or responsible person for the issues of information requests of information administrators. Article 13. Information Administrators 1. For the purposes of this Law, the information administrators shall be: 1) subjects of public authority – bodies of state power, other state bodies, bodies of local self-government, bodies of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, other subjects that perform public management functions in accordance with legislation and whose decisions are mandatory for execution; 2) legal persons that are funded from the state, local budgets, budget of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea – regarding information about the use of budget funds; 3) persons, if they perform delegated authorities of the subjects of public authority in accordance with the law or agreement, including delivery of education, health, social, or any other state services – regarding information connected with execution of their duties; 4) subjects of economic activity that dominate on the market or have been assigned special or exclusive rights, or that are natural monopolies – regarding information about conditions of supply of goods, services, and their prices. 2. Subjects of economic activity, who possess the following kinds of information, shall be equated to the information administrators that are obliged to publish and provide upon request information specified in this Article in accordance with the procedure provided in this Law: 1) information about the state of environment; 2) information about quality of food products and household goods; 3) information about accidents, catastrophes, dangerous natural phenomena and other emergencies that had happened or may happen and endanger the health and safety of citizens; 4) other information that is of public interest (publicly necessary information). Translated for the Council of Europe/EU Project “Promotion of European standards in the Ukrainian media environment”. Translation edited by Dmytro Kotlyar. 6

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