2) correspondence between ministries on legislation, including appropriation acts;
3) documents drawn up in connection with considering proposals for decisions to be
taken by the European Community or to do with the interpretation of or compliance
with EC rules;
4) documents exchanged in connection with one authority acting as a secretariat for
another authority;
5) correspondence between authorities and outside experts for use in court
proceedings or in deliberations on possible legal proceedings;
6) material gathered as a basis for compiling public statistics or scientific research.
Disclosure of factual information
Section 11
1. Where factual information, in documents covered by Section 7 and points 1-5 of
Section 10 is of material importance to the case in question, the information shall,
notwithstanding those provisions, be disclosed pursuant to the general provisions of this
Act.
2. After consulting with the Minister for Justice, the minister concerned may stipulate
that the obligation under paragraph 1 shall not apply to specific groups of cases on the
performance of actual administrative activities.
Information subject to exemption
Section 12
1. The right of access to administrative documents shall not apply to
1) information on an individual’s private or financial circumstances;
2) information on technical devices or processes or on business or operating
procedures and policies or the like, to the extent that it is of significant financial
importance to the person or enterprise concerned that the request be refused.
2. Where paragraph 1 applies only to part of a document, the party requesting access
shall be allowed to see the remaining contents of the document.
Section 13
1. The right of access to documents may be limited to the extent necessary to protect
considerations for
1) State security and the defence of the realm;
2) Danish foreign policy and Danish external economic interests, including relations
with foreign powers and international institutions;
3) preventing and investigating any infringement of the law, prosecuting offenders,
executing sentences and protecting the defendant, witnesses and others in criminal
or disciplinary prosecutions;