(9) The applicant and the obligated body are notified of decisions under paragraphs 6 and 7.
Appeals cannot be made against decisions issued under paragraphs 6 and &. However, if it is
a decision under paragraph 6 c), appeals are inadmissible only if the decision was made by a
superior body designated under Section 178 (2) last sentence of the Rule of Administrative
Procedure or under Section 20 (5) herein.
(10) If information under paragraph 6 c) is provided, the applicant may take steps
corresponding to paragraphs 1 a) or c).
Section 17 - Cost recovery
(1) In connection with the provision of information, the obligated bodies are entitled to
require payments in an amount not exceeding costs incurred in connection with the retrieval
of information the copying, obtaining data carriers and delivery of the information to the
applicant. The obligated body may also require payments for extraordinarily extensive
information retrieval.
(2) If a fee has been included in a licensing agreement, cost recovery may not be requested.
(3) If an obligated body requires cost recovery for information provision, it shall notify the
applicant of this fact and the amount due prior to information provision. The notification must
clearly indicate based on what facts and in what way the amount due was calculated by the
obligated body.
(4) Should the obligated body fail to meet its notification duty under paragraph 3 towards the
applicant, it loses the entitlement to cost recovery.
(5) The provision of information under paragraph 3 shall be conditioned by the payment of
the required amount. Should the applicant fail to pay the amount within 60 days of
notification thereof, the obligated body shall suspend the request. Over the period of
processing of a complaint against the required amount, the time limit under the second
sentence is suspended.
( 6) The above payments are deemed to be the income of the obligated body.
Section 18 - Annual report
(1) By March 1 every year, each obligated body shall publish an annual report on its activities
related to the provision of information hereunder in the previous year. Such report shall
include the following data:
a) the number of requests for information submitted and the number of decisions of request
rejection issued,
b) the number of submitted appeals against decisions,
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