Article 2
Scope
1. This Law shall apply to all documents maintained, drawn or received by the public
institutions.
2. The right of access to documents shall be exercised pursuant to this Law, without
prejudice to provisions of laws and the international legal instruments providing for more
rights on access to public documents.
3. This Law shall be without prejudice to the right of access to public documents
maintained by institutions, which can derive from the international legal instruments or
acts of enforcing institutions.
Article 3
Definitions
1. Terms used in this Law shall have the following meaning:
1.1. Public institutions - the following state authorities and institutions;
1.1.1. The Government and
level;
administration in national, regional and local
1.1.2. lawmaking and judicial institutions, if they exercise administrative
functions in accordance with laws of the Republic of Kosovo;
1.1.3. natural or legal persons if they exercise administrative authority,
exercise public functions or operate by public funds in accordance with
laws of the Republic of Kosovo (private vendors exercising public
competences);
1.1.4. lawmaking institutions in relation to their other activities;
1.1.5. judicial institutions in relation to their other activities; and
1.1.6. independent institutions listed in or established under Chapter XII of
Constitution of the Republic of Kosovo.
1.2. Public Document - any official document;
1.3. Official Document - including but not limited to, all information recorded in
any form, drawn and received by the public institutions An Official Document is
any official letter serving to prove or establish something, regardless its physical
form or characteristics, written or typed text, maps, schedules, pictures, drawings,
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