Article 11 (1) For the purpose of informing the public, in addition to their annual plan of normative activities, the public authorities competent for drafting acts and subordinate legislation shall also publish on their website a plan of consultations on the drafts acts and other regulations relating to their scope of work. (2) The public authorities referred to in paragraph 1 of this article shall publish on their website the draft act or any other regulation in respect of which public consultations with the interested public are conducted, normally for 30 days, together with the reasons for their adoption and the objectives to be achieved by such consultations. (3) After the consultations, the public authorities shall inform the interested public of accepted and unaccepted observations and suggestions through its website, on which a report on the consultations with the interested public submitted to the Croatian Government is to be published. (4) Provisions of paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this article shall apply mutatis mutandis to the procedure of passing general enactments of the local and regional self-government units and legal persons with public authority, by which they regulate matters within their scope of work through which the needs of the citizens or other matters of interest for the general welfare of the citizens and legal persons within their territory or within the scope of their activities (development of settlements and housing, physical planning, utilities and other public services, environmental protection, etc.) are directly implemented. Public nature of activities Article 12 (1) Public authorities shall inform the public of: 1) the agenda of sessions or meetings of official bodies and the time they are to be held, the manner of their operation and the possibilities of direct insight into their work; 2) number of people who can be provided direct access to the work of public authorities simultaneously, taking into account the order in which they apply for such access. (2) Public authorities are not obliged to provide direct access to their work involving any matters which must exclude the public under the law, or any information which is subject to any exceptions to the right of access under the provisions of this Act. Information officer Article 13 (1) In order to ensure the right of access to information, public authorities shall pass a decision, identifying a special official person competent for deciding on the exercise of the right of access to information (hereinafter: the information officer). (2) Public authorities shall inform the public of the information officer's official data. 6

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