Translated by IRIS Georgia Updated as of March 2004 Article 41. Denying access to public information 1. The applicant shall be immediately informed of the denial of a public agency to release public information. 2. If access to public information was denied, the agency shall provide an applicant with information concerning his rights and procedures for filing a complaint within three days after the decision is rendered. The agency shall also specify those subdivisions or public agencies, which provided their suggestions regarding the decision. Article 411. Decision to release or deny access to public information In the events prescribed by Paragraph 3 of Article 272, a public agency shall render a decision to release or deny access to public information immediately after expiration of the term prescribed by the above-referenced article. Article 42. The information that shall not be classified Everyone shall have access to information concerning: (a) environment and the hazard that constitutes a threat to life and health, (b) fundamental principles and objectives of a public agency, (c) description of the structure of a public agency, the procedures for assigning and dividing functions among public servants and decision-making procedures, (d) names and office addresses of those servants of public agencies, who hold positions or are responsible for classifying public information, or public relations, or provision of information to citizens, (e) results of open ballots in a corporate public agency, (f) election of a person to an elective office, (g) results of auditing or inspection of the activity of a public agency and court materials on the cases where a public agency acted as a litigant, (h) the title and location of the public database of a public agency and the name and office address of the person responsible for the database, (i) the purpose, area of application and legal grounds for collecting, processing, storing and disseminating data by a public agency, (j) availability or non-availability of personal information of applicant in a public database, the procedures for gaining access to such information, including the procedures allowing the identification of a person, if the person or his representative filed the request to gain access to or modify personal information of the applicant, (k) category of persons who may gain access to the personal information contained in a public database pursuant to law, (l) composition and sources of the data contained in a public database and the category of persons, concerning whom information is collected, processed and stored, and (m) any other information that is not considered state, commercial, or personal secret pursuant to the law or applicable procedures. Page 14 of 54