Each requester having submitted a written request for access to information shall be
entitled to legal protection in accordance with the present Law.
15. The appeal procedure
Article 28
(1) The requester shall have the right to initiate a complaint in front of the
Commission for Protection of the Right to Free Access to Information of Public
Character, against the decision in which the information holder has rejected its
request, within 15 days following the date of the requester’s receipt of the relevant
decision.
(2) The requester shall have the right to submit complaint to the Commission for
Protection of the Right to Free Access to Information of Public Character, in case the
information holder has failed to act in accordance with Article 20, paragraph (4),
Article 24, paragraph (4), and Article 26, paragraph (1) of the present Law, within
eight days following the date of its receipt of the relevant act at latest.
(3) The Commission for Protection of the Right to Free Access to Information of
Public Character shall decide upon the requester's complaint within 15 days following
the date of complaint receipt.
(4) The appeal procedure mentioned in paragraph (2) hereunder shall be maintained in
accordance with the provisions contained in the Law on the General Administrative
Procedure.
V. COSTS OF INFORMATION MEDIATION
Article 29
(1) Insight to information requested shall be provided free of charge.
(2) For the obtained transcript, photocopy or electronic records, the information
requester shall pay a fee to the amount of material costs to be covered.
(3) The Government of the Republic of Macedonia shall, upon proposal from the
Ministry of Finance, adopt an act specifying the reimbursement of material costs of
information providing by information holders.
(4) The information holder shall publish the amount of the fee mentioned in paragraph
(3) hereunder in an appropriate manner (in the official bulletin of the information
holder, on its website, on an information board, etc.), and shall make this amount
known to any requester before it submits its request.
(5) Should the request relate to information of larger scope, the information holder
may ask the requester to in advance pay the fee to cover the costs of information
obtaining.
VI. THE COMMISSION FOR PROTECTION OF THE RIGHT TO FREE
ACCESS TO INFORMATION OF PUBLIC CHARACTER
1. The status of the Commission
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