of  the  Comptroller  General,  which  will  have  5  (five)  days  to  decide  upon  the  following   situations:   I  –  denied  access  to  unclassified  information;   II   –   negative   decision   on   access   to   totally   or   partially   classified   information   which   does   not   indicate   either   the   responsible   or   the   hierarchically   superior   authority,   to  whom  the  petitioner  could  forward  requests  for  either  access  or  declassification;   III   -­‐   the   procedures   to   classify   sensitive   information,   as   established   by   this   Law,   have  not  been  observed;   IV   –   non-­‐observation   of   the   terms   and   overall   procedures   established   by   this   Law.   Paragraph   1.   The   appeal   provisioned   in   this   article   shall   be   lodged   with   the   Office  of  the  Comptroller  General  only  after  having  been  appreciated  by  at  least  one   authority   hierarchically   superior   to   that   which   rendered   the   contested   decision,   and   shall  be  judged  within  5  (five)  days.   Paragraph   2.   Once   the   reasons   that   motivated   the   appeal   are   proved   right,   the   Office  of  the  Comptroller  General  will  require  the  involved  body  or  entity  to  take  the   necessary  measures  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  Law.   Paragraph  3.  The  petitioner  may  lodge  an  appeal  with  the  Mixed  Commission   for   Information   Reassessment,   referred   to   in   Article   35,   should   the   Office   of   the   Comptroller  General  deny  him/her  access  to  requested  information.   Article  17.  Without  prejudice  to  the  competencies  of  the  Mixed  Commission  for   Information   Reassessment,   established   in   Article   35,   and   in   compliance   with   the   provisions  of  Article  16,  the  petitioner  may  file  an  appeal  to  the  corresponding  State   Minister,   should   his/her   information   declassification   request   be   denied   by   a   federal   body  within  the  Public  Administration.   Paragraph   1.   The   appeal   provisioned   in   this   article   shall   only   be   filed   to   the   above   referred   authorities   after   having   been   appreciated   by   at   least   one   authority   10    

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