(2) (New, SG No. 49/2007) The following fundamental principles shall apply upon exercise of the right to re-use public
sector information:
1. ensuring a possibility for multiple re-use of public sector information;
2. transparency upon provision of public sector information;
3. non-discrimination upon provision of public sector information;
4. non-restriction of free competition.
Permissible Restrictions to Right of Access to Public Information
and to Re-use Public Sector Information
(Heading supplemented, SG No. 49/2007)
Article 7. (1) (Amended, SG No. 45/2002, SG No. 59/2006, SG No. 49/2007) The right of access to public
information and to re-use public sector information shall not be abridged, except where the said information is classified
information or another protected secret in the cases provided for by a law.
(2) Access to public information may either be full or partial.
Exemption from Scope of Application of Act
Article 8. (Amended, SG No. 49/2007) The provisions of the law regarding the access to public information shall not
apply to any information which:
1. is provided in connection with administrative services to members of the public and legal persons;
2. (amended, SG No. 57/2007) is held in the National Archival Collections of the Republic of Bulgaria.
Section II
Official and Administrative Public Information
Types of Public Information
Article 9. (1) Public information, which is created and stored by the public authorities and the administrations thereof,
shall be either official information or administrative information.
(2) (Amended, SG No. 45/2002) In the cases provided for by a law, particular official or administrative information may
be declared classified information constituting a state or an official secret.
Official Public Information
Article 10. "Official information" shall be any information which is contained in the acts of the state bodies and of the
bodies of local self- government [issued] in the course of exercise of the powers thereof.
Administrative Public Information
Article 11. "Administrative information" shall be any information which is collected, created and stored in connection
with any official information, as well as in connection with the operation of the public authorities and of the administrations
thereof.