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This article is devoted to the problem of realization of the constitutional right of access to public information in the procedure of employing officials in local government. De lege ferenda postulates were based on analyses and interpretation of relevant legal acts and guidelines formulated under the Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 2 April 1997 and concluded from rulings of the Constitutional Court.
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In respect to the provisions of the Polish constitution, contents of a parliamentary interpellation as well as the given reply constitute public information. According to the article 61 of above mentioned act, the citizen shall have right to obtain information about the activities of public authority as well as persons holding public functions. However, while access to public information is subject to certain restrictions, the access to the content of an interpellation and the given response is not subject to such restrictions. The author analyses an exception when a member of the Council of Ministers, due to the provisions of law applicable, is not entitled to answer the interpellations. Such an exception may occur, for example, due to the legally protected secret to which the MP may not have authorised access or when the information exceeds the scope of publicly available information, and thus cannot be published what in regular circumstances is mandatory.
The Lawyer Quarterly
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2016
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vol. 6
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issue 3
189-200
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This article discusses how to use the right to public information by entrepreneurs in Poland. The aim of the right to the access to public information, which was specified in Article 61 of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 2 April 1997 and the Act of 6 September 2001 on the Access to Public Information, was to enable citizens to have the access to public information. Currently this right is more frequently used by entrepreneurs in Poland as a tool to obtain information used in their business activity. In addition to public information obtained by entrepreneurs via the website of the Public Information Bulletin, entrepreneurs use for this purpose the procedure of a public information request.
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Jednym z  założeń sprawnego zarządzania publicznego jest umiejętne i  skuteczne prowadzenie polityki informacyjnej. Wydaje się, że obecnie do tego niezbędne jest wykorzystywanie nowych technologii informatycznych. Stąd też w pełni uzasadniony nacisk w ustawie o dostępie do informacji publicznej kładzie się na zapewnienie dostępu do informacji publicznej z wykorzystaniem Biuletynu Informacji Publicznej. Pojawia się jednak inna kwestia – na ile zamieszczone w nim informacje są zrozumiałe i użyteczne dla zainteresowanych nimi osób. Dlatego też podejmowane są przez samorząd gminny działania mające zapewnić nie tylko dostęp do informacji, ale także aby ich przekaz był zrozumiały i przystępny.
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One of the assumptions of efficient public management is a skilful and effective conduct of the information policy. Nowadays, it seems that it is necessary to use new information technologies for this purpose. Hence a fully justified emphasis in the law on access to public information is put on providing access to public information using the Public Information Bulletin. But there is another question - namely, is information contained in the Bulletin understandable and useful for persons concerned. Therefore, the municipal self-government undertakes actions to ensure not only access to information but also its understandable and accessible message.
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The law on access to public information sets forth criminal responsibility for a person who does not make public information available, despite the obligation to do so. Providing access to public information, due to the unprecise definition of the notion of “public information” and the obligation to comply with the limitations on access to such information, is not an easy task. In his article, the author analyses an offence of not making public information accessible by the responsible party, with special attention to the obligation of the Supreme Audit Office to making public information available.
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The necessity of providing a signature under a request for public information has become a subject of a dispute both in the doctrine and judicial decisions. Pursuant to the provisions of the Act on the access to public information, refusal to provide this information or discontinuance of proceedings must be issued in the form of an administrative decision. Since the form of giving the public information wasn’t determined, it is often stated that in the case of positive consideration of an application, regulations of the Code of Administrative Procedure, should not be followed, which also concerns the formal requirements of an application. Due to the fact that refusing access to the public information and abandoning proceedings both take the form of an administrative decision, there is no doubt that provisions of the Code of Administrative Procedure should be applied. This interpretation may become the reason for many difficulties for an entity obligated to issue public information in case the application is rejected, especially when the application is missing the signature of the applicant.
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The right of access to public information in Poland is based on Article 61 of the Polish Constitution of 2 April 1997. The Constitution, however, does not specify the mode of providing information, referring in this regard to the acts, and regarding the Seym and the Senate to the Seym rules and the Senate rules. The most important act specifying the mode of providing information in Poland is the Act of 6 September 2001 on Access to Public Information. In accordance with the provisions of this act, the right of access to public information, which is any information about public affairs, is the right of everyone.
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Public information is a legal instrument allowing to make activities of the administration public. Transparency related to the hiring of selfgovernment employees is one of the issues that can be monitored in the framework of the law on access to public information. The details of employment with the selfgovernment employer might be useful for both potential candidates for specific positions and entities professionally engaged in finding employees.
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Provision of information about the activities of the Chamber through the Information System of the Sejm is the primary making accessible public information by the Sejm. The express legal basis is given in Article. 202a of the Standing Orders of the Sejm. This provision is, however, brief – and does not specify what information about the operation of the Sejm will be made available through the System and who is responsible for the published materials and their selection. Shaping the mechanism for making accessible public information by the Chancellery of the Sejm, the Sejm assumed that the website only part of the information specified in the Constitution and the Act as public information, will be published. The scope of the information available is determined by the Chancellery of the Sejm. The Standing Orders of the Sejm, however, do not contain any provision forming the basis for recording the sittings of Sejm committees and sub-committees, which would also provide the basis for placing the recordings in the Information System of the Sejm.
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W stanowisku do Trybunału Konstytucyjnego Sejm wniósł o uznanie przepisów ustawy, które normują zasady udostępniania pytań z Lekarskiego Egzaminu Końcowego, Lekarsko-Dentystycznego Egzaminu Końcowego oraz Państwowego Egzaminu Specjalizacyjnego, za niezgodne z Konstytucją. Będąca autorem wniosku Naczelna Rada Lekarska stwierdziła, że pytania egzaminacyjne z przywołanych egzaminów stanowią informację publiczną, do której dostęp gwarantowany jest konstytucyjnie. W stanowisku podzielono tę konstatację i argumentację NRL, stwierdzając, że zaskarżone przepisy nie spełniają warunków zasadności ograniczenia dla ochrony porządku publicznego czy praw innych osób.
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In the opinion of the Sejm, the provisions of the Act conform to the Constitution. In its position the Sejm states that disclosing to third parties the contents of applications for financing scientific research submitted in proceedings under the Act as public information would pose a significant threat to the material and non-material interests of the authors of the applications. The assumption that the contents of the review and the personal data of experts may be disclosed as public information due to the loss of binding force of these provisions in the result of the judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal means that such persons would be exposed to effects that could not be foreseen at the time of the review.
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The purpose of this paper is to show implementation of EU directive 2003/98/EC on the re-use of public sector information to the Polish law. The right to re-use is passed over on even broader discussion so there is a need to undertake that issue. In accordance to the EU directive 2003/98/EC, re-use of public sector information means the use by persons or legal entities of documents held by public sector bodies, for commercial or non-commercial purposes other than the initial purpose within the public task for which the documents were produced. The definition in Polish Access to the Public Information Act is not precise and cause problems in interpretation. Too broad approach to set up the conditions for re-use of public information can cause excessive stringency in activities of administrative bodies and as a result undermine the effectiveness of new law as well as well as other limitations not required by the directive. There are also serious doubts regarding calculation of fees for re-use. Generally the whole implementation seems to be not fully thought out and coherent.
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The amendment to the Law on Procedure before Administrative Courts proposed by the author of the petition assumes the imposition of an obligation on administrative courts to consider cases involving public information within 3 months from the date of filing the application. The author of the opinion recognises the problem signalled by the petitioner, but has doubts as to the effectiveness of the proposed solutions. In her opinion, if the introduction of a maximum time limit for the consideration of these cases, is deemed necessary by the legislator, it should be included in the Act on Access to Public Information.
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The author claims that anybody, including a Deputy to the Sejm, has – on the basis of the Act on Access to Public Information – the right of access to a document having the form of an contract concluded by the local government unit (gmina). In such a case, the disclosure of the first names and surnames of persons concluding a civil‑law contract with a self‑government unit does not violate the right to privacy of those persons. However, some information concerning persons concluding such contract may remain anonymous. According to the author, information (documents) pertaining to the domain of plan or aims of the given authority ( and not to the facts) – provided that they have been drawn up to be used in proceedings in a particular case related to the legal interest of that authority – should not be disclosed under the Act on Access to Public Information.
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The Chancellery of the Sejm is an entity obliged to disclose public information. This information concerns, inter alia, participation of parliamentarians in the work of the parliamentary grouping, i.e. persons performing public tasks. Disclosure of information about participants in a parliamentary grouping sitting is subject to limitations under the Act on Access to Public Information. Therefore, the data of persons participating in the work of the team, who do not perform public functions, cannot be made public.
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The confl ict between the right to privacy and transparency of public information is inevitable, and the case law of the Polish courts administration in this regard clearly indicates the primacy of transparency of the functioning of public authorities and persons holding public offi ce. However, this leads to mindless — and in most cases, deprived of a higher purpose — invasion of privacy of public officials and other employees of the public sector. In extreme cases, it may also jeopardize the smooth operation of the state and the safety of its offi cers distorting the purpose and nature of this form of social control. The article discusses the current posts of Polish administrative courts in regard of the confl ict of right to public information and the right to privacy.
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The opinion refers to the issue of the right to public information in the context of the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The opinion was prepared in connection with the state in which the public information (a recording from city council’s session) was refused due to the provisions of the GDPR. Therefore, the area of analysis covered the issues of the right to public information towards the right to privacy and personal data protection (in the legal state after entry into force of the GDPR).
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The article discusses the consequences of the imminent implementation of the so-called re-use directive in Polish museums. Following the amendment in 2013, this directive extended the duty of sharing the broadly-defined public information which is gathered in these institutions, i.e. all content irrespective of its medium, to museums, libraries and archives (the so-called LAM sector).
PL
Artykuł wprowadza do problematyki dotyczącej konsekwencji, jakie poniosą muzea w wyniku rychłego wdrożenia w Polsce tzw. dyrektywy re-use. Dyrektywa ta, po nowelizacji w 2013 r., rozszerzyła na muzea, biblioteki i archiwa (tzw. sektor „BAM”) obowiązek udostępniania – także podmiotom działającym w celach komercyjnych – zgromadzonej w tych instytucjach, szeroko rozumianej informacji publicznej, czyli każdej treści, niezależnie od sposobu jej utrwalenia.
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In its judgment of 29 January 2021, ref. II SA/Ke 1068/20, the Provincial Adminis- trative Court in Kielce held that a request submitted by a councillor under Article 24(2) of the Act on Municipal Self-Government for access to information and materi- als cannot be treated as a request for access to public information, and that a refusal or failure to act in this respect is not subject to an administrative court review. It is impossible to agree with this position. The information and materials referred to in Art. 24 Clause 2 of the Act on Municipal Self-Government may constitute public information, although this is not necessarily the case. This is clearly supported by their subject matter. Failure to make information and materials available to a coun- cillor under Art. 24 Clause 2 of the Act on Municipal Self-Government may then be subject to judicial review. If the subject matter is public information, inaction   in this respect may be challenged by filing a complaint for inaction, as provided for in Art. 3 § 2 Item 8 of the Administrative Court Proceedings Act. In other cases, this may be done by filing a complaint, as provided for in Article 101a of the Act on Municipal Self-Government.
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The obligation to search for public information is implemented differently by users using public funds. The research conducted on a sample covering several social groups, among others universities, zoos and hospitals, which are still many amendments in the provisions on regulations, take into account 40% of queries were not answered, knowledge of the procedures contained in the provisions regarding the rights access to public information, using procedures and vague regulations, which is related to evading responses to some public ones.
PL
Obowiązek udzielenia informacji publicznej jest różnie realizowany przez podmioty korzystające ze środków publicznych. Przeprowadzone badania na próbie wybranej z kilku grup podmiotów publicznych, między innymi uczelnie wyższe, ogrody zoologiczne oraz szpitale wykazały, że jest jeszcze wiele do poprawienia zarówno w kwestii przestrzegania przepisów, gdyż 40% zapytań nie doczekało się odpowiedzi, znajomości procedur przewidzianych w przepisach ustawy o dostępie do informacji publicznej i możliwych do użycia procedur oraz mało precyzyjnych przepisach, co jest wykorzystywane do uchylania się od odpowiedzi przez niektóre podmioty publiczne.
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