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Council of Europe Convention on Access to Official Documents

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• ARMENIA

  Sitoutumispäivä: 04.05.2022 R
  Voimaantulopäivä: 01.09.2022

• ESPANJA

  Sitoutumispäivä: 23.11.2021 A
  Voimaantulopäivä: -
  Varauma:

  Reservations and Declarations contained in a Note verbale from the Permanent
  Representation of Spain, dated 10 November 2021,
  deposited at the time of signature of the instrument on
  23 November 2021
  
  On the occasion of the signature of the Council of Europe Convention on Access to Official Documents
  (CETS n?? 205), the Kingdom of Spain would like to make the following reservations:
  I. In the spirit of Article 3.1 of the Convention, the Kingdom of Spain reserves the right to limit access
  to public documents, with the aim of protecting statistical confidentiality under the terms set forth in
  national and European Union statistical legislation.
  II. Pursuant to Article 3.1 of the Convention, for the purpose of protecting, in particular, those interests
  mentioned in 3.1.c), e), and f), it is clarified that those public documents containing information
  regarding taxes obtained by the Spanish tax authorities in the course of carrying out their duties shall
  be considered confidential and may not be ceded to third parties, except in those circumstances
  specified in law, pursuant to Articles 34.1.i) and 95 of the General Spanish Tax Act 58/2003 of
  17 December.
  The Kingdom of Spain would also like to make the following statements:
  I. The Kingdom of Spain considers that the reference in Article 3.1.f) to privacy and other legitimate
  private interests includes the protection of personal data, as defined in Convention 108 of 28 January
  1981. Likewise, it states that it specifically considers as requests with which it will be difficult to comply,
  pursuant to Article 5.5 (ii), those regarding information which would have to be redrafted prior to its
  disclosure.
  II. In the event that the Convention on Access to Official Documents is ratified by the United Kingdom
  and extended to the territory of Gibraltar, Spain would like to make the following statement:
  1. Gibraltar is a non-self-governing territory, whose international relations come under the responsibility
  of the United Kingdom and which is subject to a decolonization process in accordance with the relevant
  decisions and resolutions of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
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  2. The authorities of Gibraltar have a local character and exercise exclusively internal competences,
  which have their origin and their foundation in a distribution and attribution of competences carried out
  by the United Kingdom in accordance with its internal legislation, in its capacity as a sovereign State
  on which the aforementioned non-self-governing territory is dependent.
  3. Consequently, any participation of the Gibraltar authorities in the application of this Convention shall
  be considered to be conducted exclusively within the internal competences of Gibraltar, and may not
  be understood as producing any change whatsoever regarding the stipulations of the previous two
  paragraphs.
  4. The procedure envisaged in the 'Arrangements relating to Gibraltar authorities in the context of
  certain international treaties', which were adopted by Spain and the United Kingdom on 19 December
  2007, as well as the 'Agreed Arrangements relating to Gibraltar authorities in the context of EU and
  EC instruments and related Treaties', dated 19 April 2000, apply to this Convention.
  5. The application of this Convention to Gibraltar may not be interpreted as an acknowledgement of
  any right or any situation regarding areas not covered by Article X of the Treaty of Utrecht of
  13 July 1713, concluded between the Crowns of Spain and of Great Britain.

• ISLANTI

  Sitoutumispäivä: 10.02.2021 R
  Voimaantulopäivä: 01.06.2021

• MOLDOVA

  Sitoutumispäivä: 02.09.2016 R
  Voimaantulopäivä: -

• NORJA

  Sitoutumispäivä: 11.09.2009 H
  Voimaantulopäivä: -
  Varauma:

  Article 3
  
  In accordance with Article 3, paragraph 1, of the Convention, the Government of Norway declares that communication with the reigning Family and its Household shall also be included among the possible limitations.

• RUOTSI

  Sitoutumispäivä: 19.04.2010 R
  Voimaantulopäivä: -

• SLOVENIA

  Sitoutumispäivä: 20.03.2023 R
  Voimaantulopäivä: -
  Varauma:

  Declaration contained in a Note verbale from the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs
  of Slovenia, dated 3 March 2023, deposited with the instrument of ratification
  on 20 March 2023 - Or. Engl.
  In accordance with Article 1, paragraph 2, of the Convention, the Republic of Slovenia
  declares that the definition of ???public authorities??? also include the following:
  1. legislative bodies as regards their other activities;
  2. judicial authorities as regards their other activities;
  3. natural or legal persons insofar as they perform public functions or operate with public
  funds, according to national law.

• UKRAINA

  Sitoutumispäivä: 19.08.2020 R
  Voimaantulopäivä: -
  Varauma:

  UKRAINE
  Declarations contained in the instrument of ratification deposited on 19 August 2020 -
  
  In correspondence with the point 2 of the Article 1 of the Convention, Ukraine states that the
  definition of the notion ???public authorities??? also comprises: legislative authority bodies concerning
  their other functions; judicial authority bodies concerning their other functions; individuals and
  legal entities to the extent that they deliver state functions or manage state funds in line with
  national legislation.
  Ukraine states that, as a result of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation, the
  implementation of the obligations resulting from the Convention by Ukraine on the temporarily
  occupied territories of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, Autonomous Republic of Crimea and
  the city of Sevastopol is not guaranteed until the restoration of the constitutional order of Ukraine
  on these territories.
  All other bodies, officials and servicemen on the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and
  Luhansk regions, Autonomous republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol and their activities
  are illegal if these bodies and persons are established, elected or appointed under the procedure,
  unforeseen by the Constitution and laws of Ukraine, and all of their acts (decisions, documents)
  are non-valid and set no legal consequences.

• UNKARI

  Sitoutumispäivä: 05.01.2010 R
  Voimaantulopäivä: -
  Varauma:

  Article 1
  
  In accordance with Article 1, paragraph 2, subparagraph a.ii, of the Convention, the Republic of Hungary informs the Secretary General of the Council of Europe that, for the Republic of Hungary, the definition of "public authorities" includes the following:
  
  - legislative bodies as regards their other activities;
  - judicial authorities as regards their other activities;
  - natural or legal persons insofar as they perform public functions or operate with public funds, according to national law.

• VIRO

  Sitoutumispäivä: 28.01.2016 H
  Voimaantulopäivä: -