Annex E: Access to Information Timeframes
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Country
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Working Days
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Calendar Days
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Extension
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European
Union
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15
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15
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Environmental
Info under the Aarhus Convention
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30 (one month)
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Albania
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40
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10
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Armenia
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5
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25
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Austria
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60 (eight weeks)
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Belgium
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30
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Bosnia
and Herzegovina
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15
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15
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Bulgaria
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14
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14
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Croatia
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15
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30
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Czech
Republic
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15
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10
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Denmark
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10
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allowed not specified
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Estonia
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5
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15
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Finland
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14
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16
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France
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30 (appeal after 1 month)
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Georgia
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10
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Germany
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30
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Greece
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30
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Hungary
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15
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Iceland
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7
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Ireland
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30
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Italy
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30
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Kosovo
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15
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15
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Latvia
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15
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10
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Lithuania
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20
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20
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Leichtenstein
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14
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Macedonia
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30
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Moldova
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15
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5
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Montenegro
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8
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14
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Netherlands
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14
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14
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Norway
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without undue delay - appeal after 2 weeks
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Poland
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14
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Portugal
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10
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Romania
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10
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30
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Russia
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30
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Serbia
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15
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Slovakia
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10
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10
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Slovenia
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20
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30
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Sweden
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immediately
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Switzerland
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20
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Turkey
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15
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15
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Ukraine
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10
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30
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United
Kingdom
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20
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20
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Note 1: Albania, Hungary and Romania have different time limits for decisions to grant or deny access. Time limits for decisions to deny access are shorter: 15, 8 and 5 days respectively.
Note 2: Timeframes are sometimes defined in weeks or months. For the purpose of comparability 1 month equals 30 calendar days and 1 week is 7 calendar days in the chart.
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