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Request Process in Finland
Summary: You Must Pay to Access the Company Register Request sent to Finnish Trade Register (Click here) Outcome of request Information refused Time taken to respond 2 working days (Deadline is 7 days) Reason for refusal Must pay for access. A request was sent to the Finnish Trade Register on 4 November 2013. Only two days later, on 6
Request Process in France
Summary: A Case of Administrative Silence - No Response to Our Request Request sent to Registre du Commerce et des Societes (Click here) Outcome of request Administrative silence. Time taken to respond N/A (Deadline is 30 days) Reason for refusal No response received. On 31 October 2013 Access Info tried to send a request to the Registre du Commerce
Supreme Court Case
Supreme Court Callenge to Silence on Anti-Corruption Measures 19 January 2010: Access Info’s legal challenge against the failure of Spain’s Ministry of Justice to respond to citizens’ questions about measures to combat corruption reached the Supreme Court. Access Info is asking the Supreme Court to uphold the right of access to information. Access Info described as “absurd” the need to
Request Process in the Netherlands
Summary: €75,000 Is "Cost-Price" for Access to the Company Register Request sent to Chamber of Commerce Outcome of request Initial Request: Information Refused. Administrative Appeal: No response - Administrative Silence Time taken to respond The initial request was not received by the Chamber of Commerce. Once it was re-sent the response arrived on the same day (Deadline is 14 calendar
Request Process in Slovenia
Summary: Company Register Authority Appeals Pro-Transparency Ruling from Information Commissioner in Court Request sent to Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Public Legal Records and Related Services (AJPES) (Click here) Outcome of request Request rejected by AJPES. We appealed to the Information Commissioner, who ruled that the database should be published for free. However, the AJPES has appealed this
Request Process in Denmark
Summary: The Register Can Be Downloaded Online, But You Need a Danish Electronic ID Request sent to Central Company Register (Click here) Outcome of request The database can be downloaded online but you need a Danish electronic ID number. Time taken to respond 11 working days (deadline is 7 working days). The request was sent on 4 November 2013 to
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