Information Officer of the Ministry of the Interior
The right of access to information and the re-use of information are exercised pursuant to the Act on the Right of Access to Information (Zakon o pravu na pristup informacijama) (Official Gazette no. 25/2013, 85/2015).
The aim of the Act is to enable and ensure the exercise of the right of access to information guaranteed by the Constitution of the Republic of Croatia, and the re-use of information by physical and legal persons, through the openness and public nature of the work of public authorities.
The right of access to information is founded on the principles of public and free access, timely, complete and accurate information, the principle of equality, the principle of the availability of information and, pursuant to Article 5, paragraph 1, point 5 of the Act, this right "entails the right of a user to request and receive the information, as well as the obligation of the public authorities to provide access to the information requested, that is, to publish the information even when no particular request has been made, when publication stems from their obligation prescribed by law or some other general regulation".
Information, within the meaning of this Act (Article 5, paragraph 1, point 3) is “any data possessed by a public authority, in the form of a document, record, dossier, register or any other form, regardless of how it is presented (written, drawn, printed, recorded, magnetic, optical, electronic or any other record)".
The re-use of information, pursuant to Article 5, paragraph 1, point 6 of the Act "means the use of information from a public authority by a physical or legal person, for commercial or non-commercial purposes, different from the original purpose, within the framework of the public work for which that information was created.
The exchange of information between public authorities for the purpose of performing work within their competence shall not be deemed to be re-use".
The right of access to information and re-use of information may be exercised by submitting an
application to the Ministry of the Interior:
By writing to:
Ministry of the Interior Ulica grada Vukovara 33
10 000 Zagreb
By email:
pitanja@mup.hr
informiranje@mup.hr
By sending a fax to:
00 385 1 6122 771
By phoning:
00 385 1 6122 353
The Information Officer of the Ministry of the Interior: Vesna Stipić
The Ministry of the Interior has the right to charge a fee for the actual material costs incurred by providing information to a person exercising the right of access to information and re-use of information, and a fee for the costs of supplying the requested information. The amount of the fee for access to information and re-use of information is set on the basis of the criteria under Article 19, paragraph 3 of the Act on the Right of Access to Information.
