Important Amendments To The Law On Free Access To Information

On 27 April 2017 the Montenegrin Parliament passed the government's proposal to amend the Law on Free Access to Information. Namely, regarding EU accession negotiation (chapter 10- Information society and media), Montenegro has undertaken to implement, among other things, the rules relating to the re-use of public sector information. Standards in this respect are contained in two European Union Directives. Within these, a general framework for the conditions governing the re-use of public sector documents is shaped in order to ensure fair, proportionate and non-discriminatory conditions for the re-use of information. This type of harmonisation of Montenegrin law is significant taking into account the growing importance of digital content, and information for both commercial and non-commercial use, as well as to what extent the public sector has access to the information.