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Furthermore, the case gave the Ombudsman cause to comment on the obligation to extract from documents and provide information which is not exempt
from access in relation to the documents which the Danish central bank had
exempted in accordance with section 7 of the Access to Public Administration
Files Act on internal work documents.
The Ombudsman recommended that the Danish central bank reopen the case
and make a new decision.
c. Ministry of finance
The following cases concluded in 2013 were selected for publication as part of the
Annual Report:
2013-6. Access to an authority’s internal guidelines for
the processing of certain case types
A journalist complained that the Ministry of Finance had denied him access to
a number of documents and various information regarding the Credit Package.
The case raised several questions in regard to the exemption clauses of the
Access to Public Administration Files Act. Thus, for instance, the case caused
the Ombudsman to make a statement about the understanding of section 8(iv),
read with section 7, of the Access to Public Administration Files Act, regarding
the right of access to an authority’s binding internal guidelines. The Ombudsman found that the journalist was entitled to access to, for instance, a mandate
in the case because the mandate established binding guidelines for the internal
case processing procedure within an independent authority.
2013-10. Refusal of access to internal documents on
preparations for collective bargaining negotiations with
the Danish Union of Teachers
The Danish Union of Teachers complained to the Ombudsman because the
Union had been denied access to internal documents prepared by a working
group appointed by the Government. The task of the working group was to
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