SUMMARIES OF SELECTED STATEMENTS of the Act on Due Process in Connection with the Public Administration’s Use of Coercive Measures and Duties of Disclosure are observed. The Ombudsman took note of this. The Mental Health Act was amended by Act No. 579 of 4 May 2015. O. MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT AND BUILDING The following statement on a case concluded in 2015 has been published: 2015-1. Refusal of request for data extraction from Public Information Server according to section 11 of the Access to Public Administration Files Act A journalist complained because the Ministry of Housing, Urban and Rural Affairs had refused his request for a mass extraction of information pertaining to all Danish land and property contained in the OIS (The Public Information Server, a data warehouse managed by the Ministry), which contains information from the Central Building and Dwelling Register (BBR). Instead, the Ministry advised the journalist that he could pay for access to extraction of the desired information ‒ either by paying DKK 72,000 for becoming a so-called data distributor, and thereby gaining access to the information via a distribution network, or by entering into an agreement on market terms with an already established data distributor for the purchase of an extract of the information. The journalist was of the opinion that he was entitled to the desired data extraction pursuant to section 11 of the Access to Public Administration Files Act and that, in addition, the Ministry’s refusal contravened the Act on the Reuse of Public Sector Information. The Ombudsman agreed with the Ministry that the journalist was not entitled to the desired information in the form of a data extraction pursuant to section 11 of the Access to Public Administration Files Act. In this context, the Ombudsman emphasised that the special scheme on the disclosure of OIS data was to be considered a lex specialis scheme whereby the Ministry could with statutory authority demand payment for the sale or compilation of documents. The Ombudsman also agreed with the Ministry that the established scheme whereby anyone can become a data distributor against payment of a fee of 159