SUMMARIES OF SELECTED STATEMENTS Q. MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND SCIENCE No statements on cases concluded in 2014 have been published. R. MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS No statements on cases concluded in 2014 have been published. S. MINISTRY OF EDUCATION No statements on cases concluded in 2014 have been published. T. MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS AND THE INTERIOR The following statements on cases concluded in 2014 have been published: 2014-15. MUNICIPALITY COULD NOT EXEMPT INFORMATION ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF A LEASE PAYMENT AND THE CALCULATION OF IT FROM THE RIGHT OF ACCESS TO PUBLIC FILES A journalist complained to the Ombudsman that the Municipality of Nordfyn pursuant to section 33(iii) of the Access to Public Administration Files Act had rejected access to the information in a lease agreement that concerned the amount of the lease rent and the calculation of it, and that the State Administration’s supervisory department had not considered this to be in conflict with the Access to Public Administration Files Act. The municipality had emphasized its ability to achieve the highest possible market price for the leased property at future tenders. The municipality assessed that there was a risk that competitors’ specific knowledge of the amount of the lease rent would result in fixation of offered prices corresponding to the level of the agreement contracted, meaning that the municipality would face the risk of not receiving an offer at a higher price even if the market could bear it. The State Administration assessed that it could not be ruled out that access to the 143

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