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MODEL LAW OF COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES

of April 3, 2008

The model information code for the State Parties of the CIS

PART ONE

Section I. General provisions

Chapter 1. Bases of the information legislation

Article 1. Main objectives of the information legislation

Main objectives of the national information legal system are:

- creation of the legal basis for creation of information society;

- providing and protection of constitutional rights and human freedoms in the information sphere;

- ensuring information security of the person, society and state;

- assistance to development of system of information resources, to creation of the developed information infrastructure, increase in efficiency of business activity in the information sphere;

- creation of legal conditions for workable competition in the market of information services and works;

- creation of legal conditions for effective information support of physical persons and legal entities, public authorities and local government bodies;

- ensuring legal support and protection of the national producer of information products and information technologies;

- harmonization with the international legislation in the information sphere.

Article 2. Basic principles of the information legislation

The information legislation is based on the following basic principles:

- ensuring freedom of obtaining and distribution of information for all subjects of information relations and the information and infrastructure relations;

- ensuring availability, reliability, completeness and timeliness of information;

- establishment of balance of the rights and legitimate interests of the person, society and state in information activities;

- recognition of information object of civil legal relationship;

- restriction of information access only based on the law;

- ensuring obligation of the publication of socially important information;

- ensuring minimization of negative information impact and negative effects of functioning of information technologies;

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