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FEDERAL LAW OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

of February 9, 2009 No. 8-FZ

About ensuring access to information on activities of state bodies and local government bodies

(as amended on 30-11-2022)

Accepted by the State Duma on January 21, 2009

Approved by the Federation Council on January 28, 2009

Chapter 1. General provisions

Article 1. The basic concepts used in this Federal Law

For the purposes of this Federal Law the following basic concepts are used:

1) information on activities of state bodies and local government bodies - information (including documented) created within the powers by the state bodies, their territorial authorities, local government bodies or the organizations subordinated to state bodies, local government bodies (further - the subordinated organizations), or arrived in the specified bodies and the organizations. To information on activities of state bodies and local government bodies also the laws and other regulatory legal acts, and belong to information on activities of local government bodies - the municipal legal acts establishing structure, powers, procedure for forming and activities of the specified bodies and the organizations, other information concerning their activities;

2) state bodies - the public authorities of the Russian Federation, public authorities of subjects of the Russian Federation and other state bodies formed in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation, the legislation of subjects of the Russian Federation;

3) the user information - the citizen (physical person), the organization (legal entity), public association performing information search about activities of state bodies and local government bodies. Users information are also state bodies, local government bodies performing search of the specified information according to this Federal Law;

4) request - the address of the user information in oral or written form, including in the form of the electronic document, in state body or local government body or to his official about provision of information on activities of this body;

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