On Making an Addition to the General Administrative Code of Georgia

On Making an Addition to the General Administrative Code of Georgia

Law of Georgia

On Making an Addition to the General Administrative Code of Georgia

Article 1🔗

The following Article 37¹ shall be added to the General Administrative Code of Georgia (Legislative Herald of Georgia, No 32(39), 1999, Art. 166):

„Article 37¹. Access to Personal Data and Information Constituting a Commercial Secret for a Public Institution

1. A public institution shall, on the basis of a duly made written request, be obliged to issue to another public institution, in the form of a certificate, the personal data or information constituting a commercial secret held by it, which is necessary for the public institution to decide the matter, if it submits the written consent of the person whose personal data or commercial secret the relevant information constitutes.

2. The written consent referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be deemed to have been given if the person expresses, in an application or any other written document, consent that the public institution from which he/she requests the decision of the matter should itself request his/her personal data or information constituting a commercial secret from the relevant public institution.

3. The bodies issuing and requesting another person's personal data or information constituting a commercial secret shall be obliged to maintain the confidentiality of the said data or information.“.

Article 2🔗

This Law shall enter into force upon publication.

President of Georgia M. Saakashvili.

Tbilisi,

27 December 2005.

No. 2542-rs