LAW
ON FREE ACCESS TO INFORMATION
OF PUBLIC CHARACTER

I. GENERAL PROVISIONS

1. Subject of the Law

Article 1

(1) The present Law shall regulate the conditions, manner a nd procedure of exercising
the right to free access to information of public character disposed by state
administration bodies and othe r bodies and institutions established by law, municipal
bodies, bodies of the City of Skopje and of the City of Skopje’s municipalities, public
institutions and services, pub lic enterprises, legal and natural persons performing
public competences and activities of public interest, determined by law (hereinafter
referred to as information holders).
(2) The right to free access to information of public character shall be exercised in
accordance with the present Law and other laws.
(3) The Commission for Protection of the Ri ght to Free Access to Information of
Public Character shall adopt the Instru ctions on the manner and procedure of
implementation of the present Law.

2. The goal of the Law

Article 2

(1) The present Law shall provide for pub licity and openness in the operation of
information holders, and shall enable natural and legal persons to exercise their right
to free access to information of public character.
(2) Information holders shall be bound to provide for public information throughout
their operation.

Article 3

Certain expressions in th e present Law shall have the following meanings:
– “information holders” shall refer to st ate administration bodies and to other
bodies and institutions specified by law, municipal bodies, bodies of the City
of Skopje and to municipalities comp rising the City of Skopje, public
institutions and services, public enterpri ses, and to legal and natural persons
performing public competencies and activities of public interest determined by
law;
– “information of public character” shall refer to information in any form
whatsoever, created and disposed by an in formation holder i.e. disposed by the
information holder only in line with its competencies (hereinafter referred to
as “information”);
– “information requester” shall refer to any legal or natural person without
discrimination on any grounds whatsoever, in a manner and under conditions

prescribed in the present Law and in other laws (hereinafter referred to as “the
requester”); and
– “document” shall refer to any record of information, regardless of its physical
form or features, a written or a pr inted text, maps, schemes, photographs,
pictures, drawings, sketches, working materials, as well as audio, voice,
magnetic or electronic records, optical or video records in any form
whatsoever, as well as mobile equipmen t for automatic data processing with
integrated or transferable memory to store data in digital form.

3. Free access to information

Article 4

(1) Free access to information shall be enjoyed by all legal and natural persons.
(2) Free access to informati on shall also be enjoyed by foreign legal and natural
persons in accordance with th e present Law and other laws.

4. Publishing a list

Article 5

The Commission for Protection of the Right to Free Access to Information of Public
Character shall, once a year (in the media, a bulletin, on a website), publish a list of
holders of information of public character, and the responsible person within the
information holder.

5. Exceptions to the free access to information

Article 6

(1) Information holders may reject a request to access information in accordance with
the law, should the information in question relate to the following:
1. information that, under the law, represents classified information of
appropriate degree of secrecy;
2. personal datum the disclosure of which would mean violation of personal data
protection;
3. information on archive working having been identified as confidential;
4. information the disclosure of wh ich would mean violation of the
confidentiality of the tax procedure;
5. information obtained or compiled within an investigation, a criminal or a
misdemeanor procedure, for the purpose of conducting an administrative or a
civil procedure, the disclosure of whic h would have harmful consequences for
the course of the procedure itself;
6. information relating to commercial and other economic interests, including the
interests of monetary and fiscal policie s, the disclosure of which may have
harmful consequences for the exer cising of a particular function;
7. information contained in a document undergoing a procedure of compiling and
still being subject of harm onization with an informati on holder, the disclosure
of which would cause misunderstanding of the contents of the document in
question;

8. information related with environment pr otection which is not available to the
public due to the human health a nd environmental protection; and
9. information jeopardizing industrial or intellectual property rights (patent,
model, sample, goods or service seal, product origin indication).
(2) Information listed in paragraph (1) he reunder shall become available once the
reasons for its being unavailable shall cease to exist.
(3) Under exception to paragraph (1) here under, information holders shall allow
access to information should, in case such info rmation is published, consequences to
the interest being protected be smaller than the public interest to be maintained with
the publishing of such information.

6. Partial access

Article 7

If a document or any part thereof contai ns information mentioned in Article 6,
paragraph (1) of the present Law, which may be separated from the document in
question without jeopardizing its overall security, the information holder shall
separate such information from the docum ent and shall inform the requester on the
contents of the remaining part of the document.

II. OFFICIAL IN CHARGE OF INFORMATION MEDIATION

2. The official

Article 8

(1) Every information holder shall designate one or more officials for information
mediation for the purpose of exercising th e right to free access to information.
(2) The information holder shall be obliged to inform the public on the official in
charge of information mediation.
(3) The official in charge of information mediation shall maintain contacts with the
information requester and shall provide it with the information and support necessary,
and shall maintain appropriate records of information requests received and of
information storing and issuing.
(4) Several information holders may togeth er appoint one or several officials in
charge of information mediation in the exercising of the right to free access to
information.

III. DUTIES OF INFORMATION HOLDERS

1. Information list

Article 9

Each information holder shall be obliged to regularly maintain and update the list of
information it disposes with, and to publish su ch list so as to make it available to the
public (on a website, information board etc.).

2. Information mediation

Article 10

(1) The information holder shall be obliged to inform the public on the following:
– the basic data to establish contact with the information holder, in particular:
name, address, telephone number, fax number, e-mail address, and website
address;
– the manner of submitting a request for access to information;
– the regulations regarding the competence of the information holder, related to
the register of regulations pub lished in the official gazette;
– the proposed programs, programs, stra tegies, views, opinions, studies, and
other similar documents related with the information holder’s competence;
– all calls for bids with in public procurement procedures, and the tender
documentation specified by law;
– information on its competencies determined by law;
– the organization and costs of operation, of providing services to citizens in
administrative procedures, and of its own activities;
– the issuing of information bulletin s and other forms of informing;
– the website publishing of decisions, acts and measures affecting citizens’ life
and work; and
– other information that may stem from the information holder’s competence
and operation.
(2) Each information holder shall be bound to provide for free-of-charge access to
information mentioned in paragraph (1) hereunder.

Article 11

In order to provide for free access to in formation, the responsible person with the
information holder shall be bound to provide to information requesters premises in
which the latter may have insight to informa tion requested, and officials in charge of
information mediation shall be bound to a ssist information requesters in their
requesting information in accordance with the present Law and with other laws.

IV. THE PROCEDURE OF EXERCISING THE RIGHT TO FREE ACCESS
TO INFORMATION

1. Oral or written requests

Article 12

(1) The requester may request access to in formation in oral, written or electronic
forms.
(2) Each requester shall, on the basis of its request, have the right to access
information maintained by the information holder, in particular by means of insight,
transcript, photocopy or an electronic record.

2. Oral request

Article 13

(1) If the requester demands access to information by means of an oral request, the
information holder shall be obliged to provi de the requester with such access, in a
manner to allow the requester sufficient time to get acquainted with its contents, on
which the information holder shall compile a written note, unless the procedure
involves information mentioned in Article 6, paragraph (1) of the present Law.
(2) If the information holder responds positively to the demand mentioned in
paragraph (1) hereunder, it shall, immediately afterwards, or within ten days
following the submitting of the demand at latest, enable the requester to become
acquainted with the contents of the informa tion request so as to provide the requester
with the opportunity for information insigh t or with a transcript, a photocopy or an
electronic record of the information requested.
(3) Should the information holder respond negati vely to a request or is not able to
respond to such a request immediately, or if the requester files an oral or written
complaint as to the manner of their being acquainted with the information requested,
the official in charge of information media tion shall be obliged to draft an official
note regarding such a demand to include data on the requester and the date of demand
receipt, and to inform the requester of the information in question on the special
request or on the information requested.
(4) In cases mentioned in paragraph (3) he reunder, the procedure following the oral
request shall proceed in the same manner as in case of a written request for
information, in accordance with the present Law.

3. Written request

Article 14

(1) Any written request fo r access to information shall be decided upon by the
information holder, in a procedure determined by the present Law.
(2) Issues within the procedure mentioned in paragraph (1) hereunder not having been
determined by the present Law shall be governed by provisions contained in the
Law
on the General Administrative Procedure.

4. Submitting a request

Article 15

(1) The request for access to information shall be submitted by the requester to the
information holder.
(2) As for a request mentioned in para graph (1) hereunder submitted in electronic
form, the provisions of the present Law and of other laws shall apply.

5. The request content

Article 16

(1) The type and format of the request to access information form shall be determined
by the Commission; the information holder shall be bound to provide the requester
with such a form;

(2) Each request shall contain the title of the information holder, the personal name
and surname of the information requester, data on the possible representative or
authorized person, the firm or the legal person.
(3) In its request, the requester shall be obliged to state the information it wants to
become acquainted with, and the way in which it wants to become acquainted with
the contents of the information requested (insight, transcript, photocopy, electronic
record).
(4) The requester shall not be obliged to provi de justification to its request, but it shall
have to state that it is submitting a request for access to information.
(5) If, on the basis of the subj ect of a request, it is to be concluded that the procedure
is about a request to access information in accordance with the present Law, the
information holder shall be obliged to consid er such a request in accordance with the
present Law.

6. Request supplementing and rejecting

Article 17

(1) If an information request is incomplete and if, due to this fact, the information
holder is not able to act th ereon, it shall ask the informa tion requester to supplement
its request and shall clearly specify the cons equences if the requester fails to do so.
The requester shall be bound to amend its requ est within three days following the date
of its receipt of the notifi cation on the need of supplementing the information request.
(2) The official in charge of informa tion mediation shall be bound to provide the
requester with appropriate assistance in the supplementing of the latter’s request.
(3) Should the requester fail to act in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2)
hereunder, the information holder shall, by a conclusion, find the request to be
withdrawn.
(4) Should a request, even after being suppl emented, fail to meet the requirements
mentioned in Article 16 of the present Law, and should the information holder, due to
this fact, be prevented from considering such a request, the information holder shall
adopt a decision whereby such a request shall be rejected.

7. Request forwarding

Article 18

(1) If the information holder having received an information request does not dispose
with the information requested, it shall, immediately, and within ten days following
its receipt of the request at latest, be obliged to forward this request to the information
holder that, according to the contents of the request in question, is considered to be
the holder of the information requested, and shall inform the requester accordingly.
(2) The prescribed time period to provide information shall commence from the day
the request mentioned in paragraph (1) he reunder is received by the information
holder to whom such request has been forwarded.

Article 19

The procedure following a request to access information of public character shall be
maintained by the official mentioned in Article 8 of the present Law.

8. Request processing

Article 20

(1) If the information holder positively responds to a request, it shall compile a report
thereon.
(2) If the information holder decides to fully or partially reject a request, it shall adopt
an appropriate decision thereto.
(3) In cases mentioned in paragraph (2) hereunder, the decision shall contain an
elaboration of the reasons due to which th e request in question has been rejected.
(4) If the information holder fails to enable the requester access to information within
the time period determined in Article 21 of th e present Law, and if it fails to provide
the requester with the deci sion mentioned in paragraph (2) hereunder, the request
shall be considered rejected, after which a relevant complaint may be filed.

Article 21

(1) The information holder shall be bound to answer the requester’s request
immediately, or within 30 days following the date of information holder’s receipt of
such request at latest.
(2) The information holder shall provide the information in the form requested, unless
the information requested already exists in a pre-determined form and is available to
the public, and unless it is mo re desirable that the information be issued in a form
other than the requested one; in such cases, the information holder shall justify its
reasons for such information issuing.

9. Extension of the time period for issuing the information requested

Article 22

(1) If the information holder should need a time period longer than the one prescribed
in Article 21 of the present Law to enable partial access to certain information, in line
with Article 7 of the present Law, or due to the large scope of the document
requested, it may extend the time period needed, yet the time period for issuing
information may not, as a whole, exceed the period of 40 days following the date of
receipt of an information request.
(2) The information holder shall be bound to in form the requester in written form on
the extension of the time period mentioned in paragraph (1) hereunder, as well as on
the justification of the reasons for the ex tension, which must be done three days at
latest prior to the expiring of the time peri od set out in Article 21 of the present Law.
(3) The information requester shall have the ri ght to initiate a complaint in front of the
Commission for Protection of the Right to Free Access to Information of Public
Character within eight days, should the info rmation holder fail to act within the time
period mentioned in paragraph (1) hereunder.

10. Requests already answered to

Article 23

The information holder shall be bound to inform the information requester regarding
the request for access to information, if the former ha s already responded positively to
an identical or a similar request from the same requester, within six months prior to
the date of such request receipt.

11. Responding to an information request

Article 24

(1) If the information holder positively responds to a request, it shall immediately
enable the requester to become acquainte d with the contents of the information
requested, in particular by means of in sight, transcript, photocopy, or electronic
records.
(2) If the requester demands that the info rmation be provided to it for insight, the
information holder shall be bound to enable such insight by providing to the requester
sufficient time to become acquainted with the contents of the information in question.
(3) If, as a result of the information pr ovided a request for additional information
related to the documents owned by the info rmation holder arises, in line with the
Articles 15 and 16 of the presen t Law, together with the already provided answer the
requester submits new request.
(4) Should the requester consider that the information it has become acquainted with
is not the information it has stated in its request, it may request the information holder
to enable it to become acquainted with the information it originally mentioned in its
request, within ten days at latest following the receipt of the repeated request on the
part of the information holder.

12. The language of request submitting

Article 25

The requester shall submit its request to the information holder in the Macedonian
language and its Cyrillic alphabet; the reque ster speaking an official language other
than the Macedonian language and alphabet may submit its request also in the official
language and alphabet being used in accordance with the law.

13. Request rejection and notification

Article 26

(1) The information holder may fully or partia lly reject a request if it finds that the
information requested represents informati on mentioned in Article 6, paragraph (1),
bearing in mind also Article 6, para graph (3) of the present Law.
(2) If the request relates to information not disposed by the information holder, or if
the information requested has already been published in accordance with Articles 18
and 23 of the present Law, the requester sh all be notified thereon in written form.

14. The right to legal protection

Article 27

Each requester having submitted a written request for access to information shall be
entitled to legal protection in acco rdance with the present Law.

15. The appeal procedure

Article 28

(1) The requester shall have the right to initiate a complaint in front of the
Commission for Protection of the Right to Free Access to Information of Public
Character, against the decision in which the information holder has rejected its
request, within 15 days following the date of the requester’s receipt of the relevant
decision.
(2) The requester shall have the right to submit complaint to the Commission for
Protection of the Right to Free Access to Information of Public Character, in case the
information holder has failed to act in ac cordance with Article 20, paragraph (4),
Article 24, paragraph (4), and Article 26, pa ragraph (1) of the present Law, within
eight days following the date of its r eceipt of the relevant act at latest.
(3) The Commission for Protection of the Ri ght to Free Access to Information of
Public Character shall decide upon the request er’s complaint within 15 days following
the date of complaint receipt.
(4) The appeal procedure mentioned in paragr aph (2) hereunder shall be maintained in
accordance with the provisions contained in the Law on the General Administrative
Procedure.

V. COSTS OF INFORMATION MEDIATION

Article 29

(1) Insight to information requested shall be provided free of charge.
(2) For the obtained transcript, photocopy or electronic records, the information
requester shall pay a fee to the amount of material costs to be covered.
(3) The Government of the Republic of Macedonia shall, upon proposal from the
Ministry of Finance, adopt an act specifyi ng the reimbursement of material costs of
information providing by information holders.
(4) The information holder shall publish the amount of the fee mentioned in paragraph
(3) hereunder in an appropriate manner (in the official bulletin of the information
holder, on its website, on an information board, etc.), and shall make this amount
known to any requester before it submits its request.
(5) Should the request relate to information of larger scope, the information holder
may ask the requester to in advance pay the fee to cover the costs of information
obtaining.

VI. THE COMMISSION FOR PROTEC TION OF THE RIGHT TO FREE
ACCESS TO INFORMATION OF PUBLIC CHARACTER

1. The status of the Commission

Article 30

(1) The Commission for Protection of the Right to Free Access to Information of
Public Character (hereinafter referred to as “the Commission”) shall be independent in
its work and in its adoption of decisions within its competencies determined by the
present Law.
(2) The funds for the operation of the Comm ission shall be provided by the Budget of
the Republic of Macedonia. The seat of the Commission is in Skopje. The
Commission reports to the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia and submits
annual report for its work.

2. Composition, appointment and dismissal of the Commission

Article 31

(1) The Commission is consisted of five member s, one of them is president and one is
vice-president. The term of office of the me mbers is five years with the right to re-
appointment. The president and the vice -president perform their functions
professionally.
(2) Upon proposal from the Government of the Republic of Macedonia, the president,
vice-president and the member of the Co mmission representing the nongovernmental
sector shall be appointed and dismisse d by the Parliament of the Republic of
Macedonia, for a five-year period, with the right to re-appointment.
(3) Two members of the Commission from among the Commission’s expert service
shall, upon proposal from the Government of the Republic of Macedonia, be
appointed and dismissed by the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia, for a five-
year period and with the right to be re-elected.
(4) The president of the Commission shall represent the Commission and shall govern
its work.
(5) The positions of the Commission presid ent and vice-president, as well as the
Commission member representing the nongove rnmental sector shall be open for
appointment to any person being citizen of the Republic of Macedonia, being
respected and distinguished in the fields of information and access to information of
public character.
(6) During their mandates, the Commission president, vice-president and members
may not perform duties within political parties’ bodies.
(7) The Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia shall dismiss the Commission
president, vice-president or member prior to the expiration of their mandates, in cases
of a proposal from the Government of the Republic of Macedonia, upon personal
request from these persons, in case of these persons’ illness which will prevent them
from performing their duties, or when such persons shall act contrary to the provisions
of the present Law.
(8) If under paragraph (7) of this Article the position of the Commission member or
its deputy ceases, prior to the expiration of th eir term of office, the Parliament of the
Republic of Macedonia, upon proposal from the Government of the Republic of
Macedonia, shall appoint ne w Commission member with a new term of office.

3. The competences of the Commission

Article 32

The Commission shall perform the following tasks:

– it shall decide on each complaint against the decision and conclusion whereby an
information holder shall reject a request to access information filed by an information
requester;
– it shall make sure that provisions of the presen t Law are implemented;
– it shall compile and publish a list of information holders;
– it shall issue opinions on proposed laws regulating free access to information;
– it shall carry out activities regarding the education of information holders to provide
information requesters with information disposed of by them;
– it shall cooperate with information holders regarding the exercising of the right to
access information;
– it shall issue proposals regarding the necessary funding for the Commission’s
operation in the process of drafting the Budget of the Republic of Macedonia;
– it shall adopt the Book of Rules for its operation;
– it shall draft the annual re port on its operation and shall su bmit it to the Parliament
of the Republic of Macedonia;
– it shall perform tasks in the field of international cooperation related with the
meeting of Republic of Macedonia’s international commitments, take part in the
implementation of international organizati ons’ projects, and shall cooperate with
bodies from other countries and institutions in the field of free access to information
of public character;
– it shall adopt Statute and other acts to determine the manner of its operation and
organization; and
– it shall also perform other tasks determined by the present Law.

4. Manner of operation

Article 33

The Commission shall perform the tasks w ithin its competence on its sessions. The
manner of work and decision-making shall be regulated by the Statute for which
consent shall be given by the Parlia ment of the Republic of Macedonia.

5. Expert service

Article 34

The administrative, expert and other ad ministrative and technical tasks of the
Commission shall be performed by its expert service that shall be governed by a head
of the service who shall be appointed and dismissed by the Commission.

6. Judicial protection

Article 35

A suit to initiate an administrative dispute in front of the competent court may be filed
against a decision issued by the Commission.

VII. PUBLIC INFORMATION REGARDING ACCESS TO INFORMATION

Article 36

(1) Information holders shall inform the public on the manner and conditions of
access to information.
(2) For the purpose of implementing the prov isions contained in the present Law,
information holders shall cooperate with the information holders and with the
Commission.

VIII. THE ANNUAL REPORT

Article 37

(1) The responsible person within the information holder shall be obliged to draft an
annual report regarding the implementation of the present Law, and shall submit this
report for the previous year, to the Comm ission by 31 January of the current year.
(2) The report mentioned in paragraph (1) hereunder shall contain, in particular:
– data on officials in charge of informa tion mediation with information holders;
– the number of requests submitted;
– the number of requests having received positive response;
– the number of requests rejected, includi ng a specification of reasons for each
rejected request;
– the number of filed complaints and d ecisions, including a description of each
decision and an elaboration of the reas ons for any decision made in cases of
repeated rejection of providing the information requested;
– the number of initiated administrative dis putes against a final decision or in
case of no response on the part of the information holder;
– the number and list of court decisions made in which positive response has
been provided to the suit on the part of the requester within the administrative
procedure, as well as statement of the reasons on which the decision of the
competent court is based.
(3) The Commission shall compile a joint repor t for the implementation of the present
Law on the basis of data obtained from reports submitted by information holders and
shall, by 31 March of the current year, submit this report referring to the previous year
to the Parliament of th e Republic of Macedonia.
(4) After the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia have reviewed and adopted the
report mentioned in paragraph (3) hereunder, it shall be published in the media (a
bulletin, on a website).

Article 38

Any responsibility shal l be removed from an employee within the state administration
that shall disclose protected information, in case such information be of significance
for the disclosure of abuse of power a nd corruptive behavior, as well as for the
prevention of serious threats to human health and life and the environment.

IX. PENAL PROVISIONS

Article 39

A fine of 30,000 to 50,000 denars shall be imposed for an offense to the responsible
person i.e. the official with the information holder having failed to provide
information of public characte r in accordance with the provisions of the present Law.

Article 40

A fine of 30,000 to 50,000 denars shall be im posed for an offense to the responsible
person i.e. to the official with the info rmation holder having disclosed information
contrary to Article 6, paragraph (1) of the present Law, having reject
ed access to
information or provided access to information contrary to the provisions of the present
Law, which has caused damage to the requester, the public, or the interest being
safeguarded by such information.

Article 41

A fine of 20,000 to 40,000 denars shall be im posed for an offense to the responsible
person with the information hol der having failed to appoint an official in charge of
mediation in the exercising of the right to free access to information (cf. Article 8).

Article 42

A fine of 20,000 to 50,000 denars shall be im posed for an offense to the responsible
person with the information holder having fa iled to maintain and update records on
information disposed by the information holder, and having failed to publish such
information in an adequate manner accessible by the requester, in accordance with
Article 9 of the present Law.

Article 43

(1) A fine of 20,000 to 40,000 denars shall be imposed for an offense to the
responsible person with the information holde r having failed to provide to requesters
premises needed for insight into info rmation requested (cf. Article 11).
(2) A fine of 20,000 to 50,000 denars shall be imposed for an offense to the official in
charge of information mediation with the information hold er having failed to provide
requesters with assistance in requesting in formation in accordance with the present
Law (cf. Article 11).

Article 44

(1) A fine of 20,000 to 50,000 denars shall be imposed for an offense to the official in
charge of information mediation with th e information holder having failed, with no
just reasons, to mediate the information requested within the time period specified (cf.
Article 21).
(2) A fine of 20,000 to 50,000 denars shall be imposed for an offense to the person
with the information holder that, in a complaint procedure, shall fail to submit the
document in question or shall prevent insight to the document in question on the part
of the Commission (cf. Article 32).

Article 45

A fine of 5,000 to 30,000 denars shall be imposed for an offense to the responsible
person with the information holder failing to draft the annual report on the
implementation of the present Law and to submit it to the Commission (cf. Article
37).

X. TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 46

The secondary legislation mentioned in Ar ticle 1, paragraph (3) of the present Law
shall be adopted within three months follo wing the date of entry into force of the
present Law.

Article 47

The Government of the Republic of Mace donia shall adopt the act mentioned in
Article 29, paragraph (3) of the present Law, within four months following the date of
entry into force of the present Law.

Article 48

Information holders shall designate their offi cials in charge of information mediation,
mentioned in Article 8 of the present Law, within four months following the date of
entry into force of the present Law.

Article 49

(1) The president, vice-president and the members of the Commission shall be
appointed within 30 days following the date of entry into force of the present Law.

(2) The Information Agency shall cease to operate.
(3) The Commission shall take over the Information Agency staff within its Expert
Service, within 60 days following the date of entry into force of the present Law.
(4) The Commission shall take over from the Information Agency the material,
technical, spatial and other conditions necessa ry for the enactment of the present Law,
within 60 days following the date of en try into force of the present Law.
(5) The Commission shall adopt relevant seco ndary legislation within three months
following the date of entry into force of the present Law.
(6) In cooperation with the Government of the Republic of Macedonia and the
nongovernmental sector, and with the support from international organizations, the
Commission shall perform training of persons in charge of the enactment of the
present Law, within six months following th e date of entry into force of the present
Law.

Article 50

The present Law shall enter into force on th e eighth day from the date of its being
published in “The Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia”, and shall be
enacted as of 1 September, 2006.