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Environmental information held by bodies obliged to provide information is not a secret. In principle, everyone has the right to access such information.
Environmental information held by bodies obliged to provide information (public authorities, municipalities and private-law institutions that perform public tasks or provide public services related to the environment) is not a secret. In principle, everyone has the right of access to such information.
The concept of environmental information is to be understood very broadly. It includes all data on
The right of access to environmental information is limited to information that is available to or held by the bodies required to provide information.
If public or private interests prevent the disclosure of certain information, the right to information is limited or excluded unless the public interest in disclosure prevails.
The protection of public interests requires this, for example
The protection of private interests restricts the disclosure of information if it is
The compilation and transmission of environmental information incurs costs (fees and expenses), which are kept within reasonable limits and may have to be invoiced. Oral and simple written information and the inspection of environmental information on site are free of charge. In other respects, the Bavarian state authorities charge fees of between 10 and 2500 euros depending on the amount of work involved and, where applicable, expenses, e.g. for copies (in accordance with tariff nos. 1.I.10/2 or 1.III.0/1.2 of the Schedule of Costs under the Costs Act).
The local authorities charge costs in accordance with their respective cost statutes.
You should therefore also ask what it costs to transmit the information.