This procedure regulates the method of access to public interest information according to Law no. 544/2001 and the Methodological Norms from February 7, 2002, for the application of Law no. 544/2001 regarding free access to public interest information with subsequent amendments and additions, within the City Hall of Ștefănești.

The person responsible for applying Law no. 544/2001 regarding free access to public interest information with subsequent amendments and additions, at the level of the City Hall of Ștefănești is Ion Ileana – Luminița, inspector within the Registry and Public Relations Department.

Public authorities and institutions are obliged to respond in writing to requests for public interest information within 10 days or, as the case may be, at most 30 days from the registration of the request, depending on the difficulty, complexity, volume of documentary work, and urgency of the request. If the time needed to identify and disseminate the requested information exceeds 10 days, the response will be communicated to the applicant within a maximum of 30 days, provided that the applicant is informed in writing about this fact within 10 days.

The deadlines for communicating a response to applicants for information of interest are calculated from the date of registration of the request, and neither the day from which the term starts nor the day when it expires are included in the calculation. When the last day of a deadline falls on a non-working day, the deadline is extended until the first working day thereafter.

Regarding personal data collected by the City Hall of Ștefănești, they are processed in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EU) no. 679/2016 regarding the Protection of Personal Data, the purpose of processing these data being established by the fulfillment of the legal duties and obligations instituted by Law no. 544/2001 regarding free access to information of public interest, with subsequent amendments and additions.

More information regarding the policy of the City Hall of Ștefănești on personal data processing, as well as the person responsible for data protection within the institution, can be found on the institution's website www.stefanesti-arges.ro, in the "GDPR" section.