Lawmakers vote for legal redress in Paks data case

Budapest, March 30 (MTI) – Parliament on Wednesday amended rules pertaining to requests for data in the public interest concerning the expansion of the Paks nuclear power plant, opening up the possibility for legal redress should the state deny a request. The amendment is a response to objections by the European Commission to a secrecy clause in the original law.

In the law passed last May, business and technical data in connection with the investment was stamped secret for 30 years.

The justice minister, László Trócsányi, said the amendment did not amount to a substantive change but rather made it clear that any refusal of a request for data can only be made if disclosure would harm national security interests or violate intellectual property rights.

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Source: http://mtva.hu/hu/hungary-matters