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

The person responsible for applying Law no. 544/2001 regarding free access to information of public interest with subsequent amendments and completions, 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 information of public interest within 10 days or, as the case may be, within 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 required to identify and disseminate the requested information exceeds 10 days, the answer will be communicated to the requester within a maximum of 30 days, provided they are notified in writing about this within 10 days.

The deadlines for communicating a response to requests for information of public interest are calculated from the date of registration of the request and do not include as part of the calculation the day the term begins, nor the day when it ends. When the last day of a term falls on a non-working day, the term is extended until the first subsequent working day.

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

More information regarding the policy of the City Hall of Ștefănești in terms of processing personal data, 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.