Submissions in compliance with Act No. 106/1999 Coll.

Policy for the provision of information in compliance with Act No. 106/1999 Coll. on Free Access to Information

Name, address, telephone, and email of the contact person to whom written information requests can be submitted:

Mgr. Zdislava Kazmirowská
Prosecká 809/76, 190 00 Praha 9
tel: +420 225 443 252, +420 286 887 513
email: sekretariat@hiu.cas.cz

Name, address, telephone, and email of the contact persons with whom decisions on requests or proposals may be appealed:

PhDr. Eva Doležalová, Ph.D.
statutory deputy director
Prosecká 809/76, 190 00 Praha 9
tel.: +420 286 892 533, +420 225 443 307
email: dolezal@hiu.cas.cz 

Mgr. Zdislava Kazmirowská
Prosecká 809/76, 190 00 Praha 9
tel: +420 225 443 252, +420 286 887 513
email: sekretariat@hiu.cas.cz


Deadlines stipulated by law:

  • if necessary, in compliance with section 14 of Act No. 106/1999 Coll. the institute must ask the requester to further specify the information being requested and/or provide additional required details not later than 7 calendar days of submission of a request;
  • if the institute does not receive the aforesaid specification and/or additional required details, the request will be denied not later than 30 calendar days of submission; 
  • if a request is deferred, the requester must be informed not later than 3 calendar days of deferment or not later than the legal deadline for processing information requests; 
  • the institute must provide the requested information not later than 15 calendar days of submission of a request; 
  • this deadline of 15 calendar days may be extended by up to 10 calendar days (i.e. to a total of 25 calendar days) in special cases, including: 
    - the retrieval and collection of requested information in other fields, 
    - requests for large quantities of separate and diverse information in a single submission,
    - the need to consult with another institution (or with two or more departments within an institution with a vested interest in the subject matter of the request);
  • not later than 15 calendar days, the requester must be informed of the reasons for extending the original deadline; 
  • if a requester wishes to appeal a decision, they must do so not later than 15 calendar days of receiving the decision.

Fees for processing information requests

Original documents are available in Czech only.