Documented case files

Follow the requests, responses and rulings in context.

2014 · Claim granted in part at first instance

Access to decisions resulting from public financial control

Satu Mare Tribunal granted in part the Foundation’s claim concerning decisions issued on the basis of financial audit reports. The judgment provides for disclosure of the information subject to the statutory conditions on copying costs and identifies appeal on points of law as the available remedy.

2025 · Claim granted at first instance

Access to road-related documentation for public works

The Foundation requested from Cluj County Police Inspectorate the approval and documentation relating to traffic restrictions and the reinstatement of infrastructure following sewerage works. Satu Mare Tribunal ordered disclosure of the information in a first-instance judgment that provides for appeal on points of law.

2025 · Correspondence on compliance with a judgment

Access to documents on noise inspections and measurements

The Foundation requested information from Satu Mare Public Health Directorate on complaints, inspections and measurements relating to noise, then asked the court to order the institution to disclose the documents. In a subsequent letter, the institution recorded that it had sent documents in compliance with the judgment cited.

2017-2018 · Appeal on points of law determined

Access to a public institution’s Treasury account statements

Satu Mare Tribunal ordered disclosure of the Treasury account statements requested from the Prosecutor’s Office attached to Covasna Tribunal, with personal data anonymised. Oradea Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal on points of law as unfounded in Final Decision No. 381/CA/2018-R.

2025–2026 · Appeal on points of law determined

Access to information on the processing of electronic petitions

The Foundation challenged the National Environmental Guard’s refusal to disclose information on the receipt and processing of electronic petitions. In Decision No. 570/CA/2026-R of 12 October 2026, Oradea Court of Appeal allowed FEW’s appeal on points of law, quashed the judgment in its entirety and allowed the action in part, ordering GNM to disclose the information under points 1, 2.2, 5 and 7 of the request. The decision is final.

· Appeal on points of law determined by a declaration of nullity

Access to information on public payments and uncollected fines

Satu Mare Tribunal ordered disclosure of the information on payments from public funds and uncollected fines requested from the local administration in Feleacu. Oradea Court of Appeal declared the authority’s appeal on points of law null and void in a decision marked ‘final’.