This process touched also legislation on access to public information which has been amended to reflect European and international standards.
[6] The public authority body in charge of acting upon the request of access to information is obliged to conduct the Proportionality Interest Test in order to reach the decision about disclosure.
Proportionality Test and Public Interest Test refer to the assessment of proportionality between reasons for granting access to information and reasons for imposing restrictions and granting access to information only when the public interest prevails.
[6] If the public authority does not hold the information, it is obliged to transfer the request to the body that might have it and notify the submitter thereof.
[6] The Croatian law on access to public information is quite advanced and in line with international standards and best practices.
[4][7] One of the main problem affecting the realization of the right of access to public information is the lack of adequate resources allocated to the office of the Commissioner.
However, the report showed that, due to a lack of staff and resources, not all the complaints received during 2015 have been solved by the Commissioner’s Office.
[8] Also, according to Commissioner Musa, the implementation of the law is particularly problematic at regional and local level and when it comes to requesting information to private entities providing a public service or to enterprises where the state holds the majority of capital shares.
[8] In Croatia, the web platform imamopravoznati.org, developed using the Alavetely software, has been launched to facilitate citizens' exercise of the right of access to public information.