Freedom of Information Ordinance (FoIO)
(Art. 5 para. 3 FoIA)
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Art. 1
1 Information supplied by an authority in exchange for payment, including information that is of direct use in the manufacture of a product, is deemed to be a commercially used document. 2 A document shall be deemed to have been definitively issued, where: a. it has been signed by the authority from which it originated; or b. its creator has provided a final copy thereof to the recipient for information purposes or so that the latter may take a position or a decision. 3 A document shall be deemed to be for personal use, where it comprises information reserved for work-related purposes, provided that same shall solely be used by its creator or by a limited group of persons as work-supporting documentation, such as notes or working copies of documents.
