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18 September 2014
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France2 News
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Dutch authorities pay fines |
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In the Netherlands the authorities are obliged to react on a request or an appeal to make official documents public within 28 days and an extra four weeks, otherwise the municipality, ministry, but also the police and the tax office will have to pay a fine. Especially municipalities are flooded with requests and since there is often not enough time to react many cases have to be compensated. The maximum fine is €. 1260,=
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