The job 'Transparency and the right of access to public information in Catalan law 19/2014. reflections on its scope and the competence framework in which it is inserted'of the jurist and political scientist John Ridao published a InDret, Journal for the Analysis of Law analyzes, based on the Catalan Law 19/2014, on transparency, access to public information and good governance, the problems arising from competition between the State and the Autonomous Communities. Specifically, the applicability of the basic state legislation and some of the most relevant substantive aspects of the Catalan norm.
In this analysis, it is clear that Catalan law goes beyond the state law and constitutes a more complete general rule that favors transparency and access to information than its state counterpart and that the rest of the regional legislation. in force, although the author argues that not all possibilities are available to make a fully effective regulation of transparency.
The main singularities presented by the Catalan Law 19/2014 are enumerated in three main issues:
- the consecration of positive silence in requests for access to information,
- stakeholder regulation i
- the increase in transparency in sectoral areas of administrative action, such as the elaboration of rules.
