The job 'La transparència and the right of access to public information in Catalan law 19/2014. reflections on its scope and the framework of competence in which it is inserted'of the jurist and political scientist John Ridao published in InDret, Journal for the Analysis of Law analyzes, based on Catalan Law 19/2014, of transparència, access to public information and good governance, the problems arising from the competition between the State and the autonomous communities. Specifically, the applicability of 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 state law and constitutes a more complete and favorable general norm. transparència and access to information than its state counterpart and the rest of the regional legislation in force, although the author argues that not all the possibilities at its disposal are taken advantage of to make a fully effective regulation of the transparència.
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 of transparència in sectoral areas of administrative action, such as the development of regulations.
