New bill to scrap 30-year-rule limiting access to archives

We expect the provisions of this bill that make it possible for digital operations in the digital format to be stored in archives, which will considerably reduce the costs of doing business, Culture Minister Nina Obuljen-Korzinek said.

She added that the new law meant the liberalisation of access to archival materials.

It is a crucial novelty whereby we make archival materials available as much as possible in comparison to previous procedures, she said.

The bill also envisages the elimination of the "thirty-year rule" under which, until now, archived documents could be released publicly only thirty years after they were created.

Furthermore, materials which were created between 1945 and May 30, 1990 and stored in the archives will now be made available without restrictions, except when it comes to classified personal data.

The government also put forward to the parliament a bill on museums envisaging the strengthening of the role of the Museum Documentation Centre.

Also, a final bill on audiovisual services was formulated by the government. It specifies more precisely the procedure for the selection of Croatian Audio Visual Centre (HAVC) members and their powers, as well as more clearly defining funding of HAVC's operation.

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