Ordinance
on Freedom of Information in the Administration
(Freedom of Information Ordinance, FoIO)

(Art. 13 FoIA)

¹ The Fed­er­al Data Pro­tec­tion and In­form­a­tion Com­mis­sion­er (the Com­mis­sion­er) shall ex­am­ine wheth­er the ap­plic­a­tion for ac­cess was pro­cessed law­fully and ap­pro­pri­ately.

² The Com­mis­sion­er shall hear the parties to me­di­ation pro­ceed­ings and strive to reach an agree­ment. Where ne­ces­sary, he shall sub­mit pro­pos­als. The pro­ceed­ings may be con­duc­ted in writ­ing or verbally.

³ The Com­mis­sion­er shall as­cer­tain the res­ult of me­di­ation pro­ceed­ings and in­form the parties of same in writ­ing.