Right of Access

It establishes the right of private individuals, including administrations, associations and committees representing public or widespread interests, who have a concrete, direct and current interest, to view and, if necessary, obtain copies of documents and measures drawn up by the Authority or permanently held by it.

It may be exercised by a person other than the interested party in the presence of a proxy to be prepared in accordance with the Proxy Form.

Types of document access:

Informal: this is also permitted by verbal request exclusively in cases where there is no doubt as to the legitimacy of the applicant and the presence of counter-interested parties is categorically excluded.

Formal: to be exercised by means of a request that can be submitted using the Document Access Form.

Response deadline: 30 days from the date of submission of the request or any additions.

Other interested parties: In the presence of other interested parties who would see their right to confidentiality compromised by the disclosure of the requested document, the deadline is extended by 10 days to allow for any opposition.

Conclusion of the procedure: The request is considered rejected if the deadline expires without a response.

Access may be refused, deferred or limited: in its final decision, the administration must justify its decision by indicating the specific legal references.

Protections for the applicant and any interested parties

The applicant and the other party may avail themselves of the protection measures referred to in Article 25, Procedures for exercising the right of access and appeals, of Law 241/1990, as amended, and Article 12, Administrative protection before the Access Commission, of Presidential Decree 184/2006.

Governed by Article 22 et seq. of Law 241/1990 et seq.

It is a right of anyone to request, free of charge and without the need of giving any reason, for the disclosure of documents, informations or data omitted to publish by the Entity, despite being under an obligation to do so.

Deadline of response: 30 days, starting from the date of submission of the request or any integrations.

Conclusion of the procedure: the last step of the process consists of the disclosure of the missing data/information/document, while at the same time contacting the requestity entity/individual with a link to the aforementioned.

Protection for the applicant: in the event of non-compliance, recourse may be sought from the individual using the Civic Access Request Form to the substitute authority, which must respond within 15 days.

The substitute authority is represented by the Administrative Committee of EDISU Piemonte (segreteriadirezione@edisu-piemonte.it)

In case of inaction by the AC, recourse to the Ombudsman (Civic defender) responsible for the territory or the Piedmont Regional Administrative Court

Governed by Article 5, paragraph 1 of Legislative Decree 33/2013 and subsequent amendments and additions.

Access application

Access request to the Substitute authority

It is a right of anyone to request, free of charge and without the need of giving any reason, for the disclosure of documents, informations or data retained by the Entity different from those under obligation of publication, in compliance with the limits relating to the protection of legally relevant interests indicated in Article 5bis of Legislative Decree 33/2013 and subsequent amendments and additions. 

Deadline of response: 30 days, starting from the date of submission of the request or any integrations.

Counterparty: In presence of an opposing party, the response's deadline is defered by ten days to allow any opposition.

Conclusion of the Procedure: the finale measure can be of the following kinds: Acceptance, Rejection, Partial rejection, Deferral

Protection for the applicant and any opposing party

Within 30 days since rejection, partial rejection, deferral, failure to respond within the deadline, it is allowed to submit a re-examination request to the RPCT (Head of Corruption Prevention and Transparency), using the re-examination form.

The RPCT must give an answer within 20 days; in presence of an opposing party,, the deadline is defered by 10 days to allow any opposition.

As an alternative to re-examination, it is possible to appeal to the competent local Ombudsman, who must issue a ruling within 30 days.

If, within 30 days of the Ombudsman's ruling that the refusal or postponement is unlawful, the administration does not confirm its initial decision, access is granted.

An appeal may be lodged with the Piedmont TAR (Regional Administrative Court) against the decision on the request for access or on the request for review to the RPCT.

The counterparty may request a re-examination or appeal against any of the management's decision to accept the access' request despite the opposition.

(FOIA - Freedom of Information Act) Governed by Article 5, paragraph 2 of Legislative Decree 33/2013 and subsequent amendments and additions.

The Regulations and more detailed information on the different types of access are published in the Transparent Administration/Other Content/Civic Access section of the institutional website.

1. Fill in the editable PDF form and sign it digitally; alternatively, print it, fill it in manually and sign it by hand.
2. Send the form, together with a scan of a valid identity document, to the certified email address: edisu@cert.edisu.piemonte.it or to the email address: protocollo@edisu-piemonte.it

The deadline for completing the access procedure will start from the date of receipt of the duly completed application form accompanied by a valid identity document.