10/03/2020
Response by Minister to Request for Information
Appears in case: Complaint Against the Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism Through an ‘Ordinary Administrative Procedure’
Jurisdiction
Spain
Locale
Armed Conflict in Yemen
Recipient State
Saudi Arabia
Document Type
Pre-Court Documents
The Secretary of State for Trade refuses to provide the requested information. In particular, the government relies on the classified nature of the minutes of the JIMDDU under the Official Secrets Act, and states that detailed information on export authorisation decisions contain sensitive commercial information that must remain confidential, a permissible limit to the right to access information under Law 19/2013.
