{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2004-508/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2004-508/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2004/508",
  "legislation_title": "Decision of the Administrative Board of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work of 4 March 2004 on the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council regarding public access to documents of the European Parliament, of the Council and of the Commission (2004/508/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2004-508",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Treatment of initial applications",
  "text": "1. Without prejudice to Article 8 of this Decision, as soon as the application is registered, an acknowledgement of receipt shall be sent to the applicant, unless the answer can be sent by return post.\nThe acknowledgement of receipt and the answer shall be sent in writing, where appropriate, by electronic means.\n2. The applicant shall be informed of the response to his/her application by the Head of Unit concerned.\n3. Any answer which is even partly negative shall inform the applicant of his/her right to submit, within 15 working days from receipt of the answer, a confirmatory application to the Agency to reconsider its position.\n4. Failure by the Agency to reply within the prescribed time limit shall entitle the applicant to make a confirmatory application.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2004/508/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:18:11.665973+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}