Implementing Regulation of the Law on the Publication of Official Acts (RELPAO), dated 30 November 2016 - Scope of Article 4, paragraph 1, letter a of LPAO (RELPAO)

The Council of State may decide not to publish a general and abstract decree or regulation under the following cumulative conditions

a) the publication is likely to cause a disturbance to public order or a threat to public security;

b) the act that is not published can be communicated to its intended recipients by other means.

[2] 1 The subscription to the Official Gazette is carried out through the single secure portal, according to the indications provided therein.

2. The price of the annual subscription is 53 francs.

[3] 1. The purchase of an individual issue of the Official Gazette is conducted through the centralized secure portal, pursuant to the instructions provided therein.

2. Each issue of the Official Gazette is sold at a price of 4 francs.

3. Purchased issues are delivered in electronic format.

1. A certified true copy of each publication made in the Official Gazette may be obtained exclusively from the State Chancellery.

2. Any person requesting a certified copy of a personal notification of which they are not the direct recipient must demonstrate an interest. The authority that requested the publication of the notification is presumed to have an interest in obtaining a certified copy.

3. A fee of 20 francs is charged for each certified copy issued.

4. Certified copies of publications requested by the authority from which they originate are issued free of charge.

1. One copy of each issue of the Official Gazette is available to the public at the State Chancellery and can be consulted on-site.

2. For any uncertified photocopy, a fee of 1 franc is payable.

1. Municipalities provide the Official Gazette to their population freely accessible, according to one of the following methods

a) providing a printed copy at one of their counters;

b) providing a computer terminal allowing the reading of the Official Gazette in electronic form.

2. Any other method of dissemination of the Official Gazette by the municipalities is not permitted.

1. All requests for publication must be submitted to the State Chancellery at least 48 hours before the desired publication date.

2. Requests for publication are to be sent to the State Chancellery via the secure single portal.

3. Exceptions are made for acts of the Grand Council and the State Council, as well as publications concerning public procurement, which are to be sent to the Chancellery in accordance with the instructions provided by it.

[4] 1 Publications give rise to the collection of the following fee

b) 64 francs for more than one A4 page.

2. State services and judicial authorities are exempt from the fee except in cases where the law allows them to charge it to a third party, particularly the recipient of a notification.

1. The State Chancellery is the custodian of the file within the meaning of the Intercantonal Convention on Data Protection and Transparency in the Cantons of Jura and Neuchâtel (CPDT-JUNE), of May 9, 2012 [5].

2. The management of data in the Official Gazette is carried out through the single secure portal.

1. This regulation shall enter into force on January 1, 2017.

2. It shall be published in the Official Gazette and inserted into the Neuchâtel Legislative Compendium.