Commissioner for Information of Public Importance published in official electronic presentation www.poverenik.org.yu a Catalogue of Public Authorities. The document contains data about 10 847 state and other bodies and organizations with obligations pertaining to the Law on Free Access to Information. According to the Law, there belong, besides state authorities, territorial autonomy authorities, those of local self government, organizations in charge of public authorizations, also legal entities established by or that are completely or in large part financed by the state.

In relation to this, the Commissioner Rodoljub Šabić stated:

„The published Catalogue is surely one of quality documents of this kind, and is significantly better than many similar ones published in our widest surroundings. Otherwise, compilation of such documents in the other countries as well represents a very complex task, as a rule under the authority of the Government. I am very satisfied, that the Service of Commissioner for Information, although it is not its obligation, has implemented this task, especially having in mind that the Service is chronically working in inadequate conditions and with a number of workers that is far below the necessary level.

For compilation of the Catalogue, the Commissioner's Service used the most variegated sources of information, bearing in mind that not all authorities have observed the request from the Commissioner to deliver data necessary for its compilation. So, besides regulations, for data contained in the Catalogue, have been used reports and other documents of authorities, their and other Internet presentations. Data on legal entities financed from the budget for the needs of this Catalogues, have been provided from the Treasury Administration of the Ministry of Finance.

Regardless that the Catalogue boasts wide scope, I want to stress that it has practical, informative, not constitutional importance. So, if by any chance some of the authorities haven't been covered by the Catalogue, which does not mean that it doesn't have legal obligations.

Catalogue shall for sure be used for more qualitative implementation of the right of public to access information owned by the authorities. It could surely be of much use for the Government of Serbia as well, that is, to its line ministries, in order to monitor law implementation, of course when that function shall finally start to be implemented.“