Open State Foundation filed a complaint against the decision taken by DBC Informatie Systeem (DIS) on its FOIA request for declared health care products, by care product, per month, per healthcare provider and hospital tariffs and the prices charged by healthcare providers.

Open State Foundation made the request for this information to be disclosed in a machine-readable format or made as raw data available. The Netherlands Health Authority decided not to unlock data on health costs on the basis that these data are confidential. Now, Open State Foundation filed the grounds of appeal with the court. On August 27, 2015 the case appear in front of the court in Amsterdam.

The district court of Amsterdam ruled on October 30, 2015 that the Netherlands Health Authority could keep secret all information related to declared health costs and tarifs of health products. The court upheld the decision made by the Netherlands Health Authority in the FOIA request by Open State Foundation. In the second week of December, Open State Foundation brought the case to the administrative jurisdiction division of the Council of State, the highest general administrative court in the Netherlands.

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23/11/2014 Appeal Open State over disclosure healthcare costs to court Amsterdam
26/09/2014 NZA still declines to disclose healthcare costs
08/09/2014 Open State takes transparency dispute data health care to court