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The European Commission’s failure to take a final decision within the applicable deadlines on a request for public access to documents concerning the revision of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive

Decision
Case 1941/2023/TM - Opened on Thursday | 12 October 2023 - Decision on Wednesday | 14 February 2024 - Institution concerned European Commission ( Settled by the institution ) - Country United Kingdom

  • Complaint submitted
    18/09/2023
  • Analysis of the complaint
    04/10/2023
  • Inquiry ongoing
    12/10/2023
  • Inquiry outcome
    14/02/2024

Dear Dr X,

You made a complaint to the European Ombudsman about the European Commission’s failure to reply in time to your confirmatory application in relation to your request for public access to documents concerning the revision of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (EASE 2022/6217).

We informed the Commission of your complaint, asked it to adopt a confirmatory decision and requested the Commission to provide us with copies of the relevant documents, given the significant delay already encountered. The Commission has adopted a confirmatory decision in the meantime. You informed us that you are satisfied with this outcome.

The case is therefore closed with the conclusion that it has been settled.

Having said that, the Ombudsman shares your concerns regarding the time taken by the Commission to deal with public access to documents requests and has issued a Special Report to the European Parliament in this regard in September 2023 (OI/2/2022/OAM).[1]

Yours sincerely,

 

Rosita Hickey
Director of Inquiries

Complaint 1941/2023/TM

 

[1] For more information on this special report, please visit: https://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/en/special-report/en/175425.