# Follow‐up to the guidelines for further improvement issued to the European Commission when closing own-initiative inquiry OI/9/2013/TN into the functioning of the European citizens' initiative (ECI) - Author: European Ombudsman - Date: 2016-03-08T00:00+01:00[Europe/Paris] - [URL](https://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/en/doc/correspondence/en/66223) - [PDF](https://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/pdf/en/66223) --- Please download the attached document.