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How the European Commission dealt with complaints against Poland as regards the EU-funded surveying works in south-eastern Poland and the Polish judiciary system
Saturday | 06 August 2022
The European Commission’s failure to reply to a letter concerning the EU-funded project in Southern Spain
Tuesday | 02 August 2022
Decision on how the European External Action Service (EEAS) dealt with concerns about the pre-selection of candidates for the Junior Professionals in Delegations programme (case 1537/2021/OAM)
Tuesday | 28 June 2022
The case concerned how the European External Action Service’s handled a complaint concerning the pre-selection of candidates by Romania for the Junior Professionals in Delegations programme. The EEAS said that, according to the rules, it cannot review Member States’ assessments of candidates, unless there is a manifest error or substantiated allegations that the procedure was not fair, transparent and objective, which was not the case. The Ombudsman found the EEAS’s explanation of its role, as well as its assessment of this case, was reasonable.
The Ombudsman therefore closed the inquiry finding no maladministration.
The European Commission’s failure to acknowledge receipt of a complaint concerning the projects to rehabilitate coastal area in Southern Spain
Friday | 08 April 2022
Decision on how the European Commission dealt with a complaint against the Spanish region of Aragón for its rules on the use of coal in heating installations (case 407/2022/PL)
Tuesday | 15 March 2022
Decision on how the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) carried out a selection procedure for officers in its Standing Corps (case 56/2021/NH)
Friday | 04 March 2022
The case concerned the decision by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) not to select the complainant as an officer in its Standing Corps following an interview as part of a selection procedure. The complainant argued that his application had received unjustifiably low scores. In addition, the complainant was concerned that Frontex did not allow him to request a review of the decision.
The Ombudsman found that the selection board set up by Frontex had followed the vacancy notice when scoring the complainant’s application. Frontex confirmed that it had processed the complainant’s request for review, but acknowledged that the information provided to the complainant may not have been clear. In the course of the inquiry, Frontex implemented changes in its practices, which the Ombudsman welcomed.
The Ombudsman closed the inquiry with the conclusion that there was no maladministration by Frontex.
How the Commission addressed a complaint in relation to an infringement of EU law by Poland and other Member States
Friday | 18 February 2022
The European Commission’s failure to reply in an appropriate manner to a request concerning the EU Digital COVID Certificate
Tuesday | 11 January 2022
The European Commission’s failure to keep the complainant informed on the state of play of an infringement complaint concerning traineeships in Italian courts
Wednesday | 15 December 2021
The European Commission's failure to reply to an infringement complaint concerning an alleged breach by Ireland of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Friday | 03 December 2021
Decision concerning how the European Parliament Citizens' Inquiries Unit replied to a request concerning social security in Latvia (Complaint 1953/2021/LM)
Tuesday | 23 November 2021
Query Q2/2021/OAM by the Catalan Ombudsman concerning the issuing of EU Digital COVID Certificates for those who have recovered from COVID-19 infections confirmed by antigen tests
Monday | 22 November 2021
The European Commission's failure to acknowledge receipt of a complaint against the European Court of Human Rights
Monday | 22 November 2021
Report of the European Ombudsman closing query Q2/2021/OAM by the Catalan Ombudsman concerning the issuing of EU Digital COVID Certificates for those who have recovered from infections confirmed by antigen tests
Thursday | 18 November 2021
The European Commission's failure to acknowledge receipt of a complaint against Poland concerning the Polish candidates for the European Court of Human Rights’ judgeship
Monday | 15 November 2021
How the European External Action Service (EEAS) handled a complaint about alleged lack of fairness in the pre-selection procedure for the Junior Professionals in the Delegations programme
Friday | 12 November 2021
Decision on how the European Parliament dealt with traineeship applications from a person requesting special arrangements due to dyslexia (case 179/2021/VB)
Monday | 08 November 2021
The case was about how the European Parliament dealt with two traineeship applications from a person who requested special arrangements for his applications due to dyslexia.
After first having rejected the complainant’s application, Parliament decided to interview him and offered him a traineeship. As the complainant had a long absence from his traineeship for medical reasons, Parliament offered him the possibility to apply again. However, Parliament rejected the complainant’s new application.
The complainant took issue with how Parliament handled his traineeship applications and with how it informed him that he could reapply for a traineeship.
The Ombudsman finds that Parliament should have been clearer in its communication with the complainant regarding the possibility to apply for a second traineeship. However, she finds no maladministration in how Parliament dealt with the complainant’s traineeship applications. Similarly, the fact that Parliament deals with requests for special arrangements made by traineeship candidates on a case-by-case basis is a reasonable approach.
The Ombudsman makes a suggestion for improvement to Parliament regarding how it informs traineeship candidates of the possibility to request special assistance in the context of the application and selection procedure and of how they should make such a request.
How the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) dealt with a complaint concerning a staff selection procedure in the field of financial rules applicable to the European Union budget
Thursday | 14 October 2021
Reply of the European Commission to the European Ombudsman letter regarding query Q2/2021/OAM
Tuesday | 28 September 2021
Letter from the European Ombudsman to the European Commission regarding the query Q2/2021/OAM by the Catalan Ombudsman concerning clarifications from the European Commission on the issuing of EU digital COVID recovery certificates
Friday | 03 September 2021