Decision on the European Commission’s failure to deal in a timely manner with a request for review of its decision on a public access to documents request

Dear Ms X,

You recently submitted a complaint to the European Ombudsman about the Commission’s failure to adopt a confirmatory decision within the time limits set out in Article 8 of Regulation 1049/2001 (reference Gestdem 2021/5033).

We informed the Commission of your complaint and asked it to send you a reply. The Commission has informed us that it has now done so.

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

Please note that this inquiry concerned exclusively the Commission’s failure to reply to your confirmatory application. We understand from your subsequent e-mails to us that you are dissatisfied with the substance of the Commission’s reply. We will therefore register this correspondance as a new complaint. You will soon receive information about that, including the new complaint number.

Yours sincerely,

Rosita Hickey

Director of inquiries

Strasbourg 20/05/2022