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How the European Commission handled infringement proceedings against Germany about planning laws and retail space
Il-Ġimgħa | 02 Ġunju 2023
How the European Commission dealt with several requests for public access to documents concerning digital rights and online surveillance
Il-Ġimgħa | 02 Ġunju 2023
The European Commission’s delay in assessing and publishing several European Assessment Documents for steel products used in the construction sector
Il-Ħamis | 25 Mejju 2023
The Council of the EU's refusal to give full public access to a legal opinion on the proposed EU directive on adequate minimum wages
It-Tlieta | 16 Mejju 2023
How the European Commission dealt with an infringement complaint - CHAP(2022)01217, Finland, judicial dealing with a patent matter
It-Tlieta | 16 Mejju 2023
Letter from the European Ombudsman to the Council of the European Union on the European Ombudsman’s recommendation in the case 1834/2022/NH
It-Tnejn | 15 Mejju 2023
How the European Commission ensures that there are no conflicts of interest with external experts involved in evaluating project proposals under the European Defence Fund
Il-Ġimgħa | 05 Mejju 2023
How the European Commission dealt with concerns about how it is carrying out an impact assessment of new genomic techniques in relation to the application of EU rules on genetically modified organisms
Il-Ħamis | 27 April 2023
Reply of the European Commission on how it ensures that there are no conflicts of interest with external experts involved in evaluating project proposals under the European Defence Fund
Il-Ħamis | 27 April 2023
Kif il-Kummissjoni Ewropea indirizzat it-tħassib dwar kif qed twettaq valutazzjoni tal-impatt ta’ tekniki ġenomiċi ġodda fir-rigward tal-applikazzjoni tar-regoli tal-UE dwar l-organiżmi ġenetikament modifikati
It-Tnejn | 24 April 2023
The composition of the European Commission's Regulatory Scrutiny Board and how it interacts with interest representatives
It-Tlieta | 11 April 2023
Il-kompożizzjoni tal-Bord tal-Iskrutinju Regolatorju tal-Kummissjoni Ewropea u kif jinteraġixxi mar-rappreżentanti ta’ gruppi ta’ interess
It-Tlieta | 04 April 2023
Recommendation on how the Council of the European Union handled a request for public access to the legal opinion on the proposed EU directive on adequate minimum wages (case 1834/2022/NH)
It-Tlieta | 04 April 2023
The case concerned a request for public access to an opinion of the legal service of the Council of the EU on a draft law on adequate minimum wages.
The Council granted the complainant access to parts of the opinion in May 2021. It invoked two exceptions under the EU legislation on public access to documents to justify redacting the remaining parts of the document, arguing that full disclosure could undermine the decision-making process (since negotiations on the law were still ongoing at the time) and the protection of legal advice.
The Ombudsman found that the Council had not demonstrated how disclosure of the document would undermine its decision-making process or its capacity to seek and obtain frank, objective and comprehensive advice. Her view is that greater transparency when the negotiations were still ongoing would have greatly facilitated public participation in the EU’s legislative process.
The Ombudsman therefore considered that the Council’s refusal to grant full public access to the legal opinion at the time of the confirmatory decision constituted maladministration. As the complainant is still interested in receiving full public access to the opinion at this stage, the Ombudsman made a corresponding recommendation.
Follow -up reply from the European Commission on how it handled infringement proceedings against Germany about planning laws and retail space
Il-Ġimgħa | 31 Marzu 2023
Il-mod kif il-Kummissjoni Ewropea wieġbet għall-emails li jikkonċernaw ksur possibbli minn Spanja tar-regoli tal-UE relatati mal-liftijiet
Il-Ħamis | 30 Marzu 2023
Ir-rifjut tal-Kummissjoni Ewropea li tqis lill-ilmentatur bħala parti interessata fi proċedura ta’ għajnuna mill-Istat - il-Ġermanja, Elbtower-Projekt f’Hamburg
Il-Ġimgħa | 24 Marzu 2023
The European Commission's refusal to give public access to documents concerning a project under the EU Defence Industrial Development Programme
Il-Ħamis | 16 Marzu 2023
Decision on the European Commission's refusal to give public access to a proposal and a grant agreement concerning an EU funded project in the defence industry (case 1980/2022/NH)
It-Tlieta | 14 Marzu 2023
The case concerned a request for public access to documents concerning technology developed and military equipment produced as part of an EU-funded project in the defence industry. The European Commission refused access to the two documents it identified, arguing that full disclosure could undermine the public interest as regards public security, defence and military matters, the protection of the privacy and the integrity of the individual and the protection of commercial interests.
The Ombudsman inquiry team inspected the documents in question and found that the Commission’s refusal to disclose them was justified due to their sensitive nature.
The Ombudsman closed the inquiry with the conclusion that the Commission had not acted with maladministration in this case.
Decision on the European Commission's refusal to give public access to a dataset containing company names and details held in the Business Registers Interconnection System on the ground that the requested document does not exist (case 926/2022/KR)
It-Tlieta | 28 Frar 2023
The case concerned a request for public access to a dataset containing company names and details held in the Business Registers Interconnection System (BRIS). BRIS interconnects the business registers of EU Member States and is operated by the Commission.
In refusing public access, the Commission argued that the requested dataset does not qualify as an existing document, in line with EU case law, because it could not be retrieved as part of the normal operations of the BRIS IT-system and would require additional programming.
The Ombudsman found that, given the specificities of the database in question, substantial investment would be required to extract the dataset from BRIS and present it to the complainant in a readable format. The decision of the Commission to refuse access was therefore reasonable.
The Ombudsman therefore closed the inquiry with the conclusion that there was no maladministration.