Secretariat‐General Head of Unit - C2

 

Dear Mr X,

The Ombudsman has received a complaint against the European Commission. The Ombudsman has asked me to deal with the case on her behalf.

The complaint concerns the Commission’s failure to reply within the deadlines established by Regulation 1049/2001 to the complainant’s confirmatory application in relation to her request for public access to documents registered under reference 2023/5452. The Commission extended the time limit for its reply to 15 January 2024, but has not provided the complainant with a reply within the extended time limit.

We would suggest, if you have not done so in the meantime, that you now reply to the complainant and send us a copy of the reply when it is done. We would be grateful if you could send your reply as soon as possible, and not later than 1 March 2024.

Please note that, at this stage, our inquiry is focused on securing the confirmatory decision on the complainant’s request. However, should the delay persist, we might need to ask the Commission to share a copy of the relevant document(s) with us.

Attached to this e‐mail, please find a copy of the complaint.

Yours sincerely, 

Rosita Hickey

Director of inquiries

Strasbourg, 09/02/2024