Strasbourg, 27.09.2013

Decision of the European Ombudsman closing the Ombudsman’s visit to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) - OI/9/2011/IJH

Dear Prof. Rasi,

Please find enclosed a copy of my above decision closing the file on my visit to EMA.

Following my visit to EMA on 3 May 2011, I have decided to close the file with the following conclusions:

The Ombudsman welcomes the constructive responses of EMA to most of his suggestions.

The visit to EMA was not originally announced as an own-initiative inquiry. The Ombudsman therefore considers that it would be inappropriate to envisage taking any further steps at present as regards making information about EMA’s role and main tasks available in all languages on its website. The Ombudsman may, however, re-visit the matter in the future, through an own-initiative inquiry.

Yours sincerely,

P. Nikiforos Diamandouros

Enclosure:

• Decision closing the Ombudsman's visit OI/9/2011/IJH