Iskanje po preiskavah

The case concerned the Commission’s refusal to give public access to documents related to an EU Pilot procedure concerning an alleged infringement by Spain of the Energy Taxation Directive.

The documents in question were four letters from the Spanish authorities, containing their legal assessment of the compatibility of the national legislative framework with the Directive. Spain objected to the disclosure of the letters, arguing that they related to ongoing court proceedings at national level which could be harmed by disclosure. Based on this, the Commission invoked the exception for the protection of court proceedings and refused access to the four letters.

Having reviewed the documents in question, the Ombudsman found that the decision to refuse access was in line with EU case-law. The Ombudsman thus concluded that there was no maladministration and closed the inquiry.

The complainant in this case contended that the European Commission had not fully examined an infringement complaint concerning Danish rules on temporary use of cars from other EU Member States. The complainant suspected that the Danish rules in this area are to some extent intended to minimise the temporary use of cars registered in other Member States, with a view to increasing revenues from the registration of imported cars.

The Ombudsman found that the issue raised by the complainant warranted further attention, and that certain specific points had not been fully addressed by the Commission. She therefore proposed as a solution that the Commission register and examine the infringement complaint anew. The Commission accepted her proposal and the Ombudsman therefore closed the inquiry.

Pritožnik je zahteval dostop javnosti do dokumentov v zvezi s tekočimi pogajanji Sveta o zakonodajnem predlogu o obdavčitvi digitalnih storitev. Svet je ugotovil, da se pritožnikova zahteva nanaša na 53 dokumentov. Popoln dostop je omogočil do 24 dokumentov, dostop do 10 dokumentov je v celoti zavrnil, do preostalih dokumentov pa je omogočil delni dostop. Svet je zatrjeval, da zavrnitev razkritja teh dokumentov upravičuje potreba po varovanju mednarodnih odnosov, finančne, denarne in ekonomske politike EU ali držav članic ter lastnega postopka odločanja.

Pritožnik ni bil zadovoljen z odločitvijo Sveta, da v celoti zavrne dostop do 10 dokumentov, zaradi česar se je obrnil na evropsko varuhinjo človekovih pravic.

Po pregledu dokumentov in dodatnih pojasnilih Sveta, podanih v odgovoru na vprašanja evropske varuhinje človekovih pravic, ta meni, da je bila odločitev Sveta, da zavrne dostop javnosti do dokumentov, v danem trenutku upravičena. Kljub temu evropska varuhinja človekovih pravic pozdravlja odločitev Sveta, da v času njene preiskave javnosti omogoči dostop do petih od desetih zahtevanih dokumentov.

Evropska varuhinja človekovih pravic je zato preiskavo zaključila.