European Ombudsman

2021-12-02 - Letter from the European Ombudsman to the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) on its refusal to give full public access to a document concerning expenses claimed by its members
2021-12-02 - Letter from the European Ombudsman to the European Commission on how it assessed human rights impacts before providing support to African countries to develop surveillance capabilities
2021-12-02 - How the European Commission assessed human rights impacts before providing support to African countries to develop surveillance capabilities
2021-12-02 - How the European Commission assessed human rights impacts before providing support to African countries to develop surveillance capabilities
2021-12-02 - The European Economic and Social Committee's (EESC) refusal to give full public access to a document concerning expenses claimed by its members
2021-12-02 - The European Economic and Social Committee's (EESC) refusal to give full public access to a document concerning expenses claimed by its members
2021-12-02 - The refusal by the European External Action Service (EEAS) to invite a candidate shortlisted for a contract agent post to the specific tests organised by the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO)
2021-12-01 - Reply from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to the European Ombudsman on its holding certain personal information of job applicants before recruitment decision
2021-12-01 - Meeting with Mr Alex Brenninkmeijer of the European Court of Auditors (03/12/2021)
2021-12-01 - European Movement Ireland's (EMI) event on the Conference on the Future of Europe (13/12/2021)
2021-12-01 - How the European Commission is handling an appeals procedure concerning the imposition of a medical reserve on a newly recruited staff member
2021-11-30 - Ombudsman launches new inquiry on transparency of Commission interactions with the tobacco industry
2021-11-30 - The transparency of the European Commission’s interactions with representatives of the tobacco industry
2021-11-30 - Décision concernant la manière dont une Délégation de l’Union européenne a traité le remplacement d’un expert en raison d’un prétendu conflit d’intérêt (plainte : 1423/2021/JN)
2021-11-30 - The transparency of the European Commission’s interactions with representatives of the tobacco industry
2021-11-30 - Letter from the European Ombudsman to the European Commission on the transparency of its interactions with representatives of the tobacco industry
2021-11-29 - Report of the European Ombudsman conference - Access to EU documents: what next?
2021-11-29 - Décision sur la manière dont la Délégation de l’Union européene en Tunisie a géré le remplacement du chef d’équipe dans le cadre d’un projet financé par l’Union européenne (plainte 1385/2021/JN)
2021-11-29 - The Council of the European Union’s failure to reply to a request related to Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2021/1002 of 21 June 2021 implementing Decision 2012/642/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Belarus
2021-11-25 - Proposal for a solution on the Council of the European Union’s refusal to give full public access to a legal opinion related to the EU trade agreement with the United Kingdom (case 717/2021/DL)
2021-11-25 - Decision concerning how the European Parliament Citizens' Inquiries Unit replied to a request concerning social security in Latvia (Complaint 1953/2021/LM)
2021-11-25 - Letter from the Council of the European Union to the European Ombudsman on its refusal to give full public access to a legal opinion related to the EU trade agreement with the United Kingdom
2021-11-24 - The European Commission's failure to acknowledge receipt of a complaint against the European Court of Human Rights
2021-11-23 - Results of the European Ombudsman’s ad hoc survey of stakeholders’ experiences requesting access EU documents
2021-11-23 - Reply from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to the European Ombudsman on how it handled the move of a former Vice-President to an energy utilities company that had received EIB loans
2021-11-23 - Meeting with the Executive Director of the Facebook Oversight Board (25/11/2021)
2021-11-23 - How the European Investment Bank (EIB) handled the move of a former Vice-President to an energy utilities company that had received EIB loans
2021-11-23 - How the European Commission carried out a procurement procedure for expert medical services in Luxembourg
2021-11-22 - Reply of the European Commission to the European Ombudsman letter regarding query Q2/2021/OAM
2021-11-22 - Decision on how the European Commission dealt with a complaint about alleged violations of fundamental rights in Italy CHAP(2021)02649 (case 1861/2021/FA)
2021-11-22 - Decisione relativa alla trattazione, da parte della Commissione europea, di una denuncia riguardante presunte violazioni dei diritti fondamentali in Italia CHAP(2021)02649 (caso 1861/2021/FA)
2021-11-22 - Decision on how the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) addressed concerns regarding recruitment to its standing corps (case 1930/2021/FA)
2021-11-22 - Report of the European Ombudsman closing query Q2/2021/OAM by the Catalan Ombudsman concerning the issuing of EU Digital COVID Certificates for those who have recovered from infections confirmed by antigen tests
2021-11-22 - Report on the meeting between European Ombudsman and European Commission representatives
2021-11-19 - Besluit over de wijze waarop de Europese Commissie een klacht heeft behandeld dat Nederland inbreuk maakt op de btw-richtlijn van de EU met betrekking tot belastingvrijstellingen op het gebied van de beoefening van sport of lichamelijke opvoeding - CHAP(2021)02510 (zaak 1897/2021/DL)
2021-11-18 - Annual report on the implementation of Regulation 1049/2001 on public access
2021-11-18 - The European Parliament’s failure to respond to a complaint by an applicant in a selection procedure for contract staff in the area of surveillance and prevention
2021-11-18 - From the Maastricht Treaty to #CoFoE (24/11/2021)
2021-11-18 - The European Commission's failure to reply to e-mails concerning the use of medication in Belgium
2021-11-18 - The European Commission’s failure to reply to a request for public access to documents related to Spain's recovery and resilience plan
2021-11-17 - How the Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union (CdT) evaluates bids in tendering procedures for the provision of translation services
2021-11-17 - Decision on how the European Parliament dealt with traineeship applications from a person requesting special arrangements due to dyslexia (case 179/2021/VB)
2021-11-17 - Decisione sul trattamento da parte del Parlamento europeo delle domande di tirocinio di una persona dislessica che aveva richiesto l’applicazione di condizioni speciali (caso 179/2021/VB)
2021-11-17 - How the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) applied a scoring methodology in two staff selection procedures
2021-11-17 - The European Commission's failure to acknowledge receipt of a complaint against Poland concerning the Polish candidates for the European Court of Human Rights’ judgeship
2021-11-16 - A short guide for the EU administration on policies and practices to give effect to the right of public access to documents (SI/7/2021/DL)
2021-11-16 - How the European External Action Service (EEAS) handled a complaint about alleged lack of fairness in the pre-selection procedure for the Junior Professionals in the Delegations programme
2021-11-16 - The EU administration's duty to inform the public about how to exercise the right of public access to EU documents
2021-11-15 - Ombudsfrau fordert Modernisierung des EU-Gesetzes zum Zugang zu Dokumenten
2021-11-15 - Le règlement de l’UE sur l’accès du public aux documents doit être réactualisé
2021-11-15 - Ombudsman calls for EU access to documents law to be modernised
2021-11-15 - Letter from the European Ombudsman to the European Parliament regarding a short guide for the EU administration on policies and practices to give effect to the right of public access to documents (SI/7/2021/DL)
2021-11-12 - Henstilling om Europa-Kommissionens afslag på aktindsigt i korrespondancen med Danmark i en statsstøttesag, der blev afsluttet i 2005 og vedrørte en beskæftigelsesordning (sag 358/2020/PB)
2021-11-12 - Proposal for solution regarding public access to communications with Denmark in closed State aid file COMP/N 172/033 (year 2005) related to an employment reinsertion scheme
2021-11-12 - Recommendation on a refusal by the European Commission to grant public access to the correspondence with Denmark in a state aid file, closed in 2005 and related to an employment scheme (case 358/2020/PB)
2021-11-12 - Decision on the European Medicines Agency's (EMA) refusal of public access to documents relating to the manufacturing of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 (case 1458/2021/MIG)
2021-11-12 - The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) failure to reply to concerns about its recommendation to authorise the marketing of certain vaccines
2021-11-12 - Proposal for solution regarding public access to communications with Denmark in closed State aid file COMP/N 172/033 (year 2005) related to an employment reinsertion scheme
2021-11-11 - How the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) carried out a selection procedure for a position of Legal Officer
2021-11-10 - Recommendation on the European Commission’s refusal to grant public access to documents concerning compliance with biofuels sustainability criteria under the Renewable Energy Directive (case 1527/2020/DL)
2021-11-10 - The European Commission’s refusal to grant public access to documents regarding the origin and amount of used cooking oil reported to the Commission by voluntary certification schemes under the Renewable Energy Directive
2021-11-10 - Decision on how the European Commission involved stakeholders and managed conflicts of interest in reviewing the protection goals for assessing environmental risks of pesticides (case 1402/2020/TE)
2021-11-09 - University of Flensburg's 'Europa Prize'
2021-11-09 - Europa Prize award ceremony (09/11/2021)
2021-11-09 - The European Commission's (Europe Direct) failure to reply to a question concerning training for professional drivers
2021-11-09 - The European Commission’s failure to reply to correspondence concerning the revision of the EU’s rules on the export of waste to non-EU countries
2021-11-08 - Recommendation on how the European Commission handled a request for public access to documents concerning the quality of medical masks distributed during the COVID-19 pandemic (case 790/2021/MIG)
2021-11-08 - The European Aviation Safety Agency’s failure to reply to the complainant’s enquiries about aviation safety
2021-11-08 - Απόφαση επί της άρνησης της Επιτροπής Εποπτείας της Eυρωπαϊκής Υπηρεσίας Καταπολέμησης της Απάτης (OLAF) να επιληφθεί αίτησης επανεξέτασης απόφασης της OLAF επί καταγγελίας για παράτυπη διαχείριση κονδυλίων της ΕΕ εκ μέρους ελληνικού πανεπιστημίου (υπόθεση 1791/2021/KT)
2021-11-05 - The European Commission's failure to reply to a request for public access to documents concerning a project funded under the Internal Security Fund
2021-11-05 - The European Commission's failure to reply to an infringement complaint concerning the French justice system (CHAP(2020)02726)
2021-11-04 - Reply from the European Commission to the European Ombudsman on its role in assessing the sustainability of gas projects on the list of 'projects of regional significance' of the 'Energy Community'
2021-11-04 - The use of languages by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) on its website
2021-11-04 - The European Commission’s failure to keep the complainant informed on the state of play of an infringement complaint concerning disabled passengers in Portugal
2021-11-04 - Decision on whether the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) failed to ensure equal testing conditions in a staff selection procedure in the field of external relations (case 1796/2021/ABZ)
2021-11-03 - Reply from the European Banking Authority on its refusal to grant public access to the votes and debates of its Board of Supervisors on an alleged breach of EU law by national supervisory authorities
2021-11-03 - Decision on how the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) handled a complaint about the English test in a staff selection procedure (case 1913/2020/MMO)
2021-11-03 - Απόφαση σχετικά με τον τρόπο με τον οποίο ο Ευρωπαϊκός Οργανισμός Συνοριοφυλακής και Ακτοφυλακής (Frontex) χειρίστηκε ένσταση για την αξιολόγηση υποψηφίου στην αγγλική γλώσσα στο πλαίσιο διαδικασίας επιλογής προσωπικού (υπόθεση 1913/2020/MMO)
2021-11-03 - The decision by the European Commission to consider ineligible certain costs declared in the context of a grant contract with an NGO
2021-11-03 - The European Commission's failure to reply to a request for review in an internal staff selection procedure
2021-11-03 - The failure by the European Innovation Council and SME Executive Agency (EISMEA) to reply to a request for review of a Horizon 2020 funding proposal for the EIC Accelerator Pilot
2021-10-29 - Access to documents and freedom of information
2021-10-29 - Decision on how the European Commission handled concerns about the composition of the High Level Forum on Capital Markets Union and alleged conflicts of interest of some of its members (case 1777/2020/KR)
2021-10-29 - Decision on how the European Commission handled a complaint against Romania concerning national rules on the right of association of veterinarians - CHAP(2018)02346 (case 1717/2021/OAM)
2021-10-29 - Decizia cu privire la modul în care Comisia Europeană a tratat o plângere de constatare a neîndeplinirii obligațiilor împotriva României referitoare la normele naționale privind dreptul de asociere a medicilor veterinari - CHAP(2018)02346 (Plângerea 1717/2021/OAM)
2021-10-28 - Modul în care Comisia Europeană (DG NEAR) a tratat o cerere de acces public la documentele referitoare la o procedură de licitație (GestDem 2021/1357)
2021-10-28 - Decision on how the European Commission monitored a school competition in Italy that it sponsors (case 1724/2021/FA)
2021-10-28 - How the European Commission (DG NEAR) dealt with a request for public access to documents concerning a tender procedure (GestDem 2021/1357)
2021-10-28 - Decisione relativa alla gestione di un concorso scolastico in Italia sponsorizzato dalla Commissione europea (1724/2021/FA)
2021-10-28 - Způsob, jakým Evropská komise (GŘ NEAR) řešila žádost o přístup veřejnosti k dokumentům týkajícím se nabídkového řízení (GestDem 2021/1357)
2021-10-28 - Kaip Europos Komisija (Kaimynystės politikos ir plėtros derybų GD) nagrinėjo prašymą leisti visuomenei susipažinti su dokumentais dėl viešųjų pirkimų procedūros (GestDem 2021/1357)
2021-10-28 - Как Европейската комисия (ГД „Политика за съседство и преговори за разширяване“) е разгледала искане за публичен достъп до документи във връзка с тръжна процедура (GestDem 2021/1357)
2021-10-28 - Hur Europeiska kommissionen (GD Grannskapspolitik och utvidgningsförhandlingar) hanterade en begäran om allmänhetens tillgång till handlingar avseende ett upphandlingsförfarande (GestDem 2021/1357)
2021-10-28 - Kako je Evropska komisija (GD NEAR) obravnavala prošnjo za dostop javnosti do dokumentov v zvezi z razpisnim postopkom (GestDem 2021/1357)
2021-10-28 - Forma como a Comissão Europeia (DG NEAR) tratou um pedido de acesso público a documentos relativos a um procedimento de concurso (GestDem 2021/1357)
2021-10-28 - Ako Európska komisia (GR NEAR) riešila žiadosť o prístup verejnosti k dokumentom týkajúcim sa postupu verejného obstarávania (GestDem 2021/1357)
2021-10-28 - Modalità di gestione da parte della Commissione europea (DG NEAR) di una richiesta di accesso del pubblico a documenti relativi a una procedura di gara (GestDem 2021/1357)
2021-10-28 - Il-mod li bih il-Kummissjoni Ewropea (DĠ Viċinat u Negozjati għat-Tkabbir) ittrattat talba għal aċċess pubbliku għal dokumenti li jikkonċernaw proċedura ta’ akkwist (GestDem 2021/1357)
2021-10-28 - Kā Eiropas Komisija (NEAR ĢD) izskatīja pieprasījumu par publisku piekļuvi dokumentiem saistībā ar konkursa procedūru (GestDem 2021/1357)
2021-10-28 - Wijze waarop de Europese Commissie (DG NEAR) is omgegaan met een verzoek om toegang van het publiek tot documenten betreffende een aanbestedingsprocedure (GestDem 2021/1357)

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