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THE OMBUDSMAN’S EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE A FRIENDLY SOLUTION
ICCR:s synpunkter inte beaktats av revisorerna.
A er careful consideration of the opinions and observations, the Ombudsman was not satisfied that the Commission has responded adequately to the complainant’s allegation.
Klagandena understryker a ICCR ens fel, utan snarare en kombinerad effekt av kommissionens a erkade ICCR:s intressen e er det a er e
The proposal for a friendly solution
YTTERLIGARE UNDERSÖKNINGAR
In accordance with Article 3 (5) of his Statute, the Ombudsman therefore made the following proposal for a friendly solution to the Commission:
Den 14 oktober och den 5 november 2003 kontaktade Europeiska ombudsmannens sekretariat, per telefon, en av klagandena som y ande kommentarerna som mo agits den 29 september ade a kommissionen artikel 000 euro inte inkluderas i slutbetalningen.
The European Commission should consider reviewing its decision to refuse to pay the Europäisches Kultur- und Informationszentrum in Thüringen the full sum of € 90.000.
I den skriv projektet skulle avslutas offi ciellt och a inga y erligare betalningskrav kunde accepteras, om inte kommissionen fi ade a ICCR de facto hade accepterat aingen inte kommentera det erbjudande
DECISIONSFOLLOWING
BESLUTEFTEREN era gemenskapsinstitutioner samtidigt bedriv inte kan behandlas eff inge e ny
According to the case law of the Community courts, however, a breach of this principle cannot be invoked unless the administration has given precise assurances to the person concerned51.
Påstådd brist på information från kommissionen gällande revisionens och slutbetalningens status a
This would appear to be a precise assurance.
2.1 Klagandena slutbetalningens status v
4 The Ombudsman considered, however, that this lack of corroborative evidence could not be held against the complainant in the present case.
2.2 Enligt kommissionen informerades klagandena den 28 februari 2002 om situationen v er a klagandena skickat ee-brev den 26 februari hade inle s under sommaren 2002.
First, given that the project had been due to start in September 1998, the association obviously had a vital interest to learn in good time (and at the latest at the beginning of September 1998) whether the Commission would provide the grant it had requested.
Den 11 februari, sedan kommissionen moskickade kommissionen e mokommissionen klagandena om a den hade inle
See for example Case T-72/99 Meyer v Commission [ECR] 2000, II-2521 paragraph 53.
Ombudsmannen anser a erkar dessutom ha informerat klagandena om den a korrekt a
Decision 94/262 of 9 March 1994 of the European Parliament on the Regulations and General Conditions Governing the Performance of the Ombudsman’s Duties, 1994 OJ L 113/15.
Påstådd underlåtenhet a göra den utestående slutbetalningen med ränta och kravet på uppgörelse a ork-kontraktet nr 1999-TN.10869 ”TRANS-TALK” enligt det femte
Decisions following an inquiry other sources.
Beslut e
Second, the complainant had explained that already in the past the association had implemented (and had had to implement) projects on the basis of merely oral assurances.
3.3 I sina kommentarer informerar klagandena ombudsmannen a kommissionen effektuerade en utbetalning av 20 447,79 euro e er deras svar till kommissionen av den 27 maj 2003.
The le er of 25 November 1998 sent by the Commission’s representation in Germany had, as the inspection of the fi le had shown, been based on information by Mr H.
3.5 P grundvanser ombudsmannen a kommissionen och klagandena klagandena.
6 The Ombudsman noted that the Commission had not put forward any arguments to establish why the complainant should not have been entitled to rely on such assurances by the Commission’s case-handler.
Yrkandet på eoffi ciellt ställningstagande från kommissionen om revisionen och det förfarande som följts
On 20 March 2003, the complainant informed the Ombudsman’s services by telephone that a friendly solution could be considered as having been brought about.
Klagandena a omfa ning som den var relev alla resultat i sektorskriv felaktiga slutsatser.
In the end, only an amount of € 21.988,54 had been granted.
6.2 I si yskickas inom tvsektorskriv
Following the Ombudsman’s initiative, it appears that a friendly solution to the complaint has been agreed between the European Commission and the complainant.
V av Europeiska kommissionen och klagandena a klagandena. Ombudsmannen anser inte heller a a
COMMISSION ACCEPTS TO PAY COMPENSATION TO FORMER AUXILIARY AGENT
UNDERLÅTENHET ATT BETALA BIDRA
Decision of the European Ombudsman on complaint 1166/2002/(SM)IJH against the European Commission
Beslut i klagomål 548/2002/GG mot Europeiska kommissionen
The complaint was made by a former agent of the Commission.
Den 31 maj 000 ecu till Europeiska kommissionen.
From 1 May 1995 to 30 April 1998, she worked as an auxiliary agent. From 15 May 1998 to 15 May 2001, she worked as a temporary agent.
De olika aktiviteter som skulle fi nansieras med de a bidrag skulle ar H., are vid generaldirektorat X (nu GD Utbildning och kultur).
Approximately one month before the end of her temporary contract, the complainant received an official note informing her that she should have received the secretarial allowance during her temporary contract.
ersom era det inte fanns annan fiper telefon aav juli den nu H. i september 1998 hade informerat underteckna dokumentet i erbelastad dagordning, men a t v eckorna.
In its opinion, the Commission made, in summary, the following points:
I en skrivelse av den 25 november 1998 ade B. (som vid den tidpunkten vrepresentationskontor i Tyskland) a kommissionen hade beviljat e000 ecu och a de
In April 2001, her Directorate General made a request for her to be paid the allowance and it was paid for the year 2001.
I en skrivelse av den 23 december 1998 meddelade kommissionen emellertid klaganden ae
However, in the decision addressed to her on 29 April 2002 replying to her complaint, she was granted half the value of the allowance on the grounds that, although, in terms of a potential claim in negligence, she had contributed to her loss, the Commission’s services also bore a share of responsibility in failing to secure her the allowance at the time.
Kommissionen deen ”riskklausul”, dvs. en klausul som angav aas om kommissionen beslutade a bevilja si ning a e
The complainant’s observations
988,54 euro kunde utbetalas till elsen av den 25 november 1998 a belopp.
THE OMBUDSMAN’S EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE A FRIENDLY SOLUTION
I si alla bidrag han hade mo agit ills hade v pengarna hade beviljats. liga elsen kom fl era
Commission to propose a friendly solution on the basis of the following analysis of the issues in dispute between the complainant and the Commission.
betala resterande del av e bidrag som den, ur klagandens synvinkel, hade accepterat a ara tvungen a erksamhet om man inte kunde hi
She claims that the Commission should pay her this amount retrospectively.
I si y er det askrivelsen av den 23 december hade skickats. Vad
“As far as possible, the Ombudsman shall seek a solution with the institution or body concerned to eliminate the instance of maladministration and satisfy the complaint.”
000 var ansvper telefon a e at honom 000 euro skulle beviljas. P grund av a H. avled i november 1999 var verifiera v en.
From the available evidence, it appears that the Commission initiated the complainant’s change of status from auxiliary to temporary agent.
Utbildning och kultur kommit fram till a slig skyldighet anovember 1998 Utbildning och kultur er som uppkommit mellan den
The proposal for a friendly solution
Granskning av kommissionens handlingar
The European Ombudsman suggested that the Commission should take action to avoid the appearance of arbitrariness and unfairness by considering, in the specific circumstances of this case, whether to pay the full amount of the secretarial allowance for the period in question.
Mot bakgrund av kommissionens y rande drog ombudsmannen slutsatsen ahan y15 juli september 2002 arades hos arades hos kommissionens representation i Tyskland.
In reply to the Ombudsman’s proposal, the Commission points out that it has no legal obligation towards the complainant, who did not contest the decisions within the prescribed deadlines.
Akten hos kommissionens representation i Tara i god ordning och komple . e en skrivklaganden av den 2 juli 1998 och en kopia av skrivelsen av den 25 november 1998.
On 2 June 2003, the complainant informed the Ombudsman’s services by telephone that she considers that a friendly solution has been achieved.
I en skrivelse av den 26 september 2002 informerade ombudsmannen kommissionen om a akten hos GD ar de saknade handlingarna fanns och a a de saknade lig a .
The claim for retrospective payment of a secretarial allowance
Den 8 november 2002 informerade kommissionen ombudsmannen a den tyvhi a flerseende med de a mycket beklagliga faktum.
1.2 A er careful consideration of the Commission’s opinion and the complainant’s observations, the Ombudsman wrote to the President of the Commission to propose a friendly solution in accordance with Article 3 (5) of the Statute.
I sina kommentarer till kommissionens y rande samt dess skrivelse av den 8 november klaganden si
1.3 In reply to the Ombudsman’s proposal, the Commission pointed out that it had no legal obligation towards the complainant, who did not contest the decisions within the prescribed deadlines.
I si y GD Utbildning och kultur anse a kommissionen vmellan den 25 november 1998 och den 5 januari er ade kommissionen emellertid a Utbildning och kultur hade informerat klaganden om a er som uppkommit mellan den 25 november 1998 och den 5 januari alanden var motstridiga.
The Commission considered, however, that in view of the points made by the European Ombudsman, the present case was exceptional and justified the granting of an additional ex gratia compensation.
Resultatet av diskussionerna med juni 2000 hade verkligen blivit a den senare accepterade a kommissionen a de utgi er som uppkommit mellan den 25 november 1998 och den 5 januari 1999.
The Ombudsman therefore closes the case.
ADKOMMA EN VÄNSKAPLIG FÖRLIKNING
COMMISSION AGREES TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO JOURNALIST AFTER OMBUDSMAN’S PROPOSAL FOR FRIENDLY SOLUTION
E er a noggrant ha beaktat ingivna ykommissionen hade ge e
Decision on complaint 1402/2002/GG against the European Commission
Förslaget till vänskaplig förlikning
THE COMPLAINT
I enlighet med artikel v
Several of these questions concerned the contracts that a company called Eurogramme had concluded with Eurostat.
Europeiska kommissionen bör överväga a ompröva si beslut a vägra betala ut hela beloppet om 90 000 euro till Europäisches Kultur- und Informationszentrum i Thüringen.
DECISIONSFOLLOWING
BESLUTEFTEREN betala resterande del av det bidrag som kommissionen enligt hade aklaganden hade accepterat av igad age
According to the complainant, the Commission on occasions even refused to provide basic information such as what contracts the Commission had entered into with a particular company.
2 klaganden vid fl november 1999 vtillade a e ersom H. avlidit i verifiera vad som faktiskt hade sagts. Kommissionen en som
Third, the complainant argued that investigations by OLAF sometimes took an extraordinary amount of time.
52 inte kunnat styrka de garantier ne av ombudsmannen, dvs. H., har avlidit.
The complainant claimed that the Commission should answer the questions that had been submi ed to it without success since March 2002.
Europaparlamentets beslut 94/262 av den 9 mars 113, 1994, s. 15.
The Commission’s opinion
4 Ombudsmannen anser emellertid inte aklaganden till last i dee fl aron av a av klaganden a styrka si
Media (i.e. journalists) were not entitled under the present Code to any particular and/or additional rights beyond what the Code foresees for dealing with inquiries from the general public.
Ombudsmannen anser adet fi nns minst tre faktorer som v ersom projektet skulle starta i september uppenbarligen stort intresse av a
The Press and Communication Service had been scrupulous in adhering to the deadlines stipulated, that is to say, a reply has to be sent within fi een working days of the receipt of inquiries.
1998) om ades av klagandens skrivelse a av den 2 juli 1998 till kommissionens representation i Tom den fiara tvungen a ersom . E ersom projektet e han fi ck en.
In his observations, the complainant maintained his complaint and made the following further comments:
I si y genom aden hi vara skyldig abidragsmo agaren, den uppfylla principen om god ekonomisk upprepa a kommissionen endast kan anses skri.
The duty of public authorities to provide information was enshrined in the press law of the Member States and had its foundation also in the principle of the freedom of the press recognised throughout the Union.
den som e acceptera ombudsmannens bevara de europeiska medborgarnas uppfa ning av institutionernas goda namn och undvika a skada bidragsmo skonton som var knutna till det er som v bidrag smo klaganden ara medveten om a
This applied to the inquiries of 7 June 2002, 16 June 2002 and 22 July 2002 (concerning the submission of a report) in their entirety and to part of the inquiry of 2 June 2002.
Underlåtenhet a betala resterande bidragsbelopp
The complainant claimed that the Commission should change its administrative practice and answer his questions.
988,54 betala resterande del av det bidrag som kommissionen enligt arit klaganden hade accepterat a igad avilka hela beloppet 90 000 euro skulle beviljas.
A er careful consideration of the Commission’s opinion and the complainant’s observations, it appeared that further inquiries were necessary.
1.4 I si y rande informerade kommissionen ombudsmannen om a den som e undantag var beredd a er som klaganden uppge vara medveten om a
All inquiries by the complainant for purely factual information had been properly answered or had been referred to as currently being the object of an investigation and that, therefore, the Commission could not answer at that specific point in time.
Beslut i klagomål 1166/2002/(SM)IJH mot Europeiska kommissionen maj 1995 till den maj 1998 till den 15 maj 2001 arbetade hon
Likewise the Commission considered that it was not appropriate to provide information that could prejudice the proper conduct of investigations.
30 april enligt artikel 4 a i bilaga erna och artikel slutade kommissionen a og klaganden eoffi ciellt meddelande med information om a januari 2001 till den
Mr M. had not received the questions and had been personally unaware of them.
Hon yrkade a kommissionen skulle betala henne de a belopp retroaktivt.
DECISIONSFOLLOWING
BESLUTEFTEREN igheter och som hon undertecknade i maj kationerna och motsvarande minskning av hennes inkomster. Hon har ig och v
On occasions, the Commission did provide information, on others it did not.
I beslutet som skickades till henne den 29 april 2002, som svemellertid halva bidraget. Motiveringen var a en kommissionen en del av ansv hennes
It was however a reason for criticism that a complaint to the Ombudsman had been necessary to achieve this outcome.
Klagandens kommentarer betvivla ahennes uppgi er som tidigare, a hon skulle arbeta inom samma enhet och a
At the time, the Commission had not denied this.
OMBUDSMANNENS FÖRSÖK ATT
The complainant concluded by claiming that wri en replies should be sent to the relevant questions.
E er en noggrann granskning av kommissionens yombudsmannen akommissionen inte hade gee3.5 i ombudsmannens stadgar
The proposal for a friendly solution
Kravet på retroaktiv utbetalning av sekreterartillägg
The Ombudsman therefore made the following proposal for a friendly solution to the Commission:
Klaganden a kommissionen skall betala henne de a belopp retroaktivt.
The European Commission should consider providing the information requested by the complainant, unless there are valid reasons for not doing so.
1.2 klagandens uppgi er v erklaga idare hade ersom kommissionen beslutet ahon, veventuellt genom a underteckna e ade a Hon fidock bar en del av ansvaret, beviljade kommissionen klaganden halv
This proposal was based on the following considerations:
Ombudsmannen konstaterar a klaganden hade det skulle retroaktivt betala hela bidraget fi till.
DECISIONSFOLLOWING
BESLUTEFTEREN akommissionen tog initiativet till a
3 The Ombudsman considers that a distinction has to be drawn in this context between a request for information and a request to take a position on a certain issue.
1.5 a kommissionens beslut vist och a
The Commission argues that many of the questions did not relate to straightforward existing information but required it to take a position on very specific issues.
Förslaget till vänskaplig förlikning undvika visa genom a erv
Decisions following an inquiry consideration.
Beslut e
In its reply, the Commission stated that it appreciated the proposal for a friendly solution.
Klaganden a er a kommissionen skall betala henne de a belopp retroaktivt.
The Commission noted that it had reviewed all the questions that had been addressed to it by the complainant and that a complete list of the Commission’s replies thereto was enclosed.
E er en noggrann granskning av kommissionens y rande och klagandens kommentarer enlighet med artikel 3.5 i ombudsmannens stadgar.
FURTHER INQUIRIES
E s mellan kommissionen
The Commission’s reply
BESLUTEFTEREN
In reply to the Ombudsman’s le er, the Commission submi ed an amended list of its replies to the complainant’s questions.
KOMMISSIONEN GÅR MED PÅ ATION TILL EN JOURNALIST EFTER OMBUDSMANNENS FÖRSLAG TILL VNSKAPLIG FÖRLIKNING
The complainant’s observations
Beslut i klagomål 1402/2002/GG mot Europeiska kommissionen eckotidningen Sterns korrespondent i Bryssel.
No wri en observations on this reply were received from the complainant.
Sedan februari 2002 har tidningen bevakat ekommissionen, av kommissionens generaldirektorat).
In a telephone conversation with the Ombudsman’s offi ce on 17 November 2003, the complainant stressed that he found it regre able that he had had to turn to the Ombudsman in order to obtain the relevant information.
Klaganden ingav kopior av skrielser som han hade skickat till kommissionen den 12 mars 2002, 26 mars 2002, 28 mars 2002, 5 april 2002, 8 juli 2002, 22 juli 2002, 26 juli 2002 och den 7 augusti arkontrakt som e med Eurostat.
Failure to provide information requested by the complainant
, och med vid fl kommissionens beteende var med efelaktigt och a det hindrade v e off e off t va
Decisions following an inquiry with the media, had been scrupulous in answering within the deadline stipulated, that is to say within fi een working days of the receipt of inquiries.
Beslut e inte tala om e bro sutredningar eller administrativjas som en kommissionen betedde sig godtyckligt, e ersom den ibland besvar under utredning av OLAF,a den vinformationen.
The Commission further provided the complainant with a list of contracts it had entered into with a company called Eurogramme that the complainant had requested.
Enligt klaganden hade kommissionen i samband med ehonom om a er skrivit a den relevanta
DECISIONSFOLLOWING
BESLUTEFTEREN erligare er dem som agits.
CASES CLOSED WITH A CRITICAL REMARK BY THEOMBUDSMAN
Uppfa ningen a kommissionen hade fa at godtyckliga beslut v arats korrekt av kommissionen.
3.4.1 The European Parliament
I kommissionen i sina sv de a en a
FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH DUTY TO BE COURTEOUS
V kommissionen hade v eringen a
On 2 July 2002, the tenderers were informed via an email sent by Mrs T., an official of the EP, that the call for tenders had been cancelled “due to technical reasons” and would be re-published. No date or time frame was indicated, however.
emellertid, och den hade anv er kontrakt, i inte var en handling som skulle omfa er kontrakt med Eurogramme bifogades kommissionens y rande.
In a further email sent on 5 July 2002, Mrs T. informed the recipients that the official results for nine of the calls for tenders would be published in the Official Journal the following week.
De off entliga myndigheternas skyldighet apressens v Äv en till ”informationsfrihet”.
She further noted that the call for tenders for the translation of verbatim reports of the European Parliament’s sessions into German (CRE-0202-DE-EP) had been cancelled due to discrepancies in the award criteria between the notice published in the Official Journal and the tender specifications posted on the EP’s website.
Kommissionen hade naturligtvis full frihet a u kommissionen skulle a else eller e v altning av gemenskapsmedel v et var a en de a e a ar vilseledande.
Finally, Mrs T. pointed out that call for tenders CRE-0203-EL-EP had been cancelled “due to technical problems”.
OLAF v praktiskt taget alltid ainte OLAF:s utredningar altningssed, utom i e enda
In its complaint to the Ombudsman lodged in early September 2002, the complainant took the view that the cancellation of the call for tenders was a serious ma er.
UNDERSÖGNING a delar juni 2002,
The complainant thus in substance made the following allegations:
16 juni 2002 och den 22 juli a rutiner och besvara hans
The EP had failed to explain the reasons for cancelling the said call for tenders.
juni 2002, 7 juni 2002, 16 juni 2002 och den 22 juli 200254 bifogades klagandens synpunkter.
The tone of the email from the head of Parliament’s Translation Planning Division of 3 July 2002 had been inappropriate and had created an impression of arrogant behaviour.
E er en noggrann granskning av kommissionens y rande och klagandens kommentarer verkade as ykommentera klagandens kommentarer.
THE INQUIRY
I si andra y
In its opinion, the European Parliament made the following comments:
11 (”Y randefrihet och
This email had not been sent by one of the officials responsible for the call for tenders but by a member of their staff who had acted somewhat zealously.
Artikel 42 i stadgan har exakt samma ordalydelse som artikel a besv det inte
Decisions following an inquiry
Beslut e ligger i gemenskapens intresse a informationen offaerad.
The complainant’s observations
kommissionen a ut informationen.
It pointed out that other le ers with a similar tone had been sent by the la er’s staff.
Kommissionen konstaterade arats skriligt den 5 juni 7 juni och den 22 juli 2002 hade besv16 juni s asom var den ansvvarit medvemellertid a
Request for further information
I sina kommentarer till kommissionens andra y
The Ombudsman further asked Parliament to explain why the erroneous information contained in the email of 2 July 2002 had not been corrected as soon as the error had come to the knowledge of the officials responsible.
Om kommissionen skulle anse ajournalister informera en och kommissionen borde andra sidan skulle de a inte befria al av tydliga och konsekv den v
In its reply, Parliament made the following comments:
, a v nierade fall (till igheter.
The ma er had only been resolved on 12 August 2002.
Man kunde emellertid kritisera aa a resultat.
In addition, it was clearly stated in the tender specifications that the only point of contact was Mrs W. The official who had sent the erroneous
I si meddelande av den 22 juli 2002 hade klaganden juni arats. Vid den aktuella tidpunkten a .
Decisions following an inquiry email was employed in the freelance unit secretariat and regularly exchanged e-mails with contractors.
Beslut e juni 2002 hade klaganden antagit a vidarebefordras till M.
Its staff, mostly C-grade, exchanged on average fi y e-mails per day with contractors.
De meddelande av den 7 juni 2002 och den 22 juli 2002.
The complainant’s observations
EN VÄNSKAPLIG FÖRLIKNING
DECISIONSFOLLOWING
Förslaget till vänskaplig förlikning
According to the complainant, one of its members that had already requested information but not received an answer intended to submit the ma er to the Ombudsman.
Enligt artikel 3.5 i ombudsmannens stadgar55 en v a ar a kommissionens v besv
The complainant added that there was definitely a communication and transparency problem masked by bureaucracy and “formalities”.
Europeiska kommissionen bör överväga a tillhandahålla den information som klaganden begär, om det inte fi nns giltiga skäl för a inte göra det.
THE DECISION
UNDERSÖGNING