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Report
on the European Ombudsman's inspection of documents concerning complaint 1777/2014/PL against the European Commission
Complainant:
Mr
Gregorio
Abascal
Institution
or
body
concerned:
European
Commission
Date
and
time:
16
December
2014,
10.30
‐
12.30
Location:
Charlemagne
Building,
Rue
de
la
Loi
170,
B
‐
1000
Brussels
Inspection
carried
out
by
:
Mr
Lambros
PAPADIAS
Head
of
Complaints
and
Inquiries
Unit
3
Ms
Patricia
LOPEZ
MARTIN,
Legal
Officer,
Complaints
and
Inquiries
Unit
3
Commission
represented
by:
Mr
Pascal
LEFÈVRE,
SG
F.3.
Ms
Martine
FOUWELS,
SG
B.4.
Ms
Indre
VAICEKAUSKAITE,
DG
TRADE
Mr
Victor
GARCÍA
LÓPEZ
‐
BERGES,
DG
TRADE
Mr
Hiddo
HOUBEN,
DG
TRADE
Ms
Maria
KNORS,
DG
TRADE
The
inspection
started
at
10.30
a.m.
Prior
to
proceeding
to
the
inspection,
Mr
Papadias
and
Ms
Lopez
Martin
explained
the
purpose
of
the
inspection
and
gave
an
overview
of
the
applicable
rules
and
the
procedure
followed
by
the
Ombudsman
for
the
inspection
of
documents.
2
The inspection of the file
The
Ombudsman
ʹ
s
representatives
identified
the
following
documents
as
relevant:
1.
Documents
related
to
the
complainant
ʹ
s
access
to
documents
request.
2.
Documents
requested
by
the
complainant:
Energy
and
Raw
Materials1.
Initial
position
paper
on
trade
and
investment
in
raw
materials
and
energy2.
Non
‐
Paper
on
raw
materials
and
energy
3.
Initial
position
paper
(Public)
Financial
Services
4.
Initial
position
paper
on
Regulatory
Issues
in
Financial
Services
5.
Non
‐
paper
on
Regulatory
Co
‐
operation
on
Financial
Regulation
6.
Paper
on
the
Relation
between
the
EU
Legislative
Process
and
Regulatory
Cooperation
in
Financial
Services
7.
Non
‐
paper
on
Regulatory
Co
‐
operation
on
Financial
Regulation
8.
EU
negotiating
position
on
financial
services
(Public)
Services
and
Investment
9.
Initial
Services
and
Investment
Offer
10.
Non
‐
paper
on
Mutual
Recognition
Agreements
for
Professional
Services
11.
Non
‐
paper
on
Air
transport
Paper
Round
12.
Paper
on
Draft
Terms
of
Reference
of
a
Working
Group
on
Aviation
13.
Non
‐
paper
on
Maritime
transport
14.
Non
‐
paper
on
Mobility
Package
Intellectual
Property
15.
Paper
on
IP
border
measures
16.
Paper
on
Geographical
Indications
and
List
of
Geographical
Indications
17.
Outline
of
a
text
on
Geographical
Indications
Public
Procurement
Services
18.
Initial
position
paper
on
Public
Procurement19.
Text
proposal
Public
Procurement
20.
Paper
on
the
European
Union
ʹ
s
initial
request
to
the
US
in
relation
to
Annex
I
entities
(federal
level)
21.
Paper
on
Coverage
of
public
private
partnerships
(
ʺ
PPP
ʺ
)
22.
Non
Paper
on
Main
elements
of
EU
Expectations
for
US
deliverables
in
an
initial
offer
concerning
the
sub
‐
central
level
on
public
procurement
(in
particular
related
to
Annex
2)
23.
Initial
position
paper
(Public)
The
Ombudsman
ʹ
s
representatives
requested
and
received
copies
of
the
above
‐
listed
documents.
The
Commission
ʹ
s
representatives
informed
the
Ombudsman
that
the
above
documents
were
confidential
with
the
exception
of
documents
3,
8
and
23