Following complaints to the European Ombudsman from Statewatch, EU policing agency Europol and EU border control agency Frontex agreed to implement a number of principles concerning legislation on public access to documents.
For an overview of the complaints, see: New transparency obligations for justice and home affairs agencies following Statewatch complaints
All the files linked to below are in PDF format.
Europol
Statewatch complaint to Europol
Statewatch complaint to the Ombudsman
- 16 December 2019: Complaint to the Ombudsman
- 12 March 2020: Case opened by the Ombudsman (link)
- 23 June 2020:
- 14 July 2020: Reply to the Ombudsman
- 6 January 2021:
- 14 January 2021: Statewatch comments on proposed solution
Frontex
Statewatch complaint to Frontex
- 20 March 2019: Complaint to Frontex
- 12 April 2019: Reply from Frontex
- 2 May 2019: Reply to Frontex
- 4 June 2019: Reply from Frontex
Statewatch complaint to the Ombudsman
- 16 December 2019: Complaint to the Ombudsman
- 11 March 2020: Case opened by the Ombudsman (link)
- 11 June 2020:
- 8 July 2020: Statewatch response to the Ombudsman
- 8 December 2020:
- 8 January 2021: Statewatch comments on the proposed solution
- 03 February 2021: Ombudsman decision in case 2273/2019/MIG on the European Border and Coast Guard Agency’s (Frontex) public register of documents
- 03 February 2021: Communication from the European Ombudsman to Statewatch re: Decision of the European Ombudsman in the above case
- 28 February 2022: Notification on the European Border and Coast Guard Agency’s (Frontex) public register of documents
- 09 March 2022: Follow-up to the proposal for a solution in the above-mentioned inquiry on the European Border and Coast Guard Agency’s (Frontex) public register of documents