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Decision of the European Ombudsman adopting implementing… Article 2

Decision of the European Ombudsman adopting implementing… Article 2

Receipt of complaints

Article 2

1.   The Ombudsman shall accept complaints submitted in writing. The Ombudsman shall take appropriate measures to assist persons with disabilities to exercise their right to submit a complaint. 2.   A complainant shall identify any information in the complaint that the complainant considers confidential. The identification of any such information as confidential by a complainant shall not prevent the Ombudsman, for the purposes of carrying out an inquiry, from communicating the information to the institution concerned. The Ombudsman shall inform the institution of what information the complainant considers to be confidential. 3.   In appropriate cases, and with the consent of the complainant, the Ombudsman may transfer a complaint to another competent authority.

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