The European Ombudsman, Emily O'Really, found, in a decision taken on Wednesday 29 April, that “the EU Council’s systematic marking of documents related to the adoption process of the annual Total Allowable Catches (TAC) Regulations for 2018 and 2019 as 'LIMITE' [’LIMITED’] constituted maladministration”.
Emily O'Reilly therefore confirmed her earlier conclusions and expressed her dissatisfaction with the EU Council's replies regarding the lack of transparency in the process of...