Strasbourg, 22/11/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Ombudsman, Jacob Söderman noted that the European Commission followed up its recommendation by adopting an internal procedure to examine the suspicions of the mistreatment of children in crèches. The Ombudsman reacted following a complaint by parents going to the "Centre de la Petite Enfance Clovis" in Brussels. They accuse the Commission of not having acted in an effective, transparent and opportune manner when suspicions of paedophilia were signalled. The complaint dates back to 1998 and the Ombudsman send a recommendation to the Community Executive on 15 March 2000. Last week, after having studied the new procedure set out by the Commission, the parents informed him of their complete satisfaction as to the results obtained. The Ombudsman concluded that the Commission took the necessary measures to ensure the future suspicions of child mistreatment are processed in a suitable manner.