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Dear European Anti-Fraud Office,

Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents which contain the following information:

1. Information about all the cases Olaf investigated in Slovakia, including the result of the investigation

2. Information about all the fines and sanctions to the Slovak authorities, following an olaf investigation

Yours faithfully,

Martin Turček

European Anti-Fraud Office

Dear Mr. Turček,
We refer to your email of 10 September 2016 requesting access under
Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 to the following information regarding OLAF
investigations in Slovakia:
         1. Information about all the cases OLAF investigated in Slovakia,
including the result of the investigation;
2. Information about all the fines and sanctions to the Slovak authorities
following an OLAF investigation.  
Your request under point 1 does not make reference to any specific
documents.  We believe, however, that the annual reports of OLAF which you
can find at
[1]https://ec.europa.eu/anti-fraud/about-us...), as
well as the Annual Reports on the protection of the EU's financial
interests ("PIF" Reports), which you can find at
[2]https://ec.europa.eu/anti-fraud/about-us...)
contain information regarding Slovakia that may be useful for your
research.
With respect to your request in point 2, we wish to inform you that OLAF
does not have the power to impose fines or sanctions following an OLAF
investigation. Pursuant to Article 11 of Regulation 883/2013, on
completion of an OLAF investigation, a report shall be drawn up and shall
be accompanied by recommendations of the Director-General on whether or
not action shall be taken. Reports and recommendations drawn up following
an external investigation shall be sent to the competent authorities of
the Member States concerned and, if necessary, to the competent Commission
services. Reports and recommendations drawn up following an internal
investigation shall be sent to the institution, body, office or agency
concerned.
We thank you for your interest in our work and hope that we have fully
satisfied your request.
Yours sincerely,
 
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
EUROPEAN ANTI-FRAUD OFFICE (OLAF)
Directorate  C: Investigation Support
Unit  C.4 – Legal Advice

Rue Joseph II, 30 • B-1000 Brussels (Belgium)
[3]http://ec.europa.eu/anti_fraud
Our policy regarding personal data protection can be viewed on
[4]http://ec.europa.eu/anti_fraud/about-us/...
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Dear European Anti-Fraud Office,

Thank you for the information provided, however, OLAF's reports only include statistical information.

I would like information about the particular cases that were investigated by OLAF, in very short form - name of investigated institution and object of investigation (particular tender, or use of funds, ...) would do.

Thank you very much,

Yours faithfully,

Martin Turček

European Anti-Fraud Office

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Dear Mr Turček,

 

Please find attached OLAF's reply to your request dated 23 September 2016.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

 

EUROPEAN COMMISSION
EUROPEAN ANTI-FRAUD OFFICE (OLAF)
Directorate  C: Investigation Support
Unit  C.4 – Legal Advice
Rue Joseph II, 30 • B-1000 Brussels (Belgium)

[1]http://ec.europa.eu/anti_fraud

Our policy regarding personal data protection can be viewed on
[2]http://ec.europa.eu/anti_fraud/about-us/...

 

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Dear European Anti-Fraud Office,

Thank you for your response, I apologize for responding this late, however, I did not realize before, that the inability of OLAF answer has been justified by need to protect ongoing investigation.
I am perfectly fine with OLAF's response about list of cases that have been investigated and closed by OLAF in Slovakia and I do not need any information about ongoing investigations.

Thanks a lot for a response,

Yours faithfully,

Martin Turček

European Anti-Fraud Office

Dear Mr Turček,

We refer to your communication dated 20 January 2017 in which, we understand, you request a review of the position taken by OLAF on 13 October 2016 with regard to your request of 23 September 2016 for access to "information about the particular cases that were investigated by OLAF [in Slovakia]". You state that you are interested in "a list of cases that have been investigated and closed by OLAF in Slovakia…"

Please note that in accordance with Article 7(2) of Regulation 1049/2001, confirmatory applications requesting OLAF to review its position need to be submitted within 15 working days upon receipt of OLAF's initial reply. In the present request, OLAF's reply was sent to you via asktheeu.eu website on 13 October 2016. We regret, therefore, to inform you that we will not deal further with your confirmatory application, since it was submitted outside the applicable deadline of 15 working days provided by Regulation 1049/2001.

The scope of your communication of 20 January 2017 is part of the scope of the initial request you sent on 23 September 2016. Concerning the clarifications you make in your communication, we refer you to the grounds mentioned in our reply to your initial application sent to you on 13 October 2016.

Best regards,

EUROPEAN COMMISSION
EUROPEAN ANTI-FRAUD OFFICE (OLAF)
Unit C.4 Legal Advice

Rue Joseph II, 30 • B-1000 Brussels (Belgium)
http://ec.europa.eu/anti_fraud

 

Our policy regarding personal data protection can be viewed on
[2]http://ec.europa.eu/anti_fraud/about-us/...

 
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