Compensation to whistleblowers
Dear Legal Service,
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:
The sum to date of compensation made to officially-recognised whistleblowers;
The number of cases to date that have involved a legal defence of whistleblowing, broken down numerically into which ones were upheld and which ones were not.
My address is
313, Norman Shaw North,
House of Commons
Westminster SW1A 0AA
Yours faithfully,
Lee Rotherham
Dear Mr Rotherham,
Thank you for your e-mail (sent to the legal service) dated 10/05/2016.
We hereby acknowledge receipt of your application for access to documents,
which was registered on 18/05/2016 under reference number GestDem
2016/2757
In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to
European Parliament, Council and Commission documents, your application
will be handled within 15 working days. The time limit will expire on
08/06/2016. In case this time limit needs to be extended, you will be
informed in due course.
You have lodged your application via the AsktheEU.org website. Please note
that this is a private website which has no link with any institution of
the European Union. Therefore the European Commission cannot be held
accountable for any technical issues or problems linked to the use of this
system.
Yours faithfully,
ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS TEAM
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European Commission
Secretariat General
Unit B4 - Transparency
Ref: GESTDEM N° 2016/2757 & 2016/2916
Dear Sir,
Please find enclosed a letter to your attention.
The original is sent by post.
Kind regards,
European Commission
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