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"Mr President, allow me to react to some of the comments concerning the EU Pilot system. We in the Commission see this as a very important preventive tool which enables us to redress a situation very swiftly.
How does it work? It works in such a way that a Member State has 10 weeks in which to respond or propose a solution. We find it a rather quick procedure, we have had very good results with it so far, and we try not to keep it in the dark. We issued a detailed report on how EU Pilot has been applied, noting that we had an 80% success rate in correcting flawed implementation, and we are working hard on the next annual report, which will be published very soon.
I know that the problems raised by Ms Lichtenberger also concern the rights of individual complainants. Here, too, we try to redress the situation, and we have made very clear how we would like to improve the treatment of individual citizens’ complaints. In April we updated our communication on relations with complainants and we codified their rights better. We confirmed that we would acknowledge receipt of complaints within 15 working days. If the Commission decides not to register a complaint, it will give notice of its reasons and provide information about alternative forms of redress.
The Commission affords the possibility of meeting complainants at their request and informs them of the various steps in the procedure. Prior notice is given to the complainant before a case is closed, and the complainant is invited to submit any new comments or new information before this is done. No later than one year from the registration of a complaint, the complainant will be formally notified of whether the case is to be pursued or closed. If the time limit is exceeded the Commission will inform the complainant. If we fail to observe this self-imposed codification of the rules, the complainant will have the right to approach the European Ombudsman.
So we are really trying to make clear how we intend to treat individual complainants.
Concerning the suggestion and proposal by Ms Wikström, we will look into all the points as part of our follow-up. I believe we would react to most of the points as was suggested. Concerning the Member States’ differing levels of quality in the application of EU law, I assure you that in the next report on the application of EU law we will include performances for each Member State with a breakdown by sector, so I think it will be even more transparent than has been the case.
Allow me two last comments, please. The first is on Ms Regner’s point about the correlation tables. As you know, we had long discussions with Parliament and the Council about the right approach here, and now we are implementing the political declaration governing this issue. In accordance with that, the Commission will present a report on the implementation process by 1 November 2013.
Finally, a response to Ms Băsescu: we also plan, in the forthcoming annual report on the application of EU law which is to be adopted in the weeks ahead, to indicate the number of cases that originated in a petition."@en1
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