The EIB Complaints Mechanism

The new Complaints Mechanism- Principles, Terms of Reference and Rules of Procedure was formalised in February 2010 in order to strengthen the complaints mechanism and to provide the public with a tool enabling alternative and pre-emptive resolution of disputes between the latter and the EIB.

The CMP applies to complaints regarding maladministration, which occurs when a member of the EIB Group fails to act in accordance with the applicable legislation and/or internal policies, fails to respect the principles of good administration or violates human rights.

The CMP provides any member of the public access to a 2-tier procedure, one internal and one external. The EIB Complaints Offices represents the internal part and is an operationally independent office with a double reporting line to the Secretary General and the Director of Strategy and Corporate Centre.

The CMP sets the rules of the mechanism, its structure and the basic procedural rules on the handling of complaints such as:

  • Criteria for admissibility of complaints
  • Time limits within which a complaints may be lodged
  • Time limits in which complainants may expect acknowledgment as well as the EIB's final reply.
Following the signature of the Memorandum of Understanding between the EIB and the European Ombudsman the latter has agreed to use systematically his own-initiative powers to initiate inquiries regarding alleged maladministration by the EIB, when the sole reason preventing an inquiry is the fact that the complainant is not a citizen of the European Union or a natural or legal person residing or having a registered office within the EU.


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