European Parliament 11 December 2001, European Parliament resolution on the Special Report to the European Parliament following the draft recommendation to the European Commission in complaint 713/98/IJH (made in accordance with Article 3(7) of the Statute of the European Ombudsman) (C5-0463/2001 — 2001/2194(COS))

1. Calls for the following provisions to be added to Article 194 of the EC Treaty: ‘To avoid the risk of further infringements of the rights of a citizen drawing attention to non-compliance with a Community provision Parliament, the Commission and the Council may, under the codecision procedure provided for in Article 251 of the Treaty and in accordance with a request from Parliament endorsed by