OLAF’s power to hear witnesses
Summary of decision on complaint 856/2008/BEH (confidential) against the European Anti-Fraud Office
The complaint was submitted by a journalist. In 2002, he contacted the President of the European Commission alerting him to certain irregularities which he believes occurred in relation to the European Parliament’s acquisition of the so-called D3 building in Brussels. On the basis of the information provided by the complainant, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) opened an investigation. In the course of that investigation, OLAF considered the complainant to be a ‘person concerned’ within the meaning of the OLAF Regulation and invited him to be heard as a witness at OLAF’s headquarters in Brussels, on the basis of Articl
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