EU OMBUDSMAN STRESSES ACCOUNTANTS CAN SPARK HER INQUIRIES, AS WELL AS PRIVATE CITIZENS
June 1st, 2016
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly has urged members of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) to remember that they are citizens too and can make complaints about maladministration, as well as their clients.
O’Reilly explained to Accounting & Business that as European Ombudsman since July 2013, she deals with complaints about maladministration in the EU institutions, bodies and agencies from any person, business or non-governmental organisation (NGO) in the EU. She can also take on cases on her own initiative.
“In ...
Full access to this article can be arranged with permission from the client that first ordered it. Please contact us to request access. Entries are uploaded to our archive at least one year after being published by a client – free access is restricted to International News Services journalists for background research only. The article date indicates when copy was filed to a client, not when posted to this archive. Upon client requests, International News Services will remove such articles from the archive or not upload them in the first place. They are included to demonstrate the breadth of topics undertaken by the agency and also to help promote clients’ coverage.