CYIL vol. 10 (2019)

ZUZANA TRÁVNÍČKOVÁ CYIL 10 ȍ2019Ȏ Distribution of points in Figure 2 refutes the possible assumption that the period between listing and the review gets shorter and that the oldest listings were reviewed in the first years of the Ombudsperson’s existence. On the contrary, it indicates that it gently extends and the available data support that finding. The average duration between listing and the start of the review increased slightly from 3091 days between July 2010 and June 2013 to 3525 days between July 2013 and June 2017. 16 Without analyzing the reasoning of delisting recommendation (which is not made public) and without having more information about the requests which were denied, it is not possible to aver more about the causes of this trend. Figure 3 displays the average duration of the review procedure, the number of days before the start date up to the decision of the IDAQ Sanctions Committee (usually the same day or the day after the delisting is made public and carried out). A reduced duration would display the routine in the Ombudsperson procedure; however, it is not the case. The visible prolongation of duration of reviews opened between July 2017 and June 2018 should be read as a consequence of the vacancy of the Ombudsperson’s position. Although the Office was operating during those months, the pace of requests elaboration became obviously slower. Figure 3: Length of the Ombudsperson procedure depending on the start date of the procedure

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16 The average period between listing and the start of the review was 3097 days for reviews completed in 2011/2012 (34 requests completed), 3159 days for 2012/2013 (13 requests completed), 3027 days for 2013/2014 (16 requests completed), 2813 days for 2014/2015 (4 requests completed), 3527 days for 2015/2016 (3 requests completed), 3888 days for 2016/2017 (4 requests completed) and 5143 days for 2017/2018, however the last period is represented by only one completed case.

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