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Opinions and reports

2023 - 2028

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  • Annual activity report
  • 30 April 2025
Annual activity report 2024

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Opinion1/2025
  • Opinion
  • 6 February 2025
Opinion No 1/2025 – OLAF’s internal investigations of harassment within the EU institutions, bodies, offices and agencies (IBOAs)
English
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Opinion No 4/2024 - OLAF 's power to conduct internal investigations: the case of Members of EU institutions
  • Opinion
  • 12 November 2024
Opinion No 4/2024 - OLAF's power to conduct internal investigations: the case of Members of EU institutions
English
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Opinion No 3/2024 - OLAF Guidelines on investigation procedures
  • Opinion
  • 12 November 2024
Opinion No 3/2024 - OLAF's Guidelines on investigation procedures
English
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08
  • Annual activity report
  • 10 July 2024
Annual activity report 2023

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English
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08
  • Opinion
  • 15 May 2024
Opinion No 2/2024 – OLAF's preliminary draft budget for 2025
English
(272.53 KB - PDF)
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  • Opinion
  • 16 April 2024
Opinion No 1/2024 – Complementary investigations of OLAF and the EPPO
English
(320.53 KB - PDF)
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pdb
  • Opinion
  • 31 May 2023
Opinion No 1/2023 – OLAF's preliminary draft budget for 2024
English
(525.02 KB - PDF)
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  • Annual report
  • 31 May 2023
Annual activity report 2022

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English
(1.01 MB - PDF)
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2017 - 2022

tc
  • Opinion
  • 22 November 2022
Opinion No 1/2022 – OLAF's preliminary draft budget for 2023
English
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r 21
  • Annual activity report
  • 11 February 2022
Annual activity report 2021

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English
(707.51 KB - PDF)
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scar 2020
  • Annual activity report
  • 14 June 2021
Annual activity report 2020

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English
(926.15 KB - PDF)
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1_21
  • Opinion
  • 4 February 2021
Opinion No 1/2021 - OLAF’s recommendations not followed by the relevant authorities
English
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Opinion 2/2021
  • Opinion
  • 31 May 2021
Opinion No 2/2021 - Working arrangements between OLAF and EPPO

together with the replies from OLAF and EPPO

English
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3-21
  • Opinion
  • 21 October 2021
Opinion No 3/2021 - Supervision of OLAF internal investigations: Strategic conclusions and best practices
English
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4 21
  • Opinion
  • 18 October 2021
Opinion No 4/2021 - OLAF’s Preliminary Draft Budget for 2022
English
(454.89 KB - PDF)
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5_21
  • Opinion
  • 17 December 2021
Opinion no 5/2021 - Analysis of OLAF's investigations lasting more than 36 months in 2019
English
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Annual Activity Report 2019
  • Annual activity report
  • 11 August 2020
Annual Activity Report 2019

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1_2020
  • Opinion
  • 22 April 2020
Opinion No 1/2020 - OLAF's dismissed cases concerning Members of EU Institutions
English
(1.73 MB - PDF)
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2_2020
  • Opinion
  • 30 July 2020
Opinion No 2/2020 - OLAF's preliminary draft budget for 2021
English
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  • Annual activity report
  • 15 July 2019
Annual Activity Report 2018

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English
(1.13 MB - PDF)
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1_2019
  • Opinion
  • 25 June 2019
Opinion No 1/2019 - OLAF's preliminary draft budget for 2020
English
(913.8 KB - PDF)
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  • Annual activity report
  • 1 June 2018
Annual Activity Report 2017

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English
(882.41 KB - PDF)
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1_2018
  • Opinion
  • 23 July 2018
Opinion No 1/2018 - OLAF's preliminary draft budget for 2019
English
(447.38 KB - PDF)
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  • Annual activity report
  • 23 May 2017
Annual Activity Report 2016

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English
(1.22 MB - PDF)
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1_2017
  • Opinion
  • 26 July 2017
Opinion No 1/2017 - OLAF’s Preliminary Draft Budget for 2018
English
(327.63 KB - PDF)
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2_2017
  • Opinion
  • 29 September 2017
Opinion No 2/2017 - Accompanying the Commission Evaluation report on the application of Regulation (EU) of the European Parliament and of the Council No 883/2013 (Article 19)

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2011 - 2016

scar2015
  • Annual activity report
  • 19 April 2016
Annual activity report 2015
English
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op1
  • Opinion
  • 13 December 2016
Opinion No 1/2016 - OLAF's preliminary draft budget for 2017
English
(411.04 KB - PDF)
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op2
  • Opinion
  • 20 January 2017
Opinion No 2/2016 - OLAF's Annual Activity Report 2015
English
(1.48 MB - PDF)
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scar14
  • Annual activity report
  • 27 April 2015
Annual activity report 2014

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English
(4.19 MB - PDF)
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1 15
  • Opinion
  • 5 May 2015
Opinion No 1/2015 - OLAF’s preliminary draft budget for 2016
English
(1.56 MB - PDF)
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2 15
  • Opinion
  • 15 December 2015
Opinion No 2/2015 - Legality check and review in OLAF
English
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3 15
  • Opinion
  • 17 February 2016
Opinion No 3/2015 - Opinion on the OLAF draft Investigation Policy Priorities (IPPs) for the year 2016
English
(427.16 KB - PDF)
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scar13
  • Annual activity report
  • 28 March 2014
Annual activity report (February 2013-January 2014)

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English
(4.05 MB - PDF)
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1 14
  • Opinion
  • 13 February 2014
Opinion No 1/2014 - OLAF's Investigation Policy Priorities
English
(151.48 KB - PDF)
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2 14
  • Opinion
  • 17 March 2014
Opinion No 2/2014 - Case selection in OLAF
English
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3 14
  • Opinion
  • 15 May 2014
Opinion No 3/2014 - OLAF’s preliminary draft budget for 2015
English
(415.35 KB - PDF)
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4 14
  • Opinion
  • 24 April 2015
Opinion No 4/2014 - Control of the duration of investigations conducted by the European Anti-fraud Office
English
(2.01 MB - PDF)
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5 14
  • Opinion
  • 1 April 2015
Opinion No 5/2014 - Statistics on the investigative performance of OLAF (part I)
English
(1.27 MB - PDF)
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r1 14
  • Report
  • 1 August 2014
Report No 1/2014 - Safeguarding OLAF's investigative independence
English
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r2 14
  • Report
  • 17 November 2014
Report No 2/2014 - Implementation by OLAF of the Supervisory Committee's recommendations
English
(1.12 MB - PDF)
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r3 14
  • Report
  • 12 February 2015
Report No 3/2014 - Opening of cases in OLAF in 2012
English
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r 12
  • Annual activity report
  • 20 December 2013
Annual activity report (January 2012-January 2013)

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English
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1 13
  • Opinion
  • 16 July 2013
Opinion No 1/2013 - OLAF’s Preliminary Draft Budget for 2014
English
(377.23 KB - PDF)
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2 13
  • Opinion
  • 14 December 2013
Opinion No 2/2013 - Establishing an internal OLAF procedure for complaints
English
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1 12
  • Opinion
  • 26 June 2012
Opinion No 1/2012 - OLAF’s Preliminary Draft Budget for 2013
English
(242.66 KB - PDF)
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2 12
  • Opinion
  • 11 December 2012
Opinion No 2/2012 - Analysis of the case OF/2012/0617
English
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1 11
  • Opinion
  • 30 May 2011
Opinion No 1/2011 - Access by OLAF to personnel data held by the Commission
English
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2 11
  • Opinion
  • 13 June 2011
Opinion No 2/2011 - Powers of OLAF for the independent conduct of internal investigations within the EU institutions
English
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3 11
  • Opinion
  • 14 July 2011
Opinion No 3/2011 - OLAF’s Preliminary Draft Budget for 2012
English
(162.71 KB - PDF)
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4 11
  • Opinion
  • 20 September 2011
Opinion No 4/2011 - on the Amended proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999 concerning investigations conducted OLAF
English
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5 11
  • Opinion
  • 17 November 2011
Opinion No 5/2011 - Transmission by OLAF to the institutions of final case reports drawn up following internal investigations closed without follow-up
English
(135.04 KB - PDF)
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11
  • Annual activity report
  • 30 November 2011
Annual activity report (January-November 2011)

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9 10
  • Annual activity report
  • 28 June 2011
Annual activity report (June 2009-December 2010)

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2005 - 2010

1 10
  • Opinion
  • 30 June 2010
Opinion No 1/2010 - OLAF’s Preliminary Draft Budget for 2011
English
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2 10
  • Opinion
  • 23 September 2010
Opinion No 2/2010 - delivered in accordance with Article 12.2 of Regulation No 1073/99 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning investigations conducted by OLAF
English
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3 10
  • Opinion
  • 23 September 2010
Opinion No 3/2010 on the Reflection Paper on the Reform of the European Antifraud Office (OLAF)
English
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4 10
  • Opinion
  • 12 October 2010
Opinion No 4/2010 - Investigation Planning
English
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5 10
  • Opinion
  • 29 November 2010
Opinion No 5/2010 - Respect for fundamental rights and procedural guarantees in investigations by the European Anti-Fraud Office
English
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08
  • Annual activity report
  • 22 December 2009
Annual activity report (June 2008-May 2009)

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1 08
  • Opinion
  • 19 March 2008
Opinion No 1/2009 - OLAF’s Annual Management Plan for 2009
English
(31.43 KB - PDF)
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2 09
  • Opinion
  • 28 May 2009
Opinion No 2/2009 - OLAF’s Reports of Investigations that have been in progress for more than nine months
English
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3 09
  • Opinion
  • 28 May 2009
Opinion No 3/2009 - OLAF’s Preliminary Draft Budget for 2010
English
(36.61 KB - PDF)
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08
  • Annual activity report
  • 1 August 2008
Annual activity report (June 2007-May 2008)

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English
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1 08
  • Opinion
  • 28 March 2008
Opinion No 1/2008 - Prima facie Non-Cases
English
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2 08
  • Opinion
  • 26 February 2008
Opinion No 2/2008 - OLAF’s Annual Management Plan for 2008
English
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3 08
  • Opinion
  • 2 April 2008
Opinion No 3/2008 - OLAF’s Preliminary Draft Budget for 2009
English
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5 08
  • Opinion
  • 2 December 2008
Opinion No 5/2008 - OLAF 'de minimis' policy
English
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07
  • Annual activity report
  • 17 October 2007
Annual activity report (December 2005-May 2007)

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1 07
  • Opinion
  • 25 April 2007
Opinion No 1/2007 - OLAF’s Reports of Investigations that have been in progress for more than nine months
English
(50.73 KB - PDF)
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2 07
  • Opinion
  • 25 April 2007
Opinion No 2/2007 - OLAF’s Preliminary Draft Budget for 2008
English
(16.87 KB - PDF)
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1 6
  • Opinion
  • 28 April 2006
Opinion No 1/2006 - OLAF’s Preliminary Draft Budget for 2007
English
(9.65 KB - PDF)
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2 6
  • Opinion
  • 13 October 2006
Opinion No 2/2006 - concerning the reform of the Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999 concerning investigations conducted by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF)
English
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3 6
  • Opinion
  • 13 September 2006
Opinion No 3/2006 - Performance indicators for OLAF
English
(18.85 KB - PDF)
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1999 - 2005

1 05
  • Opinion
  • 22 March 2005
Opinion No 1/2005 on the Commission's staff working document on complementary evaluation of the activities of OLAF
English
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2 05
  • Opinion
  • 22 March 2005
Opinion No 2/2005 – OLAF's preliminary draft budget for 2006
English
(211.19 KB - PDF)
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08
  • Annual activity report
  • 22 December 2004
Annual activity report (June 2003-July 2004)

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English
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1 03
  • Opinion
  • 1 April 2003
Opinion No 1/2003 – OLAF's preliminary draft budget for 2004
English
(100.03 KB - PDF)
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2 03
  • Opinion
  • 18 June 2003
Opinion No 2/2003 - Evaluation of the activities of the European Anti-fraud Office (OLAF)
English
(242.09 KB - PDF)
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3 03
  • Opinion
  • 22 October 2003
Opinion No 3/2003 – Concerning the proposals made by the Institutions to extend the role of the Supervisory Committee
English
(150.36 KB - PDF)
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4 03
  • Opinion
  • 16 December 2003
Opinion No 4/2003 – On the draft Memorandum of Understanding beetween OLAF and the Commission
English
(199.7 KB - PDF)
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sc2
  • Annual activity report
  • 18 June 2002
Annual activity report (September 2001-June 2002)

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English
(297.58 KB - PDF)
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sc1
  • Progress report
  • 11 October 2001
Progress report (July 2000-September 2001)

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English
(228.47 KB - PDF)
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sc0
  • Progress report
  • 25 August 2000
Progress report (July 1999-July 2000)

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English
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ps
  • Opinion
  • 25 February 2002
Opinion No 1/2002 – Possible intervention by the Commission's legal service on decisions concerning public access to documents relating to OLAF investigations
English
(121.75 KB - PDF)
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jl
  • Opinion
  • 12 March 2002
Opinion No 2/2002 – The Green Paper on the criminal-law protection of the Community's financial interests and the establishment of a European public prosecutor
English
(720.17 KB - PDF)
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1 08
  • Opinion
  • 10 April 2002
Opinion No 3/2002 – OLAF's preliminary draft budget for 2003
English
(352.39 KB - PDF)
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tc
  • Opinion
  • 18 January 2001
Opinion No 1/2001 – The relations between the Commission and OLAF and, in particular, the procedures for the recruitment of management staff in the Office
English
(76.32 KB - PDF)
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1 08
  • Opinion
  • 30 March 2001
Opinion No 2/2001 – The preliminary draft of the amending budget for 2001
English
(280 KB - PDF)
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ps
  • Opinion
  • 6 September 2001
Opinion No 3/2001 – The possible establishment of a European public prosecutor responsible for internal investigations
English
(402.69 KB - PDF)
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1 08
  • Opinion
  • 6 November 2001
Opinion No 4/2001 – The lifting of the reservation concerning the appropriations relating to 38 posts of OLAF's organisation chart for 2001
English
(98.89 KB - PDF)
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1 00
  • Opinion
  • 8 February 2000
Opinion No 1/2000 – Filling of posts in the Secretariat
English
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08
  • Opinion
  • 16 May 2000
Opinion No 2/2000 – The initiatives of the Institutions concerning the future of OLAF
English
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tc
  • Opinion
  • 5 December 2000
Opinion No 3/2000 – The risk of halting of the recruitment procedures for OLAF staff
English
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