European Ombudsman

• Recommendation on the time taken by the European Commission to deal with an infringement complaint about the extension of the duration of concessions to carry out recreational water sport activities in Spain - CHAP(2018)03728, EUP(2021)9949 (case 2172/2025/PGP)

  The case concerned the time taken by the European Commission to conclude its assessment of an infringement complaint against Spain made in 2018. The infringement complaint concerned the legislative changes introduced in 2014 in the Spanish Ports Act and the subsequent extension, by the port authority of the Balearic Islands, of the duration of concessions to carry out recreational water sport activities on the port public domain. In his infringement complaint, the complainant argued, in essence, that the said legislatives changes and the extension, by the port authority of the Balearic Islands, of the duration of the concessions breached Articles 49, 56 and 106 TFEU.

  The Ombudsman found that the Commission failed to demonstrate that it had been diligent and active on the case, and that it failed to provide convincing reasons to explain why it had not been able to finalise its assessment after more than seven years. The Ombudsman considered that this constituted maladministrat

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