[November 20, 2009] 'European Ombudsman publishes decision on complaint by Intel' Tweet Nov 20, 2009 (DMEUROPE via COMTEX) -- The European Ombudsman, P Nikiforos Diamandouros, has published a non-confidential version of his decision on a complaint by micro-chip producer Intel against the European Commission. The complaint concerned alleged procedural errors by the Commission during an anti-trust investigation of Intel. The Ombudsman found mal-administration on the grounds that the Commission failed to make a proper note of a meeting with Dell relating to the Intel investigation. The Ombudsman found that the European Commission's meeting with a senior Dell executive held on 23 August 2006 did concern the subject-matter of the Commission investigation. He also found that the Commission did not make a proper note of that meeting and that its investigation file did not include the agenda of the meeting. The Ombudsman did not make a decision of mal-administration in relation to Intel's second allegation, that the Commission encouraged Dell to enter into an information exchange contract with micro-chip producer AMD. In the complainant's view, this contract gave AMD access to information contained in the Commission's investigation file. He recommended that, in future proper notes should be made of any meetings or telephone calls with third parties concerning important procedural issues. Distributed for DMeurope.com via M2 Communications (www.m2.com) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]