Although the right to complain to the European Ombudsman is limited to citizens, residents and legal persons with a registered o ce in a Member State, the Ombudsman also has the power to open inquiries on his own initiative.
Cé nach bhfuil cead ach ag saoránaigh, cónaitheoirí agus daoine dlíthiúla a bhaineann le hoifig chláraithe i mBallstát gearán a dhéanamh leis an Ombudsman Eorpach, tá an chumhacht ag an Ombudsman fiosrúcháin fhéintionscanta a oscailt.