Article 22c F1

In accordance with Articles 24 and 90, each institution shall put in place a procedure for the handling of complaints made by officials concerning the way in which they were treated after or in consequence of the fulfilment by them of their obligations under Article 22a or 22b. The institution concerned shall ensure that such complaints are handled confidentially and, where warranted by the circumstances, before the expiry of the deadlines set out in Article 90.

The appointing authority of each institution shall lay down internal rules on inter alia :

• the provision to officials referred to in Article 22a(1) or Article 22b of information on the handling of the matters reported by them,

• the protection of the legitimate interests of those officials and of their privacy, and

• the procedure for the handling of complaints referred to in the first paragraph of this Article.