Corporate Affairs

Legal

Legal advice, data protection, ethics, whistleblowing, access to documents and legislative quality for the Agency.

Meet the Team

4 people

Marc Dubois

Head of Legal

Leads the Legal and provides advice on institutional, governance and litigation matters.

Elena Petrova

Data Protection Officer (DPO)

Ensures compliance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 and handles data subject requests.

dpo@agency.europa.eu+33 1 55 00 34 02

Antoine Lemaire

Ethics & Whistleblowing Officer

Runs the ethics framework, whistleblowing channel and staff conduct guidance.

ethics@agency.europa.eu+33 1 55 00 34 03

Ingrid Larsen

Legal Adviser — Access to Documents

Handles public access to documents requests and coordinates legislative quality control.

What we do

The Legal advises the Agency on institutional and governance matters, ensures compliance with EU law, coordinates data protection, ethics and whistleblowing, and manages requests for public access to documents. It also maintains the internal legal library.

Whistleblowing — internal

Confidential reporting channel

Staff can report suspected breaches of EU law confidentially through the secure internal channel. Reports are received by the Ethics & Whistleblowing Officer and treated in line with Directive (EU) 2019/1937.

Open secure reporting channel

Data Protection Hub

Everything on GDPR & Regulation (EU) 2018/1725

The Data Protection Hub gathers all resources on personal data processing at the Agency: register of processing activities, privacy notices, data subject request forms and DPO guidance.

For any question, contact the Data Protection Officer at dpo@agency.europa.eu.

Internal Governance

Document library

  • Internal Rules of Procedure.pdf
  • Delegations of Authority — 2026.pdf
  • Internal Governance Framework.docx
  • Board Standing Orders.pdf

Legislative Quality Control

File viewer — currently reviewed drafts

Draft_Guidelines_v3.2.pdf

Guidelines on Supervisory Convergence — v3.2

Article 1 — Subject matter. These guidelines set out common approaches for the consistent application of…

Article 2 — Scope. The provisions apply to competent authorities as defined in Article 4(2) of…

Ethics and Staff Conduct

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The Agency's ethics framework covers conflicts of interest, gifts and hospitality, outside activities and post-employment obligations. Staff members must comply with the Staff Regulations and the Agency's Code of Conduct.

Code_of_Conduct_2026.pdf

Public Access to Documents

Under Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, any citizen may request access to documents held by the Agency. Requests are handled by the Legal within 15 working days.

Information Requests

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Information requests addressed to the Agency by EU institutions, national competent authorities, journalists or citizens are registered and coordinated by the Legal.

Requests are acknowledged within 5 working days and answered within 15 working days. To submit or follow up on a request, write to legal@agency.europa.eu indicating the reference number where available.

Legal Handbook

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The Legal Handbook gathers the main legal texts, internal rules and practical guidance applicable to the Agency's work.

  • Founding Regulation (EU) 2023/xxxRegulation
  • EU Financial Regulation — consolidatedRegulation
  • Staff Regulations & CEOSRegulation
  • GDPR — Regulation (EU) 2016/679External link
  • Case law repositoryPortal

Useful resources

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