52Consequently, the Court of First Instance did not infringe the provisions of Community law governing the performance of the Ombudsman's duties and review of the Ombudsman by declaring admissible in principle an action for damages founded on the Community's non-contractual liability as a result of the alleged mishandling by the Ombudsman of a complaint. The Court of First Instance was therefore entitled to find, in paragraph 57 of the judgment appealed against, that not only does the Ombudsman enjoy very wide discretion as regards the merits of complaints and the way in which he deals with them, and that in so doing he is under no obligation as to the result to be achieved, but also that, even if review by the Community judicature must consequently be limited, it is possible that in very exceptional circumstances a citizen may be able to demonstrate that the Ombudsman has committed a sufficiently serious breach of Community law in the performance of his duties likely to cause damage to the citizen concerned.
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