32The Court has also made clear, in respect to that last point, that, in order to determine whether there has been a sufficiently serious breach of EU law rendering the European Union non-contractually liable as a result of the conduct of the Ombudsman, regard must be had to the particular nature of the latter’s functions. In that context, it should be borne in mind that the Ombudsman is merely under an obligation to use her best endeavours and enjoys wide discretion (judgment of 23 March 2004, Ombudsman v Lamberts, C‑234/02 P, EU:C:2004:174, paragraph 50).
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