Special interest groups
The Commission will set up a single directory of
non-profit making organizations by drawing together the data that
already exists and will thereby make this information tool more
complete.
It will encourage the profit making sector to draw
up its own directory. In general, the Commission will pursue a close
collaboration with the European Parliament. The latter could be
the driving force in the establishment and management of a database
for special interest groups.
The Commission will encourage special interest
groups (both profit and non-profit making) to draw up voluntarily
codes of conduct which should include the minimum requirements as
listed in Annex II. Contacts will be made with the International
Press Association to discuss the issue of journalists who are also
working as lobbyists.
The Secretariat-General will ensure appropriate
implementation of this.
Commission staff
Staff will be reminded of their obligations and
rights under Title II of the Staff Regulations. A notice has been
drafted to this effect. DG IX will clarify Commission contracts
with temporary staff in order to make them conform to the provisions
under Title II of the Staff Regulations.
As from 1 January 1993, a committee composed of
the Secretary-General, the Directors-General of DG IX, the Legal
Service, two other Directors-General, and the Director-General of
the employee's service, will be established to prepare the Commission's
position on each instance of a possible conflict of interest between
a member of staff's employment after leaving the Commission and
his or her responsibilities whilst at the Commission. This procedure
will reinforce the implementation of Article 16 of the Staff Regulations.
The Commission will maintain its strict security
policy towards lobbyists. The Security Committee will monitor developments
closely.
The package of measures outlined above should be
seen as a first step towards a better structure for an open dialogue
between the Commission and special interest groups. Mid next year,
a progress report will be made containing an assessment of the adequacy
of the measures put forward in relation to their adoption by the
private sector. It will also provide an update on developments in
other Community institutions. Any additional measures considered
necessary in the light of this assessment will subsequently be taken.
Commission's Communication of 2nd Decembre 1992
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