Transparency initiative
Transparency
initiative
The
Commission
launched a European transparency initiative in November 2005, which
has resulted in many changes. The initiative came after the French and Dutch
rejection of the proposed Constitution and followed on from ‘plan D’ on
dialogue with the citizens.
The
hearing round concluded on 30 August 2006. The responses from the member states and
interested parties can be read on the links
below. The Commission prepared various lines of action:
- The rules on
access to documents in Regulation No 1049 of 2001 will be improved.
- A database of
all advisory committees will be set up.
- New
legislative proposals will be put out to broad consultation in the member states.
- A code of
administrative conduct will be introduced.
- A common
website for all recipients of EU support will be set up.
- The register
of EU documents will be extended.
- Professional
ethics rules will be introduced for officials in all institutions.
- The rules on
fraud prevention for OLAF will be changed.
- The Commission proposes voluntary registration of lobbyists.
Registration in the USA and Canada is compulsory.
- Minimum
standards will be established for consultation and compulsory information
on support, even when its management is shared between the EU and the
member states.
Everything
has happened partly. In 2014, we had still not got a
reform of regulation number 1049/2001. The European Parliament
made a resolution on the deadlock June 12, 2013.
Links
Transparency
Initiative: http://ec.europa.eu/Commission_Barroso/kallas/transparency_en.htm