Activities of Inés AYALA SENDER related to 2016/2080(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on Commissioners’ declarations of interests - Guidelines
Amendments (11)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 245 thereof;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the Code of Conduct for Commissioners adopted ion 2011 fails to address several of April 2011 (C(2011) 2904) did not make any substantial improvements on the previous Code from 2004, and fails to address Parliament’s recommendations for improvements, in particular as regards the declarations of financial interests of Members of the Commission;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas improving governance with a specific focus on ethics within the EU institutions will reinforceone of the pillars of European governance is the strengthening of ethics and transparency within the EU institutions in order to improve European citizens’ trust in the EUm;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that theCalls on the Commission to revise the 2011 Code of Conduct for Commissioners adops a mattedr on 20 April 2011 (C (2011) 2904) presents improvemef urgency in order to take accounts overf the preceding code adopted in 2004 as regards the financial declaration of interests since disclosure requirements were extended to Commissioners’ partners and because the declaration of interests needs to be revised when information changes and at least every yearommendations made by Parliament in its recent resolutions and of the development of the general ethics and transparency standards that apply to all EU institutions;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Recommendations – Points out that the absence of any conflict of interest must be an essential precondition to be met before the Commissioners’ hearings, and that therefore the financial interest declaration forms must be completed and made available before a Commissioner is heard by the relevant committee at Parliament, and that they should be reviewed at least once a year and each time there is a change to the information concerned;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. – Calls on the Commission, as it is ultimately responsible for ensuring the degree of transparency necessary for the proper functioning of the procedure to appoint Commissioners, to make substantial improvements to the Commissioners’ financial interests declaration forms in order to enable Parliament to make an accurate assessment, firstly, of whether or not Commissioners have actual or potential conflicts of interest, and secondly, of the Commissioners’ ability to carry out their mandate;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 – point a a (new)
Paragraph 10 – point a a (new)
(aa) Calls on Commissioners to declare all their interests (as shareholders, company board members, advisors and consultants, members of associated foundations, etc.) as regards all the companies in which they have been involved, including close family interests, as well as the changes that took place at the time their candidature was made known;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 – point b
Paragraph 10 – point b
(b) that Commissioners’ dependent and/or direct family members disclose the same information as spouses or partners;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 – point e
Paragraph 10 – point e
(e) that Commissioners designate submit their declarations within a specific time frame beforeand sufficiently well in advance of their hearing in Parliament;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 – point e a (new)
Paragraph 10 – point e a (new)
(ea) that Commissioners submit, when nominated, a signed declaration confirming that they will appear before any of Parliament’s committees in relation to the activities involved in their mandate;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 – point i a (new)
Paragraph 10 – point i a (new)
(ia) that in the case of the President of the Commission – which, as a post with a greater impact in terms of visibility, carries a greater requirement for exemplary conduct – the Commission’s decision on an application to carry out an activity that might involve a conflict of interest must be submitted to Parliament for an opinion, especially in cases involving remuneration or a pension;