7 Amendments of Ana GOMES related to 2016/2080(INI)
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Regrets, in particular, the negative response by the President of the Commission to the request of the European Ombudsman to proactively publish its decisions on the authorisation of post term-of-office activities of former Commissioners, as well as the opinions of the Ad Hoc Ethical Committee; emphasises in this respect that the mere publishing of the minutes of Commission meetings is insufficient to offer the Parliament and civil society an insight in the interpretation in practice of 'potential conflicts of interest' and the integrity policies developed in this respect by the Ad Hoc Ethical Committee;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 – point e
Paragraph 10 – point e
(e) that Commissioners designate submit their declarations within a specific time frame before theirso that the Ad Hoc Ethical Committee can submit to Parliament its views on potential conflicts of interests well in time for the hearings in Parliament;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 – point e a (new)
Paragraph 10 – point e a (new)
(ea) that Commissioners designate include in their declarations all professional EU interest representation activities and all their financial interests in such activities in the past three years;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 – point i a (new)
Paragraph 10 – point i a (new)
(ia) that the decisions on the authorisation of post term-of-office activities of former Commissioners, as well as the opinions of the Ad Hoc Ethical Committee are proactively published;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 – point i b (new)
Paragraph 10 – point i b (new)
(ib) that the Ad Hoc Ethical Committee is composed of independent experts who have not themselves fulfilled positions as Commissioner or as Member of the European Parliament;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 – point i c (new)
Paragraph 10 – point i c (new)
(ic) that the Ad Hoc Ethical Committee shall draw up and publish an annual report on its activities and may include any recommendations on the improvement of the Code of Conduct or of its implementation, as it may see fit;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 – point i d (new)
Paragraph 10 – point i d (new)
(id) that, as a matter of priority, the duty to behave with integrity and discretion pursuant to Article 245 of the Treaty (TFEU) even beyond a period of 18 months after ceasing to hold office is elaborated and that the Ad Hoc Ethical Committee develops a manual providing guidelines on the basis of practical examples indicating which type of positions could be at odds with this duty both during and beyond the period of 18 months after ceasing to hold office; that the 'cooling off' period of 18 months is considerably extended, as long as such a manual has not yet been developed;