Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Annex I (new) – Article 4 (new)
Article 4 Declaration to be made by Members of the European Parliament 1. For reasons of transparency, Members shall be personally responsible for submitting a declaration of financial interests to the President by the end of the first part-session after elections to the European Parliament (or within 30 days of taking up office with the Parliament in the course of a parliamentary term), in accordance with a form to be adopted by the Bureau pursuant to Article 9. They shall notify the President of any changes that have on influence on their declaration within 30 days of each change occurring. 2. The declaration of financial interests shall contain the following information, which shall be provided in a precise manner: a) the Member's occupation(s) during the three-year period before he or she took up office with the Parliament, and his or her membership during that period of any boards or committees of companies, non- governmental organisations, associations or other bodies established in law, b) any salary which the Member receives for the exercise of a mandate in another parliament, c) any remunerated activity which the Member undertakes alongside the exercise of his or her office, whether as an employee or as a self-employed person, d) membership of any boards or committees of any companies, non- governmental organisations, associations or other bodies established in law, or any other relevant outside activity that the Member undertakes, whether remunerated or unremunerated, e) any occasional remunerated outside activity (including writing, lecturing or the provision of expert advice), if the total remuneration exceeds EUR 5 000 in a calendar year, f) any holding in any company or partnership, where the holding exceeds 15% of the issued shares or where the value of the holding exceeds one year's salary, g) any support, whether financial or in terms of staff or material, additional to that provided by Parliament and granted to them in connection with their political activities by third parties, whose identity shall be disclosed, h) any other financial interests which might influence the performance of the Member's duties. Any regular income Members receive in respect of each item declared in accordance with the first subparagraph shall be placed in one of the following categories: 1. EUR 500 to EUR 1000 a month; 2. EUR 1001 to EUR 5000 a month; 3. EUR 5001 to EUR 10 000 a month; 4. more than EUR 10 000 a month. Any other income Members receive in respect of each item declared in accordance with the first subparagraph shall be calculated on an annual basis, divided by twelve and placed in one of the above categories. 3. The information provided to the President in line with this Article shall be published on Parliament's website in an easily accessible manner. 4. Members may not be elected as office- holders of Parliament or one of its bodies, appointed as rapporteur, or participate in an official delegation, if they have not submitted their declaration of financial interests.