Activites

• 1996/09/09 Final act published in Official Journal
• 1996/07/17 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T4-0398/1996 summary

    In adopting the report by Mr Jean-Thomas NORDMANN (ELDR, F) on transparency and the financial interests of Members of the European Parliament, the EP amended Annex I of its rules of procedure together with Article 9. The new measures were largely based on the conclusions of the COT working group which was set up by the Conference of Presidents the previous January and which recommended that at the time of election each MEP should personally make known the precise details relating to: - his or her professional activities and any other office or paid activity; - support in the form of finance, material or personnel provided by third parties, which is in addition to the resources which the European Parliament provides to an MEP within the scope of his or her political mandate. In this case the identity of the donor must be made known. Members banned themselves from receiving any other gift or donation in the exercise of their mandate. These declarations must be published annually and Members must be personally responsible for them. The register of declarations must also be open to the public. The Bureau of the European Parliament may periodically draw up a list of particulars which, in its opinion, have to be declared in the register. On the subject of financial declarations, the report states that in anticipation of a set of common rules for MEPs, which will replace the various national regulations currently in force, Members of the European Parliament shall be subject to the obligations which are prescribed to them under the legislation of the Member State in which they were elected. �

• 1996/07/16 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament summary

    The rapporteur, Mr Nordmann (ELDR, F), said that a reform of the regulation concerning the matter in question required an absolute majority of 314 votes and for this reason he urged the Members of Parliament not to abstain. He also touched on the problems that had been encountered before being able to arrive at a general form of wording in his report, which was designed to reconcile radically different parliamentary cultures. On behalf of the Liberal Group, Mr Nordmann then took up this idea by adding that there had been a desire to avoid an inquisitorial procedure and to be guided instead by a spirit of transparency and trust. Mr GIL ROBLES GIL DELGADO (EPP, E) gave his full support to the Nordmann and Ford reports, which in their entirety formed a framework regulation and represented the first step in the right direction. Mr METTEN (PSE, NL) wanted to see lobbyists submit an annual report on their activities in the EU institutions before their entry passes were renewed. He also called for greater transparency regarding the financial position of joint parliamentary groups. While supporting the Ford and Nordmann reports Mrs AELVOET (Greens, B) regretted that Parliament was not taking further action, as the 13 Member States had no rules governing the financial interests of Members; a code of conduct should therefore be introduced at European level during the current legislative period. Mr FABRE-AUBRESPY (EDN, F) stressed that Parliament had to keep its independence and that refusing to accept gifts was primarily a matter of ethics.

• 1996/05/29 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • A4-0177/1996
• 1996/01/17 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • A4-0218/1995
• 1996/01/16 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament summary

    The European Parliament referred the report by Mr Jean-Thomas NORDMANN (ELDR, F) on transparency and the financial interests of the Community back to committee.

• 1995/09/25 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
• 1994/10/26 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading

Documents

• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: A4-0218/1995
• Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A4-0177/1996
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T4-0398/1996

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)