Publication date:
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič, responsible for Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration, should realise online transparency for all EU officials, as fonctionnaires often wield considerable influence and, in that respect, are not less important than (ex-)Commissioners.
Chapter from Bursting the Brussels Bubble on Conflicts of interest of former Commissioners and Commission staff:
Note: All the documents listed below were obtained through access to documents requests under regulation 1049/2001.
Joe Borg
- Corporate Europe Observatory: Initial request for access to documents, 12 July 2010 (GESTDEM 2010/3407)
- Response Secretariat General (2010)
Documents released: - Mr Borg's e-mails to Secretary General Catherine Day dated 23 May and 4 June 2010
- President Barroso's communication to the Commission dated 11 June 2010
- Mr Szlaszewsky's note to Mr Borg dated 16 June 2010
- Minutes of the Commission's 1922nd meeting of 15.06.2010
Benita Ferrero Waldner
- Corporate Europe Observatory: Initial request for access to documents, 21 February 2010 (GESTDEM 2010/859)
- Response Secretariat General, 5 March 2010
Documents released: - Mrs Ferrero-Waldner's letter to President Barroso of 29.10.2010
- The Ad hoc Ethical Committee's opinion of 14.01.2010
- President Barroso's memorandum to the Commission of 15.01.2010
- Corporate Europe Observatory: Confirmatory request, 26 March 2010
- Response Secretariat General, 30 April 2010 (no documents)
- Final response Secretariat General, 1 June 2010
Documents released: - Mrs Ferrero-Waldner's letter to President Barroso of 29.10.2009
- Mrs Ferrero-Waldner's letter to President Barroso of 15.12.2009
- The Ad hoc Ethical Committee's opinion of 14.01.2010 regarding Munich RE
- The Ad hoc Ethical Committee's opinion of 14.01.2010 regarding Gamesa Corporación
- The Ad hoc Ethical Committee's opinion of 14.01.2010 regarding Norman Foster
- The Ad hoc Ethical Committee's opinion of 14.01.2010 regarding FRIDE
- President Barroso's memorandum to the Commission of 15.01.2010 (SEC(2010) 51)
- Minutes of the Commission's 1902nd meeting of 19.01.2010
- Mrs Ferrero-Waldner's letter to President Barroso of 26.01.2010
- President Barroso's memorandum to the Commission of 12.02.2010 (SEC(2010) 144)
- President Barroso's memorandum to the Commission of 14.01.2011 (SEC(2011) 81)
Meglena Kuneva
Charlie McCreevy
- Reply Secretary General Catherine Day to confirmatory application for access to documents related to the Commission's decision to allow ex-Commissioner Mr. Charlie McCreevy to join the board of NBNK Investments PLC, 14 February 2011
- Opinion of the Ad hoc Ethical Committee regarding Charlie McCreevy's request to become a non-executive director of NBNK Investments Plc., 24 August 2010
Günter Verheugen
- Friends of the Earth Europe: Initial request for access to documents, 21 February 2010
- Response Secretariat General, 26 july 2010
Documents released: - Hubert Szlaszewski's telefax to Günter Verheugen dated 22.04.2010
- Günter Verheugen's fax to Hubert Szlaszewski dated 29.04.2010
- Hubert Szlaszewski's note to the Ad hoc Ethical Committee dated 07.05.2010
- Michel Petite's e-mail to Hubert Szlaszewski dated 01.06.2010
- Hubert Szlaszewski's letter to Günter Verheugen dated 01.06.2010
- Günter Verheugen's fax to Hubert Szlaszewski dated 03.06.2010
- Hubert Szlaszewski's e-mail to the Ad hoc Ethical Committee dated 08.06.2010
- Michel Petite's e-mail to Hubert Szlaszewski dated 28.06.2010
- President Barroso's memorandum to the Commission dated 02.07.2010
- Extract of the minutes of Heads of Cabinet's weekly meeting held on 05.07.2010
- Extract of the minutes of Commission's meeting held on 06.07.2010
- Hubert Szlaszewski's note to the Ad hoc Ethical Committee dated 07.07.2010
- Hubert Szlaszewski's letter to Günter Verheugen dated 07.07.2010
- Follow up letter by Friends of the Earth Europe, 31 August 2010
- Letter ALTER-EU to to Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič regarding former Commissioner Verheugen’s potential conflict of interest, 7 December 2011
- Reply to ALTER-EU from Hubert Szaslewki on behalf of Commissioner Šefčovič, 4 February 2011
- Catherine Day's letter to Günter Verheugen dated 31.08.2010
- Günter Verheugen's fax to Catherine Day dated 01.09.2010
- Hubert Szlaszewski's note to the Ad hoc Ethical Committee dated 01.09.2010;
- The Ad hoc Ethical Committee's opinion of 02.11.2010
- Catherine Day's letter to Günter Verheugen dated 11.11.2010
- Günter Verheugen's fax to Catherine Day dated 02.12.2010
- President Barroso's memorandum to the Commission dated 31.01.2010 (SEC(2011)158)
- Extract of the minutes of Heads of Cabinet's weekly meeting held on 02.02.2011
