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Give the Commission your views on EU lobbying!

Publication date: 
Tuesday, April 12, 2016

The European Commission is consulting on lobby transparency until 31 May 2016. Make sure you tell them what you think; this ALTER-EU template provides some food for thought.

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PDF icon ALTER-EU EUTR TEMPLATE FINAL.pdf
File ALTER-EU EUTR TEMPLATE FINAL.odt
PDF icon ALTER-EU's own consultation response.pdf
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position papers
Campaign: 
Full lobby transparency now!
 

Ten policy recommendations for a strengthened MEP Code of Conduct

Publication date: 
Tuesday, March 31, 2015

A ten-point set of policy recommendations for a strengthened MEP Code of Conduct. A key demand is a ban on MEPs holding side jobs with companies or groups that are involved in EU lobbying.

 

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PDF icon MEP Code of Conduct policy recommendations.pdf
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position papers
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Stronger ethics regulation
Code of Conduct EP
 

Leaked copy of draft inter-institutional agreement (IIA) on the EU's Transparency Register

Publication date: 
Thursday, January 23, 2014

This is a leaked copy of the draft inter-institutional agreement (IIA) on the Transparency Register and represents the detailed revisions to the lobby register proposd by the recent Parliament-Commission working group.

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Microsoft Office document icon IIA TR - TRWG 121213 - FINAL DRAFT (track changes)-1.doc
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position papers
Campaign: 
Full lobby transparency now!
 

ALTER-EU recommendations for Transparency Register review: Code of Conduct for lobbyists and Complaints mechanism

Publication date: 
Monday, September 23, 2013

As members of the European Parliament continue their work on the review of the Transparency Register, ALTER-EU has sent detailed recommendations from our June 2013 report “Rescue the Register! How to make EU lobby transparency credible and reliable“, including about the lobbyists' code of conduct and the complaints mechanism.

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PDF icon briefing 23.9.13.pdf
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position papers
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Full lobby transparency now!
 

ALTER-EU recommendations for Transparency Register review: Lobby disclosure requirements

Publication date: 
Monday, August 26, 2013
Author: 
ALTER-EU

As members of the European Parliament have started their work on the review of the Transparency Register, ALTER-EU has sent detailed recommendations from our June 2013 report “Rescue the Register! How to make EU lobby transparency credible and reliable“, including on the question which data lobbyists should provide.

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PDF icon recommendations disclosure requirements.pdf
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position papers
Campaign: 
Full lobby transparency now!
 

ALTER-EU Briefing on the review process of the Transparency Register

Publication date: 
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Author: 
ALTER-EU

Almost two years after the introduction of the Transparency Register, analysis by the Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU) shows that the register does not live up to its name. What needs to be done?

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PDF icon ALTER-EU_Briefing_ Transparency-Register-Review _April2013.pdf
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position papers
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Full lobby transparency now!
 

ALTER-EU Response to the Commission’s February 2013 State of Play

Publication date: 
Monday, March 25, 2013
Author: 
ALTER-EU

The public has not been given access to the Commission's State of Play (28/02/2013) in advance of the Informal Dialogue on Expert Groups, despite its clear public interest. However, ALTER-EU would like to comment on the document as it has now been made aware of its existence.

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PDF icon ALTER-EU comment on Feb StOP_FINAL.pdf
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position papers
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Balanced expert groups
 

ALTER-EU commentary on progress in reforming Expert Groups in advance of the Informal Dialogue between European Parliamentarians and the European Commission

Publication date: 
Monday, March 11, 2013
Author: 
ALTER-EU

In advance of the next Informal Dialogue on March 13, ALTER-EU would like to comment on the current progress made by the Commission with regards to its commitments, as well as highlight further examples of problematic expert groups and the need for concrete actions on behalf of the Commission.

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PDF icon EG State of Play_March.pdf
PDF icon EG State of Play_March_Revised (1).pdf
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position papers
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Balanced expert groups
 

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