Activities of József NAGY related to 2015/2041(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on transparency, accountability and integrity in the EU institutions
Amendments (6)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is concerned at the misleadingthat some registration practices of economic interests in expert groups might be misleading , which could distort the number of such interests represented in both absolute and relative terms, as well as the imbalance vis-à-vis non-economic or political interests;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the membership of expert groups and similar entities providing it with advice is accurately and consistently balanced and categorised as to the nature of the interests represented by members, in line with the European Ombudsman’s recommendations in the context of own- initiative inquiry OI/6/2014/NF;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to issue and disseminate timely public calls for applications for the selection of all expert group membership in order to ensure that selection process is most transparent and inclusive, to be contingent on registration in the Transparency Register, and to ensure compliance with the OECD Guidelines on Managing Conflict of Interest in the Public Service and due diligence in the screening thereof;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that in order to ensure factual balanced participation special efforts should be made when publishing call for applications to reach the different relevant expertise sectors, be it from the scientific field or civil society;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6.. Urges the EU agencies to establish much stricter criteria and procedures to ensure the independence of their scientific panels from the economic and non- economic sectors regulated by them and from the influence of political parties having specific agenda on the concerned topic, in order to properly avoid conflicts of interest, with particular emphasis on the ability to use a status of ‘'invited specialists’' making it possible to receive input from experts who have links to regulated industries but are disqualified from drafting or decision-making roles in scientific opinions.
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Notes that in the time of rising euro scepticism it is crucial to strengthen public trust in EU institutions and the people who run it; strong commitment to transparency, ensuring integrity of the institutions and fighting corruption are of utmost importance;