2 Amendments of Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN related to 2011/0455(COD)
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 5 a (new)
Article 1 – point 5 a (new)
Staff Regulations
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
5 a. Article 17(1) shall be replaced by the following: '1. An official shall refrain from any unauthorised disclosure of information received in the line of duty, unless that information has already been made public or is accessible to the public, or unless the aim of the disclosure of that information is to reveal serious contraventions or maladministration in the implementation of Union law or to reveal serious fraud or any other illegal activities affecting the financial interests of the Union.';
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 5 b (new)
Article 1 – point 5 b (new)
Staff Regulations
Article 17 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 2 a (new)
5b. In Article 17 the following paragraph shall be added: '2a. Where a committee of inquiry summons an official of the Union to testify in a matter associated with his professional duties pursuant to Regulation (EU) No [...] of the European Parliament of [...] on the detailed provisions governing the exercise of the European Parliament's right of inquiry, the official concerned shall be deemed to be authorised to obey the summons by the committee, to attend for examination as a witness and to submit statements and give evidence in person.';