Sentence examples for code of conduct for commissioners from inspiring English sources
Mr Prodi has very properly produced a code of conduct for commissioners and reshuffled top officials to break up fiefs.
The president of the European Commission said in a letter to the Parliament that Ms, Jeleva had told him that her declaration respected the code of conduct for commissioners.
They've hired an outside attorney to survey "best practices" at other state utility regulators and are drafting an ethics code of conduct for commissioners and top staff.
Given the recent advisory opinion from the Commission's Ad Hoc Ethical Committee, the existing Code of Conduct for Commissioners, and persistent public concern about Mr Barroso's decision to take up a senior position with Goldman Sachs, the EU Ombudsman is currently considering the next steps – including a possible inquiry - to be taken on this important issue.
"There is no common European administrative culture," laments one Dutch Euro-MP, "but there are French and Italian habits, and then there are Dutch and Scandinavian habits".Nor has Mr Santer earned much respect for his handling of the affair, despite his belated promises this week to sharpen financial scrutiny and to bring in codes of conduct for commissioners.
The campaign group wants to reform the code of conduct for European commissioners, including extending cooling-off periods to three years.
Meanwhile, the guerrillas sacked their political leader, Adem Demaci, in a move which increases prospects that their Kosovo Liberation Army would accept a western peace plan.See article: Kosovo's next bloody roundThe European Commission approved a new code of conduct for its commissioners and civil servants.
The code of conduct for European Commissioners needs to be thoroughly tightened up, in order to prevent conflicts of interest for Commission members, and to help restore the faith of European citizens in today's political institutions.
The new guidelines suggest an independent ethics commissioner, a stricter code of conduct for members of Parliament, and stronger guidelines for lobbyists.
But the code of conduct for the Lords makes clear that any investigation by the commissioner for standards in the upper house has to be suspended if a matter is being investigated by the police.
In July that year, the Lords Standards Commissioner found he had breached the code of conduct for peers by signing an agreement to lobby parliament on behalf of the tax haven.
