EU AGENCIES NEED INTERNAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST PROCEDURES, SAYS WATCHDOG
October 1st, 2012
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A COMPREHENSIVE audit blueprint for ensuring specialist government agencies are not captured by the industries they regulate has been released by the European Court of Auditors. It said proper screening of staff and officers; clear conflict of interest and breach of trust policies; transparent gifts and invitation rules; and post-employment monitoring was required. It added procedures at European Medicines Agency (EMA); European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) did ...
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