Press Release: Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič: Joint Transparency Register to be stronger and keep its unique scope / EU lobby register on track to becoming mandatory

After a full review of the Joint Transparency Register, which lists all groups and organisations wishing to influence the decision making process at the European Commission and the European Parliament, a working group of the Commission and the European Parliament Bureau on 13 December 2013 came up with some 30 immediate improvements including strong incentives to encourage organisations to register.

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ESO: Background information: EU lobby register on track to becoming mandatory http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-lobby-register-on-track-to-becoming-mandatory/

EUObserver, 14.12.13: Mandatory lobby register requires EU treaty changeMandatory lobby register requires EU treaty change http://euobserver.com/institutional/122468

Corporate Europe Observatory: Press Release, 13.12.13: Deal about transition to mandatory EU lobby transparency or not? http://corporateeurope.org/lobbycracy/2013/12/deal-about-transition-mandatory-eu-lobby-transparency-or-not

Joint Transparency Registry Secretariat: List of measures and elements to take into account in the event of a review of the Transparency Register and result of discussions of the WG, 12 December 2013 http://ec.europa.eu/transparencyregister/info/openFile.do?fileName=list_of_wg_recommendations_for_review_en.pdf

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