Transitional allowances for former EU office holders – too few conditions?

Please note: Each EPRS Study is assigned a DOI (digital object identifier), which is a safe and long term way of ensuring a hyperlink to the full text of this report. However, when ESO creates this record, on occasion the DOI still has not been activated by the EU Bookshop. If you find the source url hyperlink does not work please use the alternative location hyperlink listed as a related url.This study focused on the transitional allowances for former office holders, covering the European Parliament, European Commission, President of the European Council and Secretary General of the Council of the European Union, Court of Justice, Court of Auditors, European Investment Bank, European Central Bank, the Ombudsman and the European Data Protection Supervisor.

The arrangements for these institutions were contrasted with approaches in European Union Member States, third countries and international organisations. Room for improvement was identified regarding the effectiveness of transitional allowances, e.g. in terms of preventing conflicts of interest.

European Parliament: European Parliamentary Research Service: Study, December 2017: Transitional allowances for former EU office holders - too few conditions? http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2017/603806/IPOL_STU(2017)603806_EN.pdf

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