Transparency and integrity of lobbying activities

Lobbying activities are defined by law, including which actors are considered as lobbyists

Review of regulation(s), which must cover both the legislative and executive branch.

A code of conduct regulates interactions between public officials and lobbyists

The code of conduct must include practical examples of at-risk or undesirable behaviours and situations.

A supervisory function exists to oversee transparency of lobbying activities

The responsible unit or body must have oversight functions to monitoring and enforce implementation of regulations.

Lobbyists’ registration tools are made accessible for all and detail the registration procedure step by step to support the registrant

Review of the lobbying register functionalities. If the register is not publicly available, the national authority is requested to provide access.

The lobbying register allows to sort information collected at the minimum by lobbyist’s name, company or organisation, domain of intervention, and piece of legislation or regulation targeted

Review of the lobbying register functionalities. If the register is not publicly available, the national authority is requested to provide access.

Information disclosed by lobbyists in the register includes their name, organisation, domain of intervention, and type of lobbying activities

Review of the lobbying register functionalities. If the register is not publicly available, the national authority is requested to provide access.

Information disclosed by lobbyists in the register include budget/expenses for lobbying activities and pieces of legislation and regulation targeted

Review of the lobbying register functionalities. If the register is not publicly available, the national authority is requested to provide access.

The lobbying register is accessible online

Review of the lobbying register functionalities. If the register is not publicly available, the national authority is requested to provide access.

At least one investigation was carried out for non-compliance with the regulation of lobbying activities or incomplete or erroneous disclosure of information during the latest full calendar year

The responsible authority is asked to provide case files to verify a minimum level of use of integrity investigations in practice.