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Germany Other sub-national publicandere Behrden auf suFully agree
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Germany Other sub-national publicStadt Landshut Partially agree
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Germany Other public or mixed entKommune im Freistaat Fully agree
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Austria Other sub-national publicwww.innsbruck.gv.at Fully agree
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Germany Regional structures kommunale Gebietskrpe Partially agree
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United Kingdom Non-governmental organisations, platforms, netwo Fully agree
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Spain Other organisations including: event-organising en Fully agree
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Denmark Trade unions and professional associations Fully agree
Spain Companies and groups Fully agree
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Germany Other sub-national publicffentlich-rechtliche Kr Fully agree
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Germany Other sub-national publicKommune Fully agree
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Germany Other sub-national publicStadt Krefeld Fully agree
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France Trade unions and professional associations Partially agree
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Germany Other sub-national publicKommunale Verwaltung Fully agree
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Romania Law-firms Fully agree
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Ireland Other organisations including: event-organising enPartially agree
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Germany Regional structures Der Regierende Brgerme Fully agree
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Germany Trade and business associations Partially agree
Germany Other sub-national publicKommunale Landes- bzwFully agree
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Croatia Non-governmental organisations, platforms, netwo Fully agree
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Germany Other sub-national publicLandkreis Fully agree
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Netherlands Regional structures Fully agree
Germany Other sub-national publicKreisverwaltung Fully agree
Germany Other sub-national publickommunale Gebietskrpe Fully agree
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Slovenia Non-governmental organis Zasebni zavod - nevladnFully agree
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Germany Companies and groups Kommunale Landes- bzwFully agree
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Belgium Companies and groups SME Fully agree
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Germany Other sub-national publicKommunale GebietskrpFully agree
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Germany Trade and business associations Partially agree
Germany Other sub-national publicLandkreis Fully agree
Disagree
Cyprus Non-governmental organisations, platforms, netwoFully agree
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Germany Regional structures Kommunale GebietskrpFully agree
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Greece Regional structures Fully agree
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Austria Other public or mixed entDer Tiroler GemeindeverFully agree
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Germany Other sub-national publickeine Fully agree
Ireland Other public or mixed entIrish Government Depar Fully agree
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Austria Other sub-national publicGemeinde Faggen Fully agree
Romania Other sub-national public authorities Fully agree
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Belgium Non-governmental organis NGO Fully agree
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Austria Other sub-national publicGemeinden Fully agree
Austria Other sub-national publicMarktgemeinde Kundl Fully agree
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Austria Trade unions and professional associations Disagree
Austria Other sub-national publicBrgermeister Fully agree
Germany Other public or mixed entRegion mit eigenen Ge Fully agree
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Austria Other sub-national publicDer N Gemeindebund istFully agree
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Germany Other sub-national publicKommunale Behrde / La Partially agree
Italy Trade unions and professional associations Fully agree
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Belgium Think tanks and research institutions Fully agree
Spain Other organisations including: event-organising enFully agree
Italy Non-governmental organis not for profit associati Partially agree
Germany Other sub-national publicLandratsmter Fully agree
United Kingdom Non-governmental organisations, platforms, netwo Partially agree
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France Trade and business associations Fully agree
Denmark Trade and business associations Partially agree
Romania Think tanks and research institutions Fully agree
Spain Trade and business associations Fully agree
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Belgium Other organisations including: event-organising enPartially agree
Denmark Professional consultancies Fully agree
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Germany Trade and business assoPersonenbefrderung Fully agree
Belgium Non-governmental organis Association pour le D Fully agree
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Spain Professional consultancies Fully agree
Italy Other organisations including: event-organising enFully agree
Belgium Transnational associations and networks of publicFully agree
Spain Non-governmental organisations, platforms, netwo Partially agree
Romania Non-governmental organisations, platforms, netwo Partially agree
Poland Non-governmental organisations, platforms, netwo Fully agree
Fully agree
France Self-employed consultants Fully agree
Germany Think tanks and research institutions Fully agree
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Poland Trade unions and profesorganizacja pracodawcFully agree
Italy Professional consultancies Partially agree
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Other country Organisations representing churches and religio Fully agree
Ireland Trade and business associations Fully agree
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France Think tanks and research institutions Partially agree
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Italy Academic institutions Partially agree
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Portugal Companies and groups Fully agree
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Sweden Companies and groups Fully agree
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Slovak Republic Trade and business associations Fully agree
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Sweden Non-governmental organisations, platforms, netwo Fully agree
Germany Professional consultancies Fully agree
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Hungary Non-governmental organisations, platforms, netwo Fully agree
Other country Self-employed consultants Fully agree
Denmark Companies and groups Fully agree
Greece Non-governmental organisations, platforms, netwo Fully agree
Other country Academic institutions Partially agree
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Finland Professional consultancies Fully agree
Sweden Companies and groups Fully agree
Bulgaria Non-governmental organisations, platforms, netwo Fully agree
Belgium Trade and business associations Partially agree
United Kingdom Companies and groups Partially agree
Italy Academic institutions Fully agree
Czech Republic Non-governmental organisations, platforms, netwo Disagree
United Kingdom Regional structures No opinion
Estonia Non-governmental organisations, platforms, netwo Fully agree
Greece Academic institutions Fully agree
Partially agree
Austria Trade and business associations Fully agree
Poland Non-governmental organis Lokalne stowarzyszenie F dully agree
Sweden Other organisations including: event-organising enFully agree
Fully agree
Belgium Other organisations including: event-organising enNo opinion
Austria Other sub-national publicGemeinde/Kommune Fully agree
Germany Other organisations including: event-organising enFully agree
Italy Trade unions and professional associations Fully agree
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Romania Trade unions and professional associations Fully agree
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Germany Regional structures Fully agree
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Belgium Companies and groups MedTech industry Fully agree
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Belgium Other public or mixed entities, created by law whoFully agree
Denmark Non-governmental organisations, platforms, netwo Fully agree
Portugal Trade and business associations Fully agree
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Germany Other public or mixed entities, created by law whoFully agree
Belgium Other sub-national public authorities Fully agree
Germany Other sub-national publicKommunalbehrde Fully agree
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Austria Non-governmental organisations, platforms, netwo Partially agree
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France Trade unions and professional associations Partially agree
Netherlands Self-employed consultants Fully agree
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Germany Non-governmental organisations, platforms, netwo Disagree
Germany Non-governmental organis Verband Partially agree
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Italy Academic institutions Fully agree
Spain Trade unions and profesA Fully agree
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France Regional structures Regional representation Fully agree
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Austria Other sub-national publicKommune Fully agree
Austria Other sub-national publicAllfllige Landes(Verfas Fully agree
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Germany Other sub-national publicandere Behrden auf suFully agree
Belgium Non-governmental organis European Parliament In Fully agree
Austria Other sub-national publicAllfllige verfassungsre Fully agree
Belgium Transnational associations and networks of publicNo opinion
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Austria Other sub-national publicKommune Fully agree
France Law-firms Fully agree
Slovenia Companies and groups Fully agree
Other country Non-governmental organis Humanitarian Organizat Fully agree
Belgium Organisations representing churches and religio Fully agree
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Romania Professional consultancies Fully agree
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Sweden Trade and business associations Fully agree
Austria Other sub-national public. Fully agree
Germany Other public or mixed entKrperschaft des ffent Fully agree
Austria Other public or mixed entDer N Gemeindebund ist Fully agree
Partially agree
Denmark Transnational associations and networks of publicFully agree
United Kingdom Other sub-national publicNational association of LPartially agree
United Kingdom Trade unions and profesProfessional AssociationPartially agree
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United Kingdom Non-governmental organis I am not sure what this Fully agree
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Austria Non-governmental organis NGO Partially agree
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Sweden Other sub-national publicNationellt organ fr all Fully agree
Slovenia Other public or mixed entdravni organ Fully agree
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Belgium Trade and business associations Partially agree
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Croatia Non-governmental organis Cratian umbrella patient Fully agree
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Finland Trade and business associations Fully agree
France Trade unions and profesmonsieur Fully agree
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Austria Other sub-national publicauf Grund bundesverfasFully agree
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Croatia Trade and business associations Fully agree
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Slovenia Non-governmental organisations, platforms, netwo Fully agree
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Portugal Trade unions and professional associations Fully agree
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Austria Other sub-national publicGemeinde Partially agree
Germany Non-governmental organisations, platforms, netwoPartially agree
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Belgium Non-governmental organisations, platforms, netwoFully agree
Latvia Trade and business associations Fully agree
Belgium Transnational associatioDnomination en nerlanFully agree
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Portugal Trade and business associations Fully agree
Italy Regional structures Assemblea legislativa Partially agree
Fully agree
Germany Other sub-national publicKommunale GebietskrperFully agree
Czech Republic Regional structures - No opinion
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Czech Republic Regional structures - No opinion
France Think tanks and researchGroupe de rflexion Fully agree
Austria Trade unions and professional associations Fully agree
United Kingdom Non-governmental organisations, platforms, netwoFully agree
Finland Trade unions and profesYksityisten palvelualojenPartially agree
Croatia Non-governmental organis NGOs Fully agree
Austria Trade and business associations Fully agree
Other country Professional consultancies Fully agree
Spain Non-governmental organisations, platforms, netwo Partially agree
Partially agree
Czech Republic Non-governmental organisations, platforms, netwo Fully agree
Fully agree
Ireland Non-governmental organis Non-governmental organFully agree
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Ireland Trade and business associations Fully agree
Belgium Regional structures Regionale overheid Fully agree
Italy Law-firms Fully agree
United Kingdom Trade unions and professional associations Partially agree
Ireland Professional consultancies Fully agree
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Belgium Think tanks and research institutions Fully agree
Spain Academic institutions Fully agree
Portugal Trade and business assoNA Fully agree
Germany Other sub-national publicKrperschaft des ffent Fully agree
United Kingdom Non-governmental organisations, platforms, netwo Partially agree
United Kingdom Transnational associatioThe Scottish Local GovePartially agree
Partially agree
France Trade and business assoInstitution reprsentativeFully agree
Germany Regional structures Fully agree
Germany Other sub-national public authorities Fully agree
Partially agree
Austria Other sub-national publicLandes(verfassungs)rec Fully agree
Fully agree
Germany Trade unions and professional associations Partially agree
Sweden Trade and business associations Fully agree
Austria Trade unions and professional associations Disagree
Italy Companies and groups Partially agree
Germany Non-governmental organisations, platforms, netwo Partially agree
Spain Other public or mixed entPublic institution attac Fully agree
Germany Think tanks and researchThe Maecenata Foundatio Fully agree
Fully agree
Denmark Trade unions and professional associations Partially agree
France Non-governmental organis Vos questions sont inco Partially agree
Netherlands Think tanks and research institutions Partially agree
Germany Non-governmental organisations, platforms, netwo Partially agree
Belgium Other public or mixed entPolitical group in the E Fully agree
Comments or suggestions b) It (Optional)
is often said tha Comments or suggestions c) In (Optional)
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No way of getting to pri Yes Satisfactory but can be
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Straightforward
Yes Cumbersome
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Nur, weil jemand in RechYes Bldeste Frage berhaupt.

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Feitelijk kan alleen de lobbyist of de parlementarir of EU-bestuurder een melding en/of klacht indienen. Anderen kunnen geen
Benvloeding met onjuiste Yes Straightforward
informatie dient fors bestraft te worden. Bijvoorbeeld door toegang te weigeren tot de EU gebouwen
De procedure is dus ontoereikend.
Yes Er moeten duidelijke sa Straightforward
Sofern die Meldungen und
No Cumbersome
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Yes Straightforward
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Yes Straightforward
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No Cumbersome
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The present system for dealing with alerts and complaints and the general maintenance of
the register is far from adequate and the Commission should significantly boost the
resources devoted to the register.
Currently, the only real sanction available to the lobby register authorities is removal from
the register. This is an important sanction, but also a blunt one that can only be applied in
limited circumstances. Under the current rules, those who have been shown to post
inaccurate information face no real penalty and can maintain their European Parliament
Yes
access passes or hold meetings Der Ausschluss
with commissioners. einer reif Straightforward
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have confidence in the system. Submitting inaccurate and / or misleading Satisfactory
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which are higher than the declared turnover. So more than half of the new entries again raise
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burden on human organisations.
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system may complaints
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extensive experience with the complaints mechanis
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This clearly shows the need No for more systematic checks and verification. For Straightforward
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sanctions is independent. The High Authority for Transp
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mit dem Nomade in both the procedure itself as well as in Aus
Dem vorbergehenden providing the JTRS with more resources to complete
Straightforward
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Having submitted 4,254 complaints in September 2015 we have gathered extensive experience with the complaints mechanis
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maintenance
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1,619 organisations is far from adequate
registered an
in the me
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The current monitoring capacity of the Joint Transparency Register Secretariat is not sufficient to check even a small portion o
EU Institutions should actively foster a culture of compliance. It should be ensured that all entries in the Register are complian
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extensive
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Enforcement
should therefore
of rulesbe
sho
increased.
Straightforward
This would help to deploy effective enforce
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organisations that were dealt with under our complaint, 1,619but
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This clearly shows the need for more systematic checks and verification. For this it is key to set-up a proper monitoring system
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Transparency
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International
monitoringstrongly
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for registrations
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names
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Yes Straightforward
It is important that the body overseeing the register
Public
and naming
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and shaming
sanctionsofisthose
independent.
organisations
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Yes Straightforward
UNI Europa fully supportYes
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dem Lobbyregister, was aber auch nur bei Nicht-K
Die EU-Institutionen sol No Registerangaben, die zuStraightforward
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verpflichtendes Lobbyregister
Absolut sollte
notwendig.
ein SystemSatisfactory
an Strafen und
but can
strafrechtlicher
be Verfolgung fr Verst
Yes Straightforward
Yes Straightforward
IEFPIA would
think the be supportiYes
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it is about the measures available in the event of non
I don't understand why, inYes Type of non-compliance number 2 (Non-cooperation Straightforward
with JTRS) the measure says: "Removal from
And in the number 3 case: Yes"Inappropriate behavior",
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exactly
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would
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be Straightforward
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Yes Straightforward
In practice, it is important to distinguish between malicious or unjustified Satisfactory but can be
Yes UNESPA bilieves that ent
claims on the one hand, No andopinion
serious breaches of the code of conduct. Cumbersome
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No No opinion
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We have not made, nor have been subjected to any

We alert
believe
or complaint
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procedure.
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Commission des recours.
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Yes Straightforward
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International Standards for
NoLobbying Transparency require ade
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Straightforward
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No Menschliche Fehler knne Straightforward
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It is our view that the register Yes, assuming
granted morethat the aStraightforward
recourses to increase its capacity to ensure they can properl
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register
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authorities
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removal from
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canregister.
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Satisfactory
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Yes Straightforward
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entities registered
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Le CNB admet que le code de conduite sappuie sur un solide ensemble de rgles et de principes. Nanmoins, la procdure d
En vertu de laccord interinstitutionnel, les violations du code de conduite font la fois lobjet dune enqute et de sanctions de
Yes Straightforward
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tre Satisfactory
pour sassurer
but can
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It is fundamental to pres No opinion Satisfactory but can be
Grundstzlich
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has notNo Straightforward
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Yes This would be an importaSatisfactory but can be
Grundstzlich ist darauf No Straightforward
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Die EU-Institutionen sol No Menschliche Fehler sind Straightforward
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Yes Straightforward
Das Registersekretariat ist derzeit personell nicht ausreichend ausgestattet, so dass nicht gewhrleistet ist,
dass die Eintrge regelmig Yes berprft werden knnen
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und die ist eine S Straightforward
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Yes werden. List of suspended/banned
CEEP believes that the quality of the Transparency Register should rely less Straightforward
organisations from
on the external the Register
complaints andshall be made ava
denunciation, and
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Straightforward
the status shall be made available also under th
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see the an independent
due body, with
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process strengthened. aindependent
clear mandate body
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required to submit at least two updates per year, and onimportant
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register should include automatic links to other registers, such as the lobby meetings of
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submissions to EC consultations and the list of EC staff and Commissioners having gone through
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6.1 Do
(Optional)
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The Commissions decision to no longer allow non-registrants to meet with hi
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legally-binding lobby register comes into force,
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Such policies only boost the number of registrations; they do nothing to impro
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Yes

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No
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Somewhat important Very important - Such policies only boostYes
the number of registrations; they do nothing to imp
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do not replace the need for a legally-binding registe


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can be important in incentivising participation in the register. However, such p
boost the number of registrations; they do nothing to improve the data quality
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register, and arguably there
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lobby register entry. Overall, such incentives do not replace the need for a leg
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Even in the context of a mandatory system, effective benefits deriving from re
The quality and detail of communications to registrants concerning public con
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Yesof EU transparency label could also be conside

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To be clear COSLA is more
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The system of incentives,Yes
current situation at which are in reality disincentives for not registering
Very important Very important Public institutions be thatYes
EU, national, regional and local should not impose
Very important Very important Furthermore, it should beNo ascertained
opinion that the restrictions imposed on non-re
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These incentives would have far more effect if the power to suspend organi
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Very important Very important No caso da Comisso dev Yes
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No opinion No opinion Vi avstr frn att svara No

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The limitation of four people
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Transparency Register should also be required
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Furthermore, Transparenc
No
of meetings directly with the European Commission
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No opinion No opinion The right to access and iNo
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In addition we consider the following potential incentives:
Very important Very important The register is usedYes
as a directory for all stakeholders in Brussels
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Mailing lists: relevant organizations featuring on any mailing lists set up t

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ces lments sont lethe Transparency Register should also be required
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legally-binding regulatory framework to ensure lobby
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Any incentives or advantages
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No
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No

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Yes

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Very important Very important CSE believes that also aYes positive use of the register could be made provided
Very important Very important Access to the ParliamentNo opinionis a very important advantage for registran
buildings
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Yes for registration to facilitate access to the institu
Very important Very important Hinsichtlich Expertengr No opinion

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Yes
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opinion and organisations receiving Parliament
No opinion Very important Der GB fordert ein ver Yes
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YesEuropean Commission to an un-registered organ
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Yes in order to engage with the EU institutions, the
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We consider that it is very
Not important Very important The efficiency of those No
Not important Very important One observation regarding Yesannouncements and notifications of up-coming co

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In der Zwischenzeit, bis ein
Very important Very important - Die Regelung der Kommission,

Yes dass sich leitende Angestellte nur mit regist
- Solche Regelungen frdern

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- Diese Anreize htten einen wesentlich greren Effekt, wenn der Ausschlus
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the Transparency Register should also be required
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6.2 Do
(Optional)
you agree with Comments or suggestions
7.1 How
(Optional)
does the Trans
Yes It is better
Yes It is better
Yes It is better
Yes It is neither better, nor
Yes No opinion
Yes No opinion
Yes It is better
Access to MEPs and EUYes

o It is better
Yes It is better
Yes Any other EU agencies esp
No opinion
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Yes It is better
Yes It is better
Yes It is better
Yes It is better
Tout contact des lobbys Yes It is neither better, nor worse
Yes It is neither better, nor worse
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sieh oben Yes It is better
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Yes It is better
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l'enregistrement doit t Yes It is better
Yes It is better
No No opinion
Yes It is better
Yes It is better
Yes It is better
No It is better
All access to MEPs and EP

No opinion It is neither better, nor worse
Yes It is better

Cualquiera debe pasar po
Yes It is better
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No No opinion
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