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dcterms:Date	"1999-10-28"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Votes2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991028.2.4-113"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-10-28-Speech-4-1142
lpv:speaker	lp:Gérard Caudron2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Poland Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Parti socialiste (1999-07-20--2002-07-09)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-08--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; PES (1999-07-20--2002-01-16)3
lpv:translated text	"I wish to congratulate Mr Napolitano, the chairman of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs for his excellent report. It enshrines a new mode of operation for Community institutions based on the maximum possible transparency. It is also a guarantee made to the citizens of Europe of our wish to learn the lessons from the crises which shook the European Commission at the start of the year. Following the resignation of the European Commission, the three institutions, the European Parliament, the European Commission and the Council signed an interinstitutional agreement intended to specify the procedures for the implementation of the administrative inquiries of the European anti-fraud unit (OLAF). These new details must be integrated into our internal Rules of Procedure. It goes without saying that we can do nothing but rejoice at the introduction of greater transparency within the European Parliament. The decision establishes an obligation to pass on information upon any EP official or agent who “becomes aware of evidence which gives rise to a presumption of the existence of possible cases of fraud, corruption or any other illegal activity detrimental to the interests of the Communities.” For their part, any Members of Parliament who learn of similar situations must inform the EP President of these or, if they think it useful, must inform OLAF directly. This means a firm commitment to no longer “tolerating” practices which people knew were irregular but which had become customary. I will add one qualification, however. This obligation must respect the confidentiality criteria specified either in the legislative texts or in the EP Rules of Procedure (particularly facts which members of parliamentary inquiry committees become aware of). I am, furthermore, very pleased to see that it has been decided to add a clause stipulating the protection of officials who observe the requirement to pass on information: they must not in any case be subjected to unfair treatment or discrimination. Just remember how the official who uncovered the scandal was treated! I sincerely hope that we have gone beyond statements of intent and that we are talking about deep-seated change in the way in which each of our institutions operates."@en1

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