Brussels, 15 May 2024
Today, the Commission is hosting a ceremony with all participating institutions to formalise the agreement on the establishment of the first-ever interinstitutional Ethics Body, as proposed by the Commission last year. The Body will set common standards for ethical conduct of members and a formal mechanism for coordination and exchange of views on ethical requirements among institutions. Thanks to these developments, EU politicians will be subject to common, clear, transparent and comprehensible standards.
Vice-President for Values and Transparency, Věra Jourová, will host the ceremony and welcome Belgian Ambassador Willem van de Voorde, representing the Council of the EU; Koen Lenaerts, President of the Court of Justice of the EU; Tony Murphy, President of the European Court of Auditors; Oliver Röpke, President of the European Economic and Social Committee, and Luca Menesini, Vice-President of the Committee of the Regions. The European Parliament and the European Central Bank will be represented via video messages from President Roberta Metsola and President Christine Lagarde, respectively.
The signing ceremony will take place as of 15:15 CEST in the pressroom of the Commission’s Berlaymont building. The event will also be livestreamed on EbS. The Agreement will enter into force 20 days after its publication in the Official Journal. The Body shall be fully operational as soon as possible, after the participating institutions have nominated their member candidates. The text of the agreement is available here.
Source – EU Commission