Transparency Register

Transparency Register

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Definition

• The transparency register is a database that lists organisations that try to influence:
• the law-making and
• policy implementation process of the EU institutions.
• The register makes visible what interests are being pursued, by whom and with what budgets. In this way, the register allows for public scrutiny, giving citizens and other interest groups the possibility to track the activities of lobbyists.

What about this transparency register?

As part of the Commission’s commitment to transparency, Commissioners, their cabinet members and Directors-General publish information on meetings held with organisations or self-employed individuals. Meetings relating to policy-making and implementation in the EU can only take place if the interest representatives are registered in the EU transparency register.

Link with the seminar? - Represents a source of information regarding the lobbyists in Brussels. - Offers a better understanding of how lobbying works

Concrete examples

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