Conflicts of interest former Commissioners: relevant documents

Chapter from Bursting the Brussels Bubble on Conflicts of interest of former Commissioners and Commission staff:

• A failure to act – the Commission turns a blind eye to conflicts of interest

Note: All the documents listed below were obtained through access to documents requests under regulation 1049/2001.

Joe Borg

• Corporate Europe Observatory: Initial request for access to documents, 12 July 2010 (GESTDEM 2010/3407)
• Response Secretariat General (2010)
  Documents released:
• Mr Borg's e-mails to Secretary General Catherine Day dated 23 May and 4 June 2010
• President Barroso's communication to the Commission dated 11 June 2010
• Mr Szlaszewsky's note to Mr Borg  dated 16 June 2010
• Minutes of the Commission's 1922nd meeting of 15.06.2010

Benita Ferrero Waldner

• Corporate Europe Observatory: Initial request for access to documents, 21 February 2010 (GESTDEM 2010/859)
• Response Secretariat General, 5 March 2010
  Documents released:
• Mrs Ferrero-Waldner's letter to President Barroso of 29.10.2010
• The Ad hoc Ethical Committee's opinion of 14.01.2010
• President Barroso's memorandum to the Commission of 15.01.2010
• Corporate Europe Observatory: Confirmatory request, 26 March 2010
• Response Secretariat General, 30 April 2010 (no documents)
• Final response Secretariat General, 1 June 2010
  Documents released:
• Mrs Ferrero-Waldner's letter to President Barroso of 29.10.2009
• Mrs Ferrero-Waldner's letter to President Barroso of 15.12.2009
• The Ad hoc Ethical Committee's opinion of 14.01.2010 regarding Munich RE
• The Ad hoc Ethical Committee's opinion of 14.01.2010 regarding Gamesa Corporación
• The Ad hoc Ethical Committee's opinion of 14.01.2010 regarding Norman Foster
• The Ad hoc Ethical Committee's opinion of 14.01.2010 regarding FRIDE
• President Barroso's memorandum to the Commission of 15.01.2010 (SEC(2010) 51)
• Minutes of the Commission's 1902nd meeting of 19.01.2010
• Mrs Ferrero-Waldner's letter to President Barroso of 26.01.2010
• President Barroso's memorandum to the Commission of 12.02.2010 (SEC(2010) 144)
• President Barroso's memorandum to the Commission of 14.01.2011 (SEC(2011) 81)

Meglena Kuneva

• President Barroso's memorandum to the Commission of 31.01.2011 (SEC(2011) 157)

Charlie McCreevy

• Reply Secretary General Catherine Day to confirmatory application for access to documents related to the Commission's decision to allow ex-Commissioner Mr. Charlie McCreevy to join the board of NBNK Investments PLC, 14 February 2011
• Opinion of the Ad hoc Ethical Committee regarding Charlie McCreevy's request to become a non-executive director of NBNK Investments Plc., 24 August 2010

Günter Verheugen

• Friends of the Earth Europe: Initial request for access to documents, 21 February 2010
• Response Secretariat General, 26 july 2010
  Documents released:
• Hubert Szlaszewski's telefax to Günter Verheugen dated 22.04.2010
• Günter Verheugen's fax to Hubert Szlaszewski dated 29.04.2010
• Hubert Szlaszewski's note to the Ad hoc Ethical Committee dated 07.05.2010
• Michel Petite's e-mail to Hubert Szlaszewski dated 01.06.2010
• Hubert Szlaszewski's letter to Günter Verheugen dated 01.06.2010
• Günter Verheugen's fax to Hubert Szlaszewski dated 03.06.2010
• Hubert Szlaszewski's e-mail to the Ad hoc Ethical Committee dated 08.06.2010
• Michel Petite's e-mail to Hubert Szlaszewski dated 28.06.2010
• President Barroso's memorandum to the Commission dated 02.07.2010
• Extract of the minutes of Heads of Cabinet's weekly meeting held on 05.07.2010
• Extract of the minutes of Commission's meeting held on 06.07.2010
• Hubert Szlaszewski's note to the Ad hoc Ethical Committee dated 07.07.2010
• Hubert Szlaszewski's letter to Günter Verheugen dated 07.07.2010
• Follow up letter by Friends of the Earth Europe, 31 August 2010
• Letter ALTER-EU to to Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič regarding former Commissioner Verheugen’s potential conflict of interest, 7 December 2011
• Reply to ALTER-EU from Hubert Szaslewki on behalf of Commissioner Šefčovič, 4 February 2011
• Catherine Day's letter to Günter Verheugen dated 31.08.2010
• Günter Verheugen's fax to Catherine Day dated 01.09.2010
• Hubert Szlaszewski's note to the Ad hoc Ethical Committee dated 01.09.2010;
• The Ad hoc Ethical Committee's opinion of 02.11.2010
• Catherine Day's letter to Günter Verheugen dated 11.11.2010
• Günter Verheugen's fax to Catherine Day dated 02.12.2010
• President Barroso's memorandum to the Commission dated 31.01.2010 (SEC(2011)158)
• Extract of the minutes of Heads of Cabinet's weekly meeting held on 02.02.2011