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Recent ALTER-EU publications and correspondence

A captive Commission: the role of the financial industry in shaping EU regulation

Publication date: 
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Teaser: 
Financial ‘experts’ advising the European Commission represent banks and investors responsible for the economic crisis.

Complaint to the Commisssion's Secreteriat-General on Expert Groups

Publication date: 
Friday, October 23, 2009
Teaser: 
Complaint about the lack of transparency and balance of expert groups and the Commission's response
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application/pdf icon2009.07.Big-complaint-Com.pdf
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application/msword icon2009.07.Complaint_Annex.doc
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application/pdf icon2009.10.Com_.Response.complaint.pdf

How to make a transparent registration in the European Commission Register of Interest Representatives

Publication date: 
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Author: 
Drafted by the EU Civil Society Contact Group in co-operation with the Alliance for Lobbying Transparency
Teaser: 
ALTER-EU and Civil Society Contact Group guidelines for making a transparent registration in EC lobbying register
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application/pdf iconregisterguidelines.pdf

The Commission’s Lobby Register One Year On: Success or Failure?

Publication date: 
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Teaser: 
ALTER-EU evaluation of the European Commission’s lobby register at its one year anniversary.
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application/pdf iconregister-assessment-after-one-year.pdf

Correspondence with the Commission on Expert Groups 2008 - 2009

Publication date: 
Monday, March 9, 2009
Teaser: 
Correspondence with the Commission on Expert Groups 2008 - 2009
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application/pdf icon2008.08.Barroso.Kallas.pdf
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application/pdf icon2008.08.LetterDimas.pdf
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application/pdf icon2008.08.LetterVerheugen.pdf
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application/pdf icon2008.08.Piebalgs.pdf
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application/pdf icon2008.08.Potocnik.pdf
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application/pdf icon2008.08.Vassiliou.pdf
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application/pdf icon2008.09.Com_.Response.pdf
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application/msword icon2008.12.LetterCom.doc
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application/pdf icon2009.03.Response.letter.pdf