ALTER-EU The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation

ALTER-EU has filed a complaint about the European Commission’s refusal to act against the fact that a number of its expert groups are dominated by business interests, alleging that this stance violates the Commission's codes of conduct on consultation standards and the use of expertise.

ALTER-EU believes the Commission should:

- Accept that industry-dominated groups do not comply with the rules and act accordingly

- Ban lobbyists and corporate executives sitting in expert groups in a “personal capacity”

- Introduce new selection criteria with safeguards against corporate capture

- Publish all documents related to the work of expert groups

You can find the complaint text and appendix here: