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However, it should be taken into account that agencies have no direct influence on certain appointments (e.g. Management Board, Board of appeal, committee members directly appointed by Member states): they can only perform the screening of candidates to be appointed by the agency. nevertheless, the agency could propose to the respective appointing authority to establish screening procedures before appointment of the concerned member(s). rEply of tHE EuropEaN CHEMICalS agENCy as regards committee members who are appointed by the Management Board, EcHa has had guidelines in place since 2008 which were turned into eligibility criteria in 2012. the agency is in the process of further developing these criteria. furthermore, the EcHa secretariat has proposed to the Management Board to establish eligibility guidelines for members of the Management Board, the Member state committee and the forum, which are appointed directly by the Members states or the Eu institutions. recommendation 4 EcHa acknowledges that its previous practices had shortcomings. the agency notes, however, that the implementation of the new policy adopted in september 2011 was not subject to the audit scope of the court. reference is made to the actions taken since the audit and the planned activities as indicated in the replies to the court’s report. in addition to that, EcHa will take the following specific actions — implementation of a specific conflict of interest breach of trust procedure — sample checks of the declarations of interests received against the information available in EcHa’s own files (e.g. cVs provided by the Management Board, committee and forum members and by the EcHa staff ) recommendation 5 the first formal internal decision issued by the (interim) Executive director of EcHa after the establishment of the agency concerned ‘Guidance for staff on conflicts of interest and invitations and gifts as well as declarations of commitment, confidentiality and interests’ (decision Ed/01/2007 of 31 october 2007). the EcHa Management Board adopted on 22 March 2012 its own code of conduct, and which has been published. this covers aspects such as, inter alia, gifts and invitations. the Management Board invited the EcHa committees and other bodies to agree upon similar codes of conduct and work in this respect is ongoing. see reply to point 61. 
Rekommendation 2 Detta stämmer, och görs redan i stor utsträckning av Europeiska kemikaliemyndigheten. Man bör emellertid ta hänsyn till att byråerna inte har något direkt inflytande över vissa utnämningar (t.ex. av ledamöter i styrelsen och överklagandenämnden och kommittéledamöter som utses direkt av medlemsstaterna): de kan bara kontrollera sökande till poster som de själva ska tillsätta.
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Based on its new policy, EcHa will develop specific breach of trust provisions. see also reply to points 64-65. the following measures have been taken since the audit in october 2011: — new policy of september 2011 includes general provisions with regard to breach of trust procedures for the Management Board, committees and forum, but also for the Boa and EcHa staff; — new implementing rules to the staff regulations regarding administrative inquiries and disciplinary proceedings were adopted by the Management Board on 23 March 2012. recommendation 7 the minutes for each meeting of the EcHa bodies did already record, at the time of the audit, the chair’s request for specific declarations of interest as well as any interest declared. 
Se även svaren på punkterna 64 och 65. Följande åtgärder har vidtagits sedan granskningen i oktober 2011: — Den nya policy som antogs i september 2011 innehåller allmänna bestämmelser för fall av trolöshet mot huvudman som omfattar ledamöter av styrelsen, kommittéerna och forumet samt även styrelsens och Echas personal. — Styrelsen antog nya tillämpningsföreskrifter för tjänsteföreskrifterna om administrativa undersökningar och disciplinära förfaranden den 23 mars 2012.
exeCutive suMMary i. Efsa welcomes the review carried out by the Eca and the recommendations put forward to strengthen the procedures in place to manage any potential conflicts of interest in the Eu agencies. 
SAMMANFATTNING I. Europeiska livsmedelsmyndigheten (Efsa) välkomnar Europeiska revisionsrättens undersökning och rekommendationer om hur gällande förfaranden kan stärkas för att eventuella intressekonflikter vid EU:s organ ska kunna hanteras.
Efsa has required the submission of declarations of interest by its scientific experts from the establishment of its first scientific panels in 2003 and laid down a policy on declarations of interest in 2007, which was strengthened in 2011 in the comprehensive policy on independence and scientific decision Making processes. in the absence of a comprehensive Eu regulatory framework, Efsa, working within the legal instruments available, has focused its time and resources on the category considered of highest risk – the experts involved in the development and delivery of scientific advice informing policy makers, and Efsa’s staff who support them in this task. 
Efsa har alltsedan de första vetenskapliga panelerna inrättades 2003 krävt att myndighetens vetenskapliga experter ska lämna en intresseförklaring och Efsa utformade 2007 en policy för intresseförklaringar, som stärktes 2011 i och med den allmänna policyn för oberoende och vetenskapliga beslutsprocesser. Eftersom EU saknar ett övergripande regelverk arbetar Efsa inom ramen för tillgängliga rättsliga instrument och koncentrerar sin tid och sina resurser på den kategori som anses utgöra ett högriskområde, nämligen de experter som deltar i utveckling och förmedling av vetenskapliga råd till beslutsfattare liksom den personal vid Efsa som stöder dem i denna uppgift.
Efsa’s policy on independence and scientific decision-Making processes published in 2011 integrates all the steps Efsa has taken to ensure the implementation of its core values – scientific excellence, openness, transparency and independence – in its scientific outputs and decision-making processes. these rules and procedures put in place over time cover: organisational governance; scientific decision-making processes, such as the processing of requests and mandates; Efsa’s scientific committee and panels, including the selection of experts; and other elements, for example transparency in the decision-making process. ii. the oEcd definition of conflicts of interest was designed specifically to cover the interests of public officials. 
Efsas policy för oberoende och vetenskapliga beslutsprocesser, som offentliggjordes 2011, innehåller alla de åtgärder som myndigheten vidtagit för att se till att våra kärnvärden – vetenskaplig excellens, öppenhet, insyn och oberoende – tillämpas i våra vetenskapliga arbeten och beslutsprocesser. Dessa regler och förfaranden kommer att införas successivt och omfattar organisationsstyrning, vetenskapliga beslutsprocesser, som t.ex. handläggningen av förfrågningar och mandat, Efsas vetenskapliga kommitté och paneler inklusive urval av experter, samt andra områden som t.ex. insyn i beslutsprocesser.
However, around 3/4 of those who work with Efsa and who are subject to the procedures under review for this report, namely scientific experts and Management Board members, do not work for Efsa in the capacity of public officials responding to the obligations of an employment contractual relationship. rEply of tHE EuropEaN food SafEty autHorIty Efsa is enforcing very strict standards when it comes to handling potential conflicts of interests as part of comprehensive policies covering all key dimensions critical to the delivery of independence and excellence in addition to its declarations of interest policy. as part of the regular review of these policies, the procedures and rules used to implement its 2011 policy on independence and scientific decision-Making processes provide a clear definition of conflicts of interests for staff, experts and Management Board members, which are compatible with oEcd guidelines. iii. 
Men omkring tre fjärdedelar av dem som arbetar med Efsa – och som därmed omfattas av de förfaranden som granskningen i den aktuella rapporten avser, dvs. vetenskapliga experter och styrelseledamöter – arbetar inte för Efsa i egenskap av offentliga tjänstemän med förpliktelser som följer av ett kontraktsförhållande för en anställning.
Every system presents risk and Efsa has in place control assurance measures deployed to identify and mitigate the risks in proportion to the sensitivity of the tasks carried out. for example, it has focused its efforts on the category considered of highest risk – the scientific experts involved – in the development and delivery of scientific advice informing policy makers, and Efsa’s staff who support them in this task. 
Varje system medför risker och Efsa har därför kontrollrutiner som används för att identifiera och minska riskerna i förhållande till de utförda uppgifternas känslighet. Myndigheten har till exempel inriktat sitt arbete på den kategori som anses medföra störst risker: de vetenskapliga experter som deltar i utveckling och förmedling av vetenskapliga råd till beslutsfattare samt den personal vid Efsa som stöder dem i denna uppgift.
Besides the policies and procedures in place concerning declarations of interest, it is important to note that there are other mechanisms which ensure Efsa’s work is impartial and free from undue influence. in particular: — opinions are the outcome of collective decision-making of the scientific committee/panels, no one expert can unduly influence the decisions of the panel; — minority opinions are recorded; — the inter-disciplinarity and multi-disciplinarity of scientific committee/panels membership; — absence of hierarchical links among and between experts; — the guidance published by the scientific committee on the relevant information to be included in Efsa opinions to ensure the transparency of risk assessments. 
Vid sidan av de strategier och förfaranden som gäller intresseförklaringarna är det viktigt att notera att det finns andra mekanismer som ska se till att Efsas arbete är opartiskt och fritt från otillbörligt inflytande.
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additionally, there exist procedures governing the processing of mandates and requests, information gathering, selection of experts as well as public consultations and a comprehensive quality review programme. 
Det finns dessutom förfaranden som reglerar handläggningen av mandat och förfrågningar, informationsinhämt-ning, urval av experter och allmänna samråd samt ett övergripande program för kvalitetsöversyn.
Efsa is also offering stakeholders the possibility of attending some plenaries of its scientific committee and panels as observers and is in the process of developing this further. 
Efsa erbjuder också berörda parter möjligheten att delta som observatörer vid ett antal sammanträden i vetenskapliga kommittén och panelerna och arbetar nu med att vidareutveckla detta.
Efsa also has a risk communication mandate which contributes and helps ensure the transparency and independence of its work. as for the Management Board, members are required to sign a declaration of commitment, including a commitment to act independently, and to provide an annual declaration of interests. Members are also required to sign a code of conduct, which upholds core principles and values such as integrity, objectivity and serving in the public interest and provides guidance on standards expected by Eu institutions and the general public. iv. 
Efsa har även ett riskkommunikationsmandat som medverkar till att myndighetens arbete präglas av oberoende och öppenhet. Styrelseledamöterna måste underteckna en åtagandeför-klaring som innebär att de förpliktar sig att agera oberoende samt lämna en årlig intresseförklaring. Ledamöterna måste också underteckna en uppförandekod vars syfte är att upprätthålla kärnprinciper och värden som integritet, objektivitet och arbete i allmänhetens intresse.
Efsa would welcome a comprehensive Eu regulatory framework that would officially regulate the structure of the evaluation and handling of conflicts of interest and support the assessment of compliance by any controlling authority. rEply of tHE EuropEaN food SafEty autHorIty v. Efsa since 2007 introduced and regularly updated, and strengthened in 2011, a comprehensive framework for avoiding potential conflicts of interests, in particular through its robust declarations of interests (doi) policy. 
Efsa skulle välkomna ett övergripande regelverk i EU som officiellt reglerar strukturen för utvärdering och hantering av intressekonflikter och som hjälper kontrollmyndigheterna att bedöma om reglerna följs.
Efsa has already planned its review for 2013. in the absence of a comprehensive Eu regulatory framework, Efsa has focused its time and resources on the category considered of highest risk – the experts involved in the development and delivery of scientific advice informing policy makers, and Efsa’s staff who support them in this task. 
Efsa har redan planerat en översyn till 2013. Eftersom EU saknar ett övergripande regelverk koncentrerar Efsa sin tid och sina resurser på den kategori som anses utgöra ett högriskområde, nämligen de experter som deltar i utveckling och förmedling av vetenskapliga råd till beslutsfattare samt personal vid Efsa som stöder dem i denna uppgift.
Efsa has required the submission of declarations of interest by its scientific experts already since 2003 and laid down a policy on declarations of interest in 2007, which was strengthened in 2011. as an example of the breadth of its doi policy, Efsa, in 2011, screened more than 8 000 annual and specific declarations of interests and scrutinised almost 40 000 agenda items. on 356 occasions experts have been excluded totally or partially from Efsa activities. vi. 
Efsa har sedan 2003 krävt att de vetenskapliga experter som arbetar för myndigheten ska lämna en intresseförklaring och utformade 2007 en policy för intresseförklaringar, vilken stärktes 2011.
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in particular, the Efsa’s expert candidates (higher category of risk) are screened twice before appointment, during the selection process (1) and if selected before the appointment process (2). this has been the case and is documented since 2007. the screening is based on clearly specified criteria and these were strengthened by the independence policy adopted in december 2011. x. (c) (iii) criteria implemented since 2007, and further improved in 2011 (with the policy on independence and scientific decision Making processes and related implementing acts) by introducing in two self-explanatory synoptic tables the description of compatible and incompatible interests. x. (c) (iv) invitation policy implemented since 2009 in Efsa. in relation to gifts, Efsa has since many years applied the framework provided by the European commission on ethics and integrity, and has adopted a specific policy on July 2012. x. (c) (v) Breach of trust procedures have been defined and implemented for the following categories of population: — for all experts (scientific committee, scientific panels and Working Groups) (‘implementing act to the policy on declaration of interests – Guidance document on declarations of interest, page 7; signed 8 september 2009’). — for staff members: art. 
Så har det varit sedan 2007, vilket är dokumenterat. Granskningen baseras på tydligt angivna kriterier, som stärktes i samband med att policyn för oberoende antogs i december 2011. X. c) iii) Kriterierna har tillämpats sedan 2007 och förbättrades ytterligare 2011 (i samband med policyn för oberoende och vetenskapliga beslutsprocesser samt relaterade genomförandeakter) med hjälp av en beskrivning av förenliga och oförenliga intressen i två självförklarande översiktstabeller.
16, 17, 19 of staff regulation (disciplinary procedure) — for Management Board members (article 15 of the rules of procedures of the Management Board of Efsa, 31 March 2009) it is important to highlight that in case of breach of trust of a Management Board member, Efsa has to refer to the appointing authority (council) since the Executive director cannot dismiss a member of the Management Board. rEply of tHE EuropEaN food SafEty autHorIty x. (c) (vi) declarations of interest of scientific experts, members of the Management Board and Management team are all published on Efsa’s website. transparency in the scientific decision-making process is ensured through the publication on Efsa’s website of minutes of meetings of the scientific committee, the scientific panels and Working Groups, where all decisions in the risk assessment process are recorded as well as the publication of final scientific outputs. 
7, undertecknad den 8 september 2009). — Personal: artiklarna 16, 17 och 19 i tjänsteföreskrifterna (disciplinärt förfarande). — Styrelseledamöter (artikel 15 i arbetsordningen för Efsas styrelse, den 31 mars 2009).
Efsa is offering to stakeholders the possibility of attending plenaries of some of its scientific committee and panels meetings as observers and is in the process of developing this further. x. (c) (vii) training on conflict of interest is compulsory for every member of Efsa staff since 2010 (2007 for experts) supported by a dedicated manual and training material on the issue. 
Efsa erbjuder berörda parter möjligheten att delta som observatörer vid ett antal sammanträden i vetenskapliga kommittén och panelerna och arbetar nu med att vidareutveckla detta. X. c) vii) Utbildning om intressekonflikter är obligatorisk för all personal vid Efsa sedan 2010 (2007 för experter), vilket kompletteras med en handbok och utbildningsmaterial som anpassats särskilt till den här frågan.
Efsa Management Board Members will receive dedicated training on Ethics and integrity as of 2012. x. (c) (viii) since 2010 Efsa has actively sought information on post employment status from departing and former staff and has designed a specific process for assessing and if necessary imposing restrictions. 
Efsas styrelseledamöter kommer att få en särskild utbildning i etik och integritet under 2012. X. c) viii) Sedan 2010 har Efsa aktivt sökt information om vilken anställning avgående och tidigare personal gått vidare till och har utformat en särskild process för bedömning och begränsningar, om sådana visar sig nödvändiga.
Efsa is fully in line with the provision of article 16 of the staff regulations. x. (d) Efsa would welcome such a comprehensive Eu framework. introduCtion 1. this oEcd definition covers only some of the actors Efsa is working with, as defined by the legislator, namely the officials and by extension the public agents under time limited contractual relationships. 
X. d) Efsa skulle välkomna ett sådant övergripande regelverk på EU-nivå. INLEDNING 1. OECD:s definition täcker bara några av de aktörer som Efsa arbetar med, enligt lagstiftarens definition, dvs. tjänstemännen och i förlängningen de offentliganställda som arbetar enligt tidsbegränsade kontraktsförhållanden.
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Efsa wants to stress that: — the mandate of Efsa’s Management Board is administrative and strategic supervision and it is never involved in the development of scientific risk assessment outputs. — Efsa Management Board Members are nominated for their competences by the council out of a competitive process managed by the European commission and participate in Efsa Management Board ‘ad personam’ and not as representatives of the organisations they collaborate with. rEply of tHE EuropEaN food SafEty autHorIty observations 29. for experts, screening was implemented before appointment from 2007 in Efsa and improved in 2011 with the new policy on independence and scientific decision-Making processes and the related implementing acts. in particular, Efsa’s expert candidates (higher category of risk) are screened twice before appointment, during the selection process (1) and if selected before the appointment process (2). this has been the case and is documented since 2007. the screening is based on clearly specified criteria and these were strengthened by the independence policy adopted in december 2011. 
Efsa vill betona följande: — Mandatet för Efsas styrelse är administrativ och strategisk tillsyn och styrelsen är aldrig inblandad i arbetet med att utveckla vetenskapliga riskbedömningar. — Rådet utnämner Efsas styrelseledamöter på grundval av deras kompetens inom ramen för en uttagningsprocess som administreras av Europeiska kommissionen.
Experts, by the very nature of scientific expertise itself, have to have a deep involvement and knowledge on the subjects they are to contribute to (interest). they elaborate the collective and multidisciplinary expertise through collegial working methods confronting different schools of thoughts and disciplines — the stakeholder consultative platform is solely a consultative body used by Efsa to keep abreast of the general expectations and concerns of societal and productive sectors concerned by its remit. it does not play any role in the scientific decision-making processes of Efsa. 
Ledamöterna deltar i Efsas styrelse personligen och inte som företrädare för de organisationer som de samarbetar med. — Rådgivningsplattformen för berörda parter är endast ett rådgivande organ som Efsa använder för att hålla sig uppdaterad om allmänna förväntningar och farhågor inom de samhälleliga och ekonomiska sektorer som berörs av Efsas ansvarsområde. Plattformen har ingen roll i Efsas vetenskapliga beslutsprocess.
Efsa agrees with the court statement and has developed since 2007 a comprehensive framework to mitigate the risk and perception of it. 
Efsa instämmer i revisionsrättens uttalande och har sedan 2007 utvecklat ett övergripande regelverk för att minska risken och riskuppfattningen.
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collegiality in itself (among the 21 members of each panel) is a very significant, but not exclusive, mitigation to any potential disproportional influence from a single expert. the role of Efsa panels (21 experts) is to peer review the outputs prepared by the working groups (referred to by the court as ‘scientific Body’) following international peer review standards. there is no involvement of iLsi as such in any Efsa scientific activities. 
Själva kollegialiteten (bland de 21 medlemmarna i varje panel) är en mycket viktig metod, dock inte den enda, för att motarbeta eventuellt oproportionerligt inflytande från en ensam expert. Efsas paneler (21 experter) har i uppdrag att göra inbördes granskningar av resultaten från arbetsgrupperna (som revisionsrätten benämner ”vetenskapligt organ”) i enlighet med internationella standarder för inbördes granskningar.
60. and box 9 Efsa will consider this point as part of the planned review of its policy on independence and scientific decision-Making processes by the end of 2013. 
60. och Ruta 9 Efsa kommer att behandla den här punkten som ett led i den planerade översynen av myndighetens policy för oberoende och vetenskapliga beslutsprocesser i slutet av 2013.