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Anticorruption barometer


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Control of politicians — #2 Disclosure of contracts and other relations between the state and the entities owned by a politician or public official

If a politician or other public official declares or attest that he/she owns shares or interests in a company (firm), with the exception of those acquired at the stock market (regulated market), he/she shall be obliged to submit a statement of the company’s management whether the company is receiving public funds of any kind (public procurement, subsidy, lease, rent, sale or purchase of public property etc.). Politician or other public official shall be prohibited from any activity in the sector where those companies exercised their business (the revolving doors principle).


Justification and sources

Selected update

Updated: 09/2016 Parameter update history

Effectiveness:
100%
Progression:
70%
The law is in the Senate

The proposal of the law amending the Act on conflict of interest which is in the Upper Chamber of the Parliament require that a politician or other public official may not own more than a 25 % interest in a company which receives public contracts or other subsidies from public budgets.

Compared to current state


Updated: 02/2017 Parameter update history

Effectiveness:
100%
Progression:
90%
The law is in force

The amendment of the Act on conflict of interest which entered into force in 2017 requires that a politician or other public official may not own more than a 25 % interest in a company which receives public contracts or other subsidies from public budgets.