#2013-907Law on the Transparency of Public Life
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The loi n° 2013-907 aims to increase transparency in public life in France by establishing regulations for the declaration of assets and interests by members of the government, local elected officials, and public service mission holders. It outlines the responsibilities to avoid conflicts of interest, mandating that those affected must abstain from participating in decisions that may lead to such conflicts. The law also empowers the Haute Autorité pour la transparence de la vie publique to oversee the compliance of these declarations and to enforce measures against conflicts of interest.
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Key Changes
- Establishment of a mandatory declaration system for assets and interests for government members within two months of appointment.
- Creation of the Haute Autorité to ensure transparency and compliance in public life.
- Defined rules and procedures for handling conflicts of interest and for the public disclosure of financial declarations.
Obligations
What this law requires
Members of Government must submit a comprehensive, accurate, and sincere declaration of their patrimonial situation to the president of the Haute Autorité pour la transparence de la vie publique within two months of appointment, covering all personal assets, community property, and undivided goods evaluated at fair market value.
Members of Government must submit a declaration of interests held at the date of appointment and during the five years preceding appointment to the president of the Haute Autorité and the Prime Minister within two months of appointment.
Members of Government must declare substantial modifications to their patrimonial situation or interests within one month of the modification occurring, submitting to the Haute Autorité and Prime Minister as applicable.
Members of Government, local elected officials, and public service mission holders must abstain from participating in decisions where a conflict of interest exists or appears to exist between public interest and public or private interests that could influence independent, impartial, and objective exercise of their function.
Members of independent administrative or public authorities must abstain from attending meetings when a conflict of interest exists, and shall be substituted according to applicable operating rules.