On 10 December 2007, the European Commission launched a public consultation on a draft Code of conduct of Interest Representatives, which will accompany the public register for interest representatives to be published in Spring 2008.

On the basis of the communication on the Follow-up to the Green Paper on the ’European Transparency Initiative’, the Commission has committed itself to draft a Code of Conduct. The Code contains a limited number of clear and concrete rules, indicating how interest representatives are expected to behave when representing their interests. This is deliberately done in order to avoid the use of any abstract or general expressions which could subsequently lead to subjective appreciations or unending debates linked to alleged violations of the rules.

The consultation is open until 15 February 2008.