Use of conflict-of-interest prevention mechanisms for senior officials

Review of information submitted by national authorities regarding procedures related to conflict-of-interest management and sanctions and their implementation to fulfil the criteria below. In countries with mandatory interest declaration, the rates for criteria 1-4 represent the actual number of interest declarations submitted as a share of all obligatory submissions, expressed as a percentage. In countries without mandatory interest declaration, the rates for criteria 1-4 represent the actual number of interest declarations submitted as a share of all members (ministers, parliamentarians, high-level judges, top-tier civil servants), expressed as a percentage. Only general interest and/or asset declarations and financial disclosure schemes are taking into account, not ad hoc conflict-of-interest declarations pertaining to specific situations (e.g. declaration of a conflict of interest during a committee or plenary discussion of the Parliament, declaration of conflicts of interest to the head of jurisdiction for judicial officials).