- in the interest of preventing the Authority's staff from moving directly from their position to work in a similar post in the industry or a related lobbying group or vice versa, the Authority has implemented a decision of its Executive Director under which staff members leaving the Authority are required to inform their employer of negotiations with prospective employers and of any change in circumstances linked to their post within two years after leaving service; notes that the Executive ...[+++]Director may approve, conditionally approve or forbid the activity;

- improvements in budgetary planning resulted in reduced transfers from chapter to chapter and from Title I to Title II, compared to the previous financial year (transfers were reduced from 6,81 % to 2,75 % of the total budget), - in order to improve the management of conflicts of interest situations, the Authority adopted a new policy on independence and scientific decision-making process in December 2011, followed by the adoption of implementing rules in March 2012, - in the interest of preventing the Authority's staff from moving directly from their position to work in a similar post in the industry or a related lobbying group or vice versa, the Authority has implemented a decision of its Executive ...[+++] Director under which staff members leaving the Authority are required to inform their employer of negotiations with prospective employers and of any change in circumstances linked to their post within two years after leaving service; notes that the Executive Director may approve, conditionally approve or forbid the activity; Budget and financial management

3. In accordance with the Staff Regulations referred to in Article 78(6), the Executive Director and the Deputy Executive Director shall, after leaving service, continue to be bound by the duty to behave with integrity and discretion as regards the acceptance of certain appointments or benefits.

1. The BBMRI-ERIC budget shall fund the common operation of BBMRI-ERIC including the costs of the Director-General, the Central Executive Management Office and the Common Services.

19. Welcomes the fact that after the former Head of the Legal Service left the Agency in June 2012 to join a US-based law firm having a number of pharmaceutical industry companies as clients as senior counsel, the Executive Director of the Agency launched a review of his work as Head of the Legal Service, Chair of the Joint Committee, Chair of the Disciplinary Committee and as a member of the Advisory Committee on Procurement and Contracts; acknowledges that no evidence of conflicts of interest nor breach of obli ...[+++]gations provided in Articles 11 and 11a of the Staff Regulations could be identified; welcomes the fact that in accordance with Article 16 of the Staff Regulations, the Executive Director imposed some restrictions to the activities of the former Head of Legal Service for a period of two years following his leaving the Agency; calls on the Agency to provide the discharge authority with detailed information on those restrictions;

19. Welcomes the fact that after the former Head of the Legal Service left the Agency in June 2012 to join a US-based law firm having a number of pharmaceutical industry companies as clients as senior counsel, the Executive Director of the Agency launched a review of his work as Head of the Legal Service, Chair of the Joint Committee, Chair of the Disciplinary Committee and as a member of the Advisory Committee on Procurement and Contracts; acknowledges that no evidence of conflicts of interest nor breach of obli ...[+++]gations provided in Articles 11 and 11a of the Staff Regulations could be identified; welcomes the fact that in accordance with Article 16 of the Staff Regulations, the Executive Director imposed some restrictions to the activities of the former Head of Legal Service for a period of two years following his leaving the Agency; calls on the Agency to provide the discharge authority with detailed information on those restrictions;