Regulation of interest groups (ES0122)

3.3.1. Registration of interest groups

Brief description

It is necessary that the influence exerted by interest groups on public officials be carried out under conditions of equality, openness and transparency, with the ultimate aim of, on the one hand, strengthening the prevention of conflicts of interest and, on the other, contributing to the fight against corruption.

Objectives

• To define the natural and legal persons and groups affected by the regulation that are considered interest groups, to specify the public personnel susceptible to influence, and to define - in a positive and negative sense - the activities of influence.
• Create a public and mandatory register of interest groups, providing for its interconnection with the registers of other public administrations.
• Establish a code of conduct for interest groups and their members in their relations with public officials, specifying their rights and obligations.
• Regulate the disclosure of contributions made by interest groups in the regulatory process.
• Determine the penalty regime applicable to interest groups that violate the law.