Allegation(s)

The Commission failed properly to implement Article 5.(3) of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (the "WHO Convention) and the accompanying guidelines. 

Claim(s)

The Commission should:

a) undertake a thorough assessment of how to implement the WHO Convention rules across all of its departments;

b) publish online lists of all meetings with tobacco industry representatives and minutes of such meetings;

c) implement a code of conduct on relation with the tobacco industry amending where necessary the relevant provisions of the Code of Conduct for Commissioners and the Staff Regulations;

d) ensure registration and disclosure of the identity and activities of tobacco industry lobbyists via the EU's Transparency Register.