ZAGREB, February 16, 2020 – The Permanent Representation of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union started posting on its website information on meetings of the permanent representative and her deputy with representatives of interest groups with the aim of ensuring transparency.
A list of all meetings held by Permanent Representative Irena Andrassy and her deputy Goran Štefanić from 28 October 2019 to 6 February this year was posted on Wednesday on the website of the Permanent Representation.
This practice will continue and all meetings of the Permanent Representative and her deputy with lobbyists who signed up to the EU’s transparency register will be published online.
The web page (http://eu.mvep.hr/hr/predstavnistvo/transparentnost/) will contain information on the date of the meeting, the name of the interest group and names of people who attended the meeting.
The ambassador to the EU of the country holding the presidency chairs the Committee of the Permanent Representatives of the Governments of the Member States to the European Union (COREPER). There are two configurations of the Committee: COREPER I and COREPER II. Meetings of COREPER I are chaired by the deputy permanent representative, while those of COREPER II are chaired by the permanent representative. COREPER is the main preparatory body of the Council of the EU.
The Presidency trio of Romania, Finland and Croatia, which hold the Council presidency from early 2019 to mid-2020, has pledged to meet representatives of interest groups only on the condition that they sign up to the transparency register.
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