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<strong>ESA</strong>/REG/001, rev.2<br />

Annex III,rev.1<br />

Page 28<br />

5.4 Sanctions<br />

5.4.1 Any breach, omission or false statement of the above in-confidence and noninterest<br />

obligations by TEB participants or panel members who are <strong>ESA</strong> staff members<br />

may lead to disciplinary action as foreseen under the <strong>ESA</strong> Staff Regulations, Rules and<br />

Instructions 14 .<br />

5.4.2 Any breach, omission or false statement of the above in-confidence and noninterest<br />

obligations by TEB participants or panel members who are seconded to <strong>ESA</strong><br />

may lead to the immediate termination of their secondment.<br />

5.4.3 Any breach, omission or false statement of the above in-confidence and noninterest<br />

obligations by TEB participants or panel members who have been nominated in<br />

the frame of international agreements entered into by the Agency with public bodies<br />

(including International Organisations) or in the case of collaborative programmes, may<br />

lead to their immediate removal from the TEB or evaluation panel.<br />

A notification to the concerned body shall be issued immediately by the Head of the<br />

Procurement Department for further evaluation of the case.<br />

5.4.4 Any breach, omission or false statement of the above in-confidence and noninterest<br />

obligations by TEB participants or panel members who are contractors staff on<br />

<strong>ESA</strong> sites shall lead to their immediate removal from <strong>ESA</strong>’s premises and may further<br />

result in the termination of the contract for fault in case of wilful act.<br />

14 <strong>ESA</strong> STAFF REGULATIONS ; REGULATION 3 LOYALTY<br />

3.1 A staff member may not accept any honour from a government or other source external to the<br />

Agency without the permission of the Director General.<br />

3.2 Staff members shall abstain from all political activities and, more generally, from any public<br />

action or statement or publication if such activity, statement or publication is incompatible with<br />

the duties or obligations of an international civil servant or liable to involve the moral or<br />

material responsibility of the Agency.<br />

3.3 A staff member shall not hold any posts or have any regular or paid occupation outside the<br />

Agency without the Director General’s permission.<br />

3.4 A staff member, or his spouse, may not directly or indirectly hold such interests in a commercial<br />

firm as could, by their nature, compromise his independence in the discharge of his duties in the<br />

Agency.<br />

Rule 3/1<br />

Loyalty – General provisions<br />

(i)<br />

(ii)<br />

(iii)<br />

The Director General shall have discretion to judge whether or not honours, and outside<br />

remunerations, activities and interests, are compatible with employment by the Agency and with<br />

the performance of a staff member's duties.<br />

The staff member concerned shall submit in writing, through his Personnel Officer, any<br />

applications for permission and statements which the Director General will need in order to<br />

form his judgement in the cases referred to above. The provisions relating specifically to certain<br />

of such statements and applications are given in Rules 3.1/1 to 3.4/1.<br />

An omission or false statement in infringement of Regulation 3 may lead to the termination of a<br />

staff member’s appointment under Regulation 15.3(iii) or his dismissal under Regulation<br />

25.2(iv)

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