Article 22 Conflict of interest

The Joint Undertaking, its bodies and staff shall avoid any conflict of interest in carrying out their activities.

The Governing Board shall adopt rules for the prevention and management of conflicts of interest in respect of its members, bodies and staff. Those rules shall contain provisions intended to avoid a conflict of interest in respect of the representatives of the members of the Joint Undertaking serving on the Governing Board. To this effect, the rules for the prevention and management of conflicts of interest in the bodies of the Joint Undertaking shall take into account the relevant measures applied by the Commission for experts providing advice on the implementation of Union research and innovation programmes.