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The Government’s Final Response to ECGD’s consultation on changes to its anti-bribery and corruption procedures introduced in December 2004 is published today. ECGD thanks all those that submitted representations in the course of the two rounds of public consultation. All consultees’ views have been carefully considered. The Government’s key concern throughout has been to ensure that ECGD’s procedures are rigorous yet workable. ECGD will make a number of changes to its December 2004 procedures. As recommended under Cabinet Office guidelines, there will be an implementation period to give applicants for support a reasonable period to prepare for the changes. The revised procedures will therefore come into effect on 1 July 2006. To view PDF files, download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Please see links below to the Government’s Final Response to this consultation and accompanying annexes:
ECGD received 16 representations following the publication of the Interim Response to the consultation. Please see below copies of all the representations received.
ECGD held one meeting during the interim consultation period. The minutes of this meeting can be found below.
ECGD wrote to consultees on the 5 December 2005. A copy of this letter, the nine representations ECGD received in response and ECGD’s subsequent letter to consultees on this matter can be found below:
This follows publication on 16 March 2006 of the Government’s Final Response to the consultation. During the consultation, which finished on 18 November, some exporters expressed concerns that disclosure of commercially confidential information could harm their business. On 16 March the Government extended the consultation until 30 April to get views on this final issue. Consultees were invited to comment on ECGD’s proposals for handling information about the identities of agents, information which will be required as part of every application, in order to minimise the risk of inadvertent disclosure of that information. ECGD received the following eight representations: ECGD also held two meetings during this period. The following are notes of these meetings: Notes of meeting held on 6 April 2006 between ECGD and Rolls Royce Notes of meeting held on 11 April 2006 between ECGD and BAE The results of this consultation are set out in the Concluding Response. The procedures for handling agents’ identities, known as the ‘Special Handling Arrangements’, will come into effect as part of ECGD’s new anti-bribery and corruption procedures on 1 July 2006. ECGD 2006 |
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