Rule 9 : Code of conduct

1.   Parliament may lay down a code of conduct for its Members. The code shall be adopted pursuant to Rule 202(2) and attached to these Rules of Procedure as an annex (1).

The code shall not in any way prejudice or restrict a Member in the exercise of his office or of any political or other activity relating thereto.

2.   The Quaestors shall be responsible for issuing nominative passes valid for a maximum of one year to persons who wish to enter Parliament's premises frequently with a view to supplying information to Members within the framework of their parliamentary mandate in their own interests or those of third parties.

In return, these persons shall be required to:

-   respect the code of conduct published as an annex to the Rules of Procedure (2);

-   sign a register kept by the Quaestors.

This register shall be made available to the public on request in all of Parliament's places of work and, in the form laid down by the Quaestors, in its information offices in the Member States.

The provisions governing the application of this paragraph shall be laid down in an annex to the Rules of Procedure(3).

3.   The code of conduct and the rights and privileges of former Members shall be laid down by a decision of the Bureau. No distinction shall be made in the treatment of former Members.