Gifts Declaration

• Public officials should never ask for a gift!
• As a rule, public officials should not accept any gifts related to the performance of their duties!

Public officials at all levels are required to register all gifts they receive with the relevant institutions, and there are limits on the value of gifts they can accept.

• A public official cannot accept gifts or favours related to the performance of their duties, with the exception of gifts received by protocol, which become the property of the institution;
• A protocol gift is a gift given by a representative of another country or international organization, given during a visit or other occasion;
• Occasional gifts are considered gifts received on a special occasion that are no longer related to the exercise of a public function;
• The official cannot accept monetary securities and precious metals, regardless of their value.
• The official cannot accept more than one occasional gift per year from the same person or institution.
• The official cannot accept occasional gifts the value of which exceeds the amount of fifty Euros (€50), or the total of occasional gifts exceeds the amount of two hundred and fifty Euros (€250) within one (1) year.
• Each institution must provide a corner in the institution where the gifts accepted by the official persons of the institution are exhibited.
• Each institution must have a Gift Register that contains information on all gifts received by its officials, their value and the names of the persons or institutions that gave the gifts.

In accordance with the Law on Declaration, Origin and Control of Assets and Gifts, the Agency also:

 

Performs inspections of gifts

 

Performs the audit of gift registers and, in case of irregularities, institutions are required to take measures for the implementation of the law

 

Decide whether or not to accept the gift at the request of the official

 

Imposes fines in cases of violation of the law