Whereas therefore, on the basis of their administrative autonomy, all the institutions, bodies and offices and agencies should entrust to the Office the task of conducting internal administrative investigations with a view to bringing to light serious situations relating to the discharge of professional duties which may constitute a failure to comply with the obligations of officials and servants of the Communities, as referred to in Articles 11, 12, second and third paragraphs, 13, 14, 16 and 17, first paragraph, of the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities (hereinafter "the Staff Regulations"), detrimental to the interests of those Communities and liable to result in disciplinary or, where appropriate, criminal proceedings, or serious misconduct, as referred to in Article 22 of the Staff Regulations, or a failure to comply with the analogous obligations of the Members, managers or members of staff of the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Communities not subject to the Staff Regulations or a failure to comply with the obligations imposed by Community Law on Members of the Council and of its bodies in the context of the professional duties they perform in that capacity;
ker morajo zato vse institucije, organi in uradi ter agencije na podlagi svoje upravne neodvisnosti uradu zaupati nalogo izvajanja notranjih upravnih preiskav, da bi se razkrile resne napake pri opravljanju poklicnih dolžnosti, ki lahko pomenijo neizpolnjevanje obveznosti uradnikov in uslužbencev Skupnosti iz členov 11, 12, drugi in tretji odstavek, 13, 14, 16 in 17, prvi odstavek, Kadrovskih predpisov za uradnike in pogojev za zaposlovanja drugih uslužbencev Evropskih skupnosti (v nadaljevanju "Kadrovski predpisi"), ki škodijo interesom teh Skupnosti in pri katerih obstaja možnost uvedbe disciplinskega in v nekaterih primerih kazenskega postopka, ali grobo kršitev delovnih obveznosti iz člena 22 Kadrovskih predpisov, ali neizpolnjevanje podobnih obveznosti članov Sveta, vodilnih delavcev ali članov osebja institucij, organov, uradov in agencij Skupnosti, za katere ne veljajo Kadrovski predpisi, ali neizpolnjevanje obveznosti, ki jih predpisuje zakonodaja Skupnosti za člane Sveta in njegova telesa glede poklicnih dolžnosti, ki jih opravljajo v tej funkciji;