The EU underlines the importance of substantial improvements in the handling of conflict of interest situations and calls on Croatia to introduce an adequate system to protect against and sanction conflicts of interest at all levels and establish a track record of implementation, including strengthened professional and administrative support available to the Commission for Conflicts of Interest to ensure its effective operation, the issuing of written interpretive guidelines and training for public officials on conflict of interest in all relevant state bodies, ensuring that these guidelines (ethics code/ code of conduct) are pro-actively brought to the attention of staff.
EU poudarja pomen pomembnih izboljšav pri obravnavi primerov navzkrižja interesov in poziva Hrvaško, naj uvede ustrezen sistem za zaščito pred navzkrižjem interesov in njihovo sankcioniranje na vseh ravneh ter doseže napredek pri izvajanju, med drugim z večjo profesionalno in upravno podporo, ki je na razpolago komisiji za navzkrižje interesov, da se zagotovi njeno učinkovito delovanje, izdajanjem pisnih razlagalnih smernic in usposabljanjem javnih uslužbencev o navzkrižju interesov v vseh zadevnih državnih organih, s čimer se zagotovi, da se s temi smernicami (etični kodeks/kodeks ravnanja) proaktivno seznani osebje.