The Haute Autorité pour la transparence de la vie publique ( HATVP , lit. High Authority for the transparency of public life) is an independent French administrative authority created by the law on transparency of public life on 11 October 2013. It replaced the Commission pour la transparence financière de la vie politique ( lit. Commission for the financial transparency of politics). The authority is responsible for ascertaining and preventing potential conflicts of interest among French public servants and officials .
6-456: Until 1989, the investigation and application of ethical problems, which included conflicts of interest or chronicles, were included in criminal proceedings, but had no special laws or authority to deal with such affairs until the Luchaire Affair that took place between 1982 and 1986. During the tenure of Charles Hernu , France supplied shells to Iran. The newspaper La Presse de la Manche and
12-519: A report by the Contrôle général des armées Jean-François Barba, published by L'Express in January 1987. A formal investigation is judge is put in charge of the judge Michel Legrand. But Jean-François Barba withdraws his allegations and the judge can not obtain any classified documents to pursue his investigation. Prosecutor Pierre Bézard, against the judge legal advice and under a direct written order from
18-451: A report of the Contrôle général des armées published by L'Express in January 1987 revealed that end-user certificates were falsified to show destinations other than Iran, as the country was under an arms embargo at the time. After this scandal, the first "transparency of public life" law was passed; it defined the state funding of political parties and mandated some public servants to publish their financial status. However, this law
24-618: The Cahuzac affair , the HATVP was created. The main missions of the HATVP are: The HATVP is composed of: Luchaire Affair The Luchaire Affaire is a French is a politico-financial scandal which happened in the 1980s, under the François Mitterrand presidency. Between 1982 and 1986, while Charles Hernu was the French Minister of Defence , France supplied shells to Iran . This
30-552: Was allowed by a French commission because of a fake mentioning other countries rather than Iran. This affair was revealed by the Presse de la Manche newspaper, then by a report by the Contrôle général des armées published by L'Express in January 1987. Furthermore, 3 millions of francs in kickback might have given back to the French Socialist Party . This affair is revealed by the Presse de la Manche newsparer, then by
36-564: Was very vague and unclear in some aspects. In 1994, a parliamentary working group led by Philippe Séguin made 18 proposals including the limitation of election expenses, the reformation of the status of political parties, and the extension of the mandatory declaration of status to more categories of public servants. On 14 January 2020, the High Authority received three delegates from the European Commission. On April 10, 2013, after
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