There should never be any legitimate reason to suspect that decisions might be influenced by interests conflicting with the role of the Agency as a body serving the Union as a whole or by the private interests or affiliations of any member of the Agency staff, any seconded national expert or observer, or of any member of the Administrative Board or the Security Accreditation Board, which would create, or have the potential to create, a conflict with the proper performance of the official duties of the person concerned.
Níor cheart go mbeadh aon chúis dhlisteanach ann lena cheapadh go mbeadh tionchar ar chinntí ag leasanna a bheadh i gcoinbhleacht le ról na Gníomhaireachta ina cáilíocht mar chomhlacht a dhéanann freastal ar an Aontas go ginearálta nó ag leasanna príobháideacha nó dílseachtaí aon chomhalta de chuid na Gníomhaireachta, aon saineolaí náisiúnta ar iasacht nó breathnóirí, nó aon chomhalta den Bhord Riaracháin nó den Bhord Creidiúna Slándála, a chruthódh coinbhleacht nó a d’fhéadfadh coinbhleacht a chruthú maidir leis an duine i dtrácht a dhualgais oifigiúla a chomhlíonadh go hiomchuí.