Translation of "Duty to act impartially " (English → French) :

12. Welcomes the adoption of the Strategy and the Action Plan on the reform of the judiciary 2013-2018, built around the key principles of independence, impartiality, competence, quality of the judiciary and freedom from political interference; urges the authorities to intensify this reform in line with the recommendations of the Venice Commission, especially with regard to the role of the parliament in judicial appointments and the independence of the prosecution, and with a view to the screening process of Chapter 23, which commenced on 25 September 2013; stresses the importance of strengthening the independence of High Judicial and ...[+++]State Prosecutorial Councils and reducing the backlog of cases, as a necessary condition for the successful sequencing of the entire reform process; calls on the authorities to provide all the necessary resources for the Judicial Academy, which should be instrumental in guaranteeing merit-based recruitments; emphasises the need for continuous training of judges and prosecutors to deal with complex financial cases and economic crimes; urges the authorities responsible to ensure a transparent and merit-based process of appointment of judges and prosecutors as well as a solid track-record of disciplinary proceedings against the judicial personnel; insists further on the need to ensure timely justice together with the unification of jurisprudence, the publication of, and easy access to, all judicial decisions immediately after adoption and the random allocation of cases in all courts; is concerned about the legal uncertainty arising from the number of judges carrying out their duties in acting capacity; reiterates the fact that a strong and independent judiciary is key to Serbia’s capacity to meet EU membership criteria;

Under Articles 285 and 286 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, members of the Court of Auditors have a fundamental duty to act impartially and independently, in the interests of the Union.

In addition to my experience and training as a chartered accountant, I am aware of the importance of reconciling personal interests and official duties to act in the public interest, of the importance of using good judgment to interpret a code of ethics and of providing objective and impartial advice that is also in the public interest.

As previously discussed, the TFEU’s rules stipulate that the Members of the ECA shall be completely independent in the performance of their duties. Thus, the impartiality in the decision-making is indispensable for the exercise of Members’ duties.

I definitely think there is a very real problem here. And I think the problem that's at work here is that the nominally impartial adjudicator of our elections, the administrator of our elections—that is to say, Elections Canada—is in fact not acting impartially.

5. Asks the Commission to consider, also, a working definition of incitement to corruption as 'offering or promising an undue payment or other advantage to induce a person exercising executive or non-executive functions of any kind in a public-sector or private-sector body to act or to refrain from acting and delay acting in accordance with his duties, or act in breach of his duties';