Legal obligations

• His/her contact information and the contact information of his/her client;
• the subject-matter of his/her lobbying activities (the decision he/she is attempting to influence for his/her client;
• the time period covered by his/her lobbying activities;
• the name of the parliamentary, government or municipal institution with which he/she intervenes;
• the order of magnitude of the consideration received (fees or material benefits) in exchange for his/her lobbying activities;
• the means of communication used or that he/she intends to use.

• His/her name and the name and contact information of the enterprise or organization;
• the name of each lobbyist who engages in lobbying activities on behalf of the enterprise or organization;
• the start and end date of the fiscal year of the enterprise or organization;
• a summary of the activities or the enterprise or organization;
• the subject-matter of the lobbying activities in which the lobbyist engages on behalf of the enterprise or organization (the decision the lobbyist is attempting to influence);
• the time period covered by the lobbying activities;
• the name of the parliamentary, government or municipal institution with which he/she intervenes;
• the means of communication used.

To know the difference between the consultant lobbyist, the enterprise lobbyist and the organization lobbyist, go to the section Types of lobbyists.

* The senior officer of the enterprise or organization is responsible for registering enterprise lobbyists or organization lobbyists in the registry of lobbyists.

• • A former public office holder must abstain from engaging in lobbying activities for a period of time ranging from one to two years, depending on the functions that person occupied previously;
  • the consultant lobbyist and the enterprise lobbyist may not obtain variable compensation contingent on the success or the result desired by their client or enterprise;
  • the consultant lobbyist and the enterprise lobbyist may not receive compensation derived from a grant or loan from a government, a municipality or one of their agencies;
  • a former public office holder may not benefit from information obtained the course of his/her previous function or derive an undue advantage when engaging in lobbying activities.

  The main legal obligations of the lobbyists are those enumerated above. To find out all the obligations and their respective scope, see the Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Act   and the Code of Conduct for Lobbyists  .