67. Are there provisions for conflict of interests for candidates and/or elected officials?

Incompatibility Act 1983, last amended 2013, Article 6.

The incompatibility committee may grant the participation of Ministers and MPs in the private sector or in state-owned enterprises. Similarly, the responsible agency must approve any outside employment of Civil servants. The approval is based on whether or not a conflict of interests may arise. The only other restriction applicable to Ministers and MPs is that profit-oriented behavior may lead to a loss of mandate. Civil servants, on the other hand, are explicitly obliged to abstain from decision-making when private interests are affected. They are further bound to a six-month-long cooling off period after leaving the service.