I.-The rules of professional conduct applicable to members of the Agency’s Boards and Committees, its employees, health reservists and persons who occasionally provide assistance to the Agency or its bodies, and guaranteeing compliance with the obligations of confidentiality, professional secrecy and impartiality, are specified by the Board of Directors, after consulting the Ethics and Professional Conduct Committee, in compliance with the provisions of Articles L. 1451-1 to L. 1452-3. These rules stipulate in particular the conditions under which declarations of interest are made public.
The persons mentioned in the previous paragraph are bound by professional secrecy under the conditions and subject to the penalties laid down in articles 226-13 and 226-14 of the French Penal Code.
II – The Agency’s Board of Directors, after consultation with the Ethics and Professional Conduct Committee, will specify the rules applicable to the Agency’s co-contractors and designed to ensure compliance with the principles of transparency, objectivity, impartiality and non-discrimination in their relations with the establishment.