Consultation on changes to ECGD's anti-bribery and corruption procedures introduced in December 2004

On 18 March 2005, ECGD launched a consultation on changes to the anti-bribery and corruption procedures it introduced in December 2004. The original consultation document and annexes, and associated partial Regulatory Impact Assessment and annex, may be viewed below.

The consultation was conducted under Cabinet Office guidelines, and ran for a period of three months. When the consultation closed on 18 June 2005, ECGD considered all the representations it received.

• ECGD Consultation Document (PDF 185 KB)
• Annex A - List of Consultees (Excel 22.5 KB)
• Annex B - Code Of Practice On Consultation (Word 20.5 KB)
• Annex C - Exip Proposal Form (Word 349 KB)
• Annex D - EXIP Policy (Word 233 KB)
• Annex E - Buyer Credit Application Form (Word 229 KB)
• Annex F - Buyer Credit Schedule (Word 197 KB)
• Annex G - Buyer Credit Premium Agreement (Word 189 KB)
• Annex H - LOU for British Banks ( Word 113 KB)
• Annex I - LOU for overseas Banks (Word 107 KB)
• Partial RIA (PDF 112 KB)
• Partial RIA - Annex A (Word 29 KB)

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Interim Response

After carefully considering the representations, ECGD reached a settled view on the appropriate underlying principles. On the key specific issues covered by the consultation, ECGD identified certain provisional conclusions, published on 21 October 2005, on which it invited comment from interested parties during a further round of consultation until 18 November 2005.

After taking account of further representations, a final Government Response may published by the end of this year.