Neelie Kroes in 2014, when she was digital agenda commissioner | John Thys/AFP via Getty Images | John Thys/AFP via Getty Images
Commission reprimands Neelie Kroes for breaching ethics rules
No legal action will be taken against ex-commissioner.
Neelie Kroes was on Wednesday given a formal reprimand for breaking ethics rules by her former employer, the European Commission, but will not face legal action.
Media reports in late September revealed that the Dutch former commissioner — who between 2004 and 2014 was in charge of competition and later the digital agenda — failed to disclose in her declaration of interests that she was listed as a director of the Bahamian company Mint Holdings Limited.
Kroes apologized and Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker asked the Commission’s ethics committee to decide whether to launch legal action.
According to an internal document discussed by the college of commissioners Wednesday, the ethics committee decided there was not enough evidence to take action.