The European Parliament’s ethics committee will look into the case of nine lawmakers who are suspected of accepting favours from Azerbaijan during an electoral observation mission, Euractiv reported.

The website names the MEPs who monitored presidential elections in Azerbaijan and “forgot” to tell parliament that they had been invited by the Azerbaijani government and did not declare their trip on the website. The Committee is expected to adopt sanctions against the lawmakers.

The committee is also questioning whether the MEPs were remunerated for this task, on top of the paid trip, the website reported.

Besides, after their visit MEPs issued a report naming presidential elections “free and fair”.

According to the new code of conduct, any kind of present, invitation to a football game, show or trip must be mentioned on the lawmaker’s website if its price exceeds €150.