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4Internationalbribery:conventionsandinstruments

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3.2.4INTERNATIONALBRIBERY:CONVENTIONSANDINSTRUMENTS

TheOECDConventiononCombatingBriberyofForeignPublicOfficialsinInternationalBusinessTransactionsandRevisedRecommen

TheOECDConventionobligesPartiestomakeitacrimetobribeforeignpublicofficialsininternationalbusinesstransactionswhichshouldbe
effective,proportionateanddissuasivecriminalpenalties.

CouncilofEuropeCriminalLawConventiononCorruption(1998)andadditionalProtocol(2005)

TheConventionrequiresstatestoestablishascriminaloffences,theactiveandpassivebriberyofdomesticandforeignofficials.Italsocovers
corruption,tradingininfluence,moneylaunderingandaccountingoffencesconnectedwithcorruptionoffences.

TheUNConventionagainstCorruption(2003)

TheConventionobligesStatePartiestoimplementawideanddetailedrangeofanticorruptionmeasuresaffectingtheirlaws,institutionsand
Thesemeasuresaimtopromotetheprevention,detectionandpunishingofcorruption,aswellascooperationbetweenStateParties.

EUinstrumentsagainstCorruption

TherearetwoEUinstrumentsoncorruption:AConventionontheFightagainstCorruptioninvolvingOfficialsoftheMemberStatesoftheEU(1
FrameworkDecisiononCorruptioninthePrivateSector(2003).Thelatterrequiresthecriminalisationofbothactiveandpassivecorruption(gi
receivingabribe),andstipulatesthatlegalpersonsmaybeheldaccountable.

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